harald@ruuinf.UUCP (Harald Vogt) (04/14/88)
Is there a public domain version of LaTeX for the Amiga ? Or has anyone adapted LaTeX for the Amiga ? Any hints on where to get a LaTex version for the Amiga are appreciated. Harald Vogt UUCP: mcvax!ruuinf!harald Department of Computer Science, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
doug@eris (Doug Merritt) (04/21/88)
In article <404@ruuinf.UUCP> harald@ruuinf.UUCP (Harald Vogt) writes:
:Is there a public domain version of LaTeX for the Amiga ?
:Or has anyone adapted LaTeX for the Amiga ?
:Any hints on where to get a LaTex version
:for the Amiga are appreciated.
This question puzzles me; I'd been expecting someone else to comment
on this, but since no one else has: I thought LaTeX was just a macro
package for TeX, and as such would run on *any* TeX implementation,
including AmigaTex?
I *thought* LaTeX was public domain in the first place; if it is,
try just plain using it with AmigaTeX. Or is the whole problem
that the original is *not* public domain, and hence you'd need a
licensed legal "port" to the amiga in order to *legally* use it???
Naw...
Doug Merritt doug@mica.berkeley.edu (ucbvax!mica!doug)
or ucbvax!unisoft!certes!doug
or sun.com!cup.portal.com!doug-merrittrokicki@polya.STANFORD.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) (04/22/88)
In article <9029@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, doug@eris (Doug Merritt) writes: > This question puzzles me; I'd been expecting someone else to comment > on this, but since no one else has: I thought LaTeX was just a macro > package for TeX, and as such would run on *any* TeX implementation, > including AmigaTex? You are correct, Doug; LaTeX is just a macro package that sits on top of TeX, and should run on any implementation of TeX. Including AmigaTeX. Of course, I have encountered some versions of `TeX' that won't load LaTeX because it is too large . . . > I *thought* LaTeX was public domain in the first place; if it is, > try just plain using it with AmigaTeX. Or is the whole problem > that the original is *not* public domain, and hence you'd need a > licensed legal "port" to the amiga in order to *legally* use it??? > Naw... LaTeX is supplied with AmigaTeX. It (and SliTeX) take up almost two disks of the distribution; it's large. But even if it weren't, it is certainly free redistributable (I'm not so sure about public domain.) Anyone who can download the LaTeX files can use them on whatever they choose. There are a lot of LaTeX users out there that don't understand that LaTeX is just a macro package on top of TeX. At least, not until they get one of those infamous LaTeX errors . . . > Doug Merritt doug@mica.berkeley.edu (ucbvax!mica!doug) > or ucbvax!unisoft!certes!doug > or sun.com!cup.portal.com!doug-merritt ---------------------------------------------------------------- /-- Tomas Rokicki /// Box 2081 Stanford, CA 94309 / o Radical Eye Software /// (415) 326-5312 \ / | . . . or I \\\/// Gig 'em, Aggies! (TAMU EE '85) V | won't get dressed \XX/ Bay area Amiga Developer's GroupE
papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (04/22/88)
In article <9029@agate.BERKELEY.EDU| doug@eris.UUCP (Doug Merritt) writes: |In article <404@ruuinf.UUCP| harald@ruuinf.UUCP (Harald Vogt) writes: |:Is there a public domain version of LaTeX for the Amiga ? |:Or has anyone adapted LaTeX for the Amiga ? | |This question puzzles me; I'd been expecting someone else to comment |on this, but since no one else has: I thought LaTeX was just a macro |package for TeX, and as such would run on *any* TeX implementation, |including AmigaTex? | |I *thought* LaTeX was public domain in the first place; if it is, |try just plain using it with AmigaTeX. Or is the whole problem |that the original is *not* public domain, and hence you'd need a |licensed legal "port" to the amiga in order to *legally* use it??? LaTeX, BibTeX, and SliTeX are indeed public domain. Though I believe that the intent of the original poster was to find out whether LaTeX was available for the Amiga to run with a PD TeX. There is CURRENTLY no such beast, but you might not have to wait for long :-) And yes, all the above are just macros, so they basically need no changes when ported to other systems. -- Marco -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= uucp:...!pollux!papa BIX:papa ARPAnet:pollux!papa@oberon.usc.edu "There's Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Diga!" -- Leo Schwab [quoting Rick Unland] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
rokicki@polya.STANFORD.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) (04/23/88)
> LaTeX, BibTeX, and SliTeX are indeed public domain. Though I believe > that the intent of the original poster was to find out whether LaTeX > was available for the Amiga to run with a PD TeX. There is CURRENTLY > no such beast, but you might not have to wait for long :-) And yes, > all the above are just macros, so they basically need no changes when > ported to other systems. > > -- Marco BibTeX is not a macro package; it is a completely separate and comprehensive bibliography database program written by Oren Patashnik at Stanford. Just thought I'd clear that up. Be careful with the phrase public domain, as well; Leslie Lamport owns copyrights on LaTeX and SliTeX, and Oren Patashnik owns the BibTeX copyright. But yes, they are freely redistributable. I'm sure we're all interested in further details on the `PD TeX' you describe . . . ---------------------------------------------------------------- /-- Tomas Rokicki /// Box 2081 Stanford, CA 94309 / o Radical Eye Software /// (415) 326-5312 \ / | . . . or I \\\/// Gig 'em, Aggies! (TAMU EE '85) V | won't get dressed \XX/ Bay area Amiga Developer's GroupE
peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) (04/24/88)
Computer people are funny... Somehow a "latex amiga" sounds like something you'd buy in a sex shop. -- -- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!sugar!peter -- "Have you hugged your U wolf today?" ...!bellcore!tness1!sugar!peter -- Disclaimer: These aren't mere opinions, these are *values*.
richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (04/26/88)
In article <1877@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: >Computer people are funny... > >Somehow a "latex amiga" sounds like something you'd buy in a sex shop. To say nothing of the next post which talked about a J anus Hard Disk. Not gonna touch that one, nope, not me, no way. -- "They spent all night staring down at the lights of L.A." heh richard@gryphon.CTS.COM rutgers!marque!gryphon!richard