didier@ingrid.laas.fr (Didier Giralt) (09/08/87)
> I am having some trouble with TeX for the ST as implemented by Tools > GmbH. But since I am a novice TeX user, I don't know if they are > limitations of their package or in my understanding. Can anyone using > this version (2.0) help me out? > With LaTeX, is there anyway to specify a path to the whatever.sty files? > The only way I've been able to use them is to have them in a root > directory. And also with LaTeX, a default font (cmcsc10, I think) can > not be found unless it is in the same folder as tex.ttp. > David Huenemoerder, Dept. of Astronomy, Penn. State Yes, I have the same problems, and so do all the people who bought ST-TeX from Tools. I called up these guys, and they told me they'd have a new release fixing the bugs "within two weeks". I waited two months, and nothing came in the mail. I then wrote them a letter, and didn't get an answer. I came to the conclusion these people are not pros, and that my money is wasted. As it is, ST-TeX is barely usable, if at all. I heard somebody else in Germany is selling a version of TeX for the ST. Anybody tried it ? Didier. ----------------------- Didier Giralt ...!seismo!mcvax!inria!lasso!didier LAAS-CNRS 7, av du Colonel Roche DO NOT USE THE 'reply' FUNCTION OF YOUR MAILER 31077 Toulouse Cedex TO REACH ME: IT MAY FAIL. (domain problems) France
avy@yugas.UUCP (Avy MOISE) (09/11/87)
There is another version of TeX for the Atari ST, It is called CTeX (Yes the true CTeX - not Common TeX). CTeX and CommonTeX run on the Atari ST under the OS-9/68000 operating system with no known bugs or problems. These versions support path lists and all the functions found on a Unix TeX system. For further information Contact: Future-DOS 1207-120 Torresdale Avenue Willowdale, Ontario, Canada Tel 1-416-667-9898
turner@daisy.UUCP (09/16/87)
+
+ There is another version of TeX for the Atari ST, It is called CTeX
+ (Yes the true CTeX - not Common TeX). CTeX and CommonTeX run on the Atari
+ ST under the OS-9/68000 operating system with no known bugs or problems.
+ These versions support path lists and all the functions found
+ on a Unix TeX system.
+
+ For further information Contact:
+ Future-DOS
+ 1207-120 Torresdale Avenue
+ Willowdale, Ontario, Canada
+ Tel 1-416-667-9898
I'm confused, i have a copy of the sources to a TeX processor called CTeX,
it is part of the GNU distribution and is freeware, if there is enough
interest i'll be more than happy to post (or email) the sources, but
i fear that i just don't have enough time to port them myself.
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{cbosgd,fortune,hplabs,seismo!ihnp4,ucbvax}!nsc!daisy!turner Jim Turner
Daisy Systems, 700 E. Middlefield Rd, P.O. Box 7006,
Mountain View CA 94039-7006. (415)960-0123avy@yugas.UUCP (Avy MOISE) (09/22/87)
>+ >+ There is another version of TeX for the Atari ST, It is called CTeX >+ (Yes the true CTeX - not Common TeX). CTeX and CommonTeX run on the Atari >+ ST under the OS-9/68000 operating system with no known bugs or problems. >+ These versions support path lists and all the functions found >+ on a Unix TeX system. >I'm confused, i have a copy of the sources to a TeX processor called CTeX, >it is part of the GNU distribution and is freeware, if there is enough >interest i'll be more than happy to post (or email) the sources, but >i fear that i just don't have enough time to port them myself. The CTeX sources and binary files are not in the public domain. The so called CTeX freeware that come with the GNU distribution is most likely some version of COMMON TEX !!! If you are confused, check the copyright messages in the body of any of the ".c" or ".h" files and search for name "Tomas Rokicki". If you find this name in your sources, you most likely got an ILLEGITIMATE copy of CTeX !!! DESTROY IT !!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Though we believe this letter to be accurate, the opinions expressed within may or may not agree with the opinions expressed by Tomas Rokicki. All statements made by Tomas Rokicki, with respect to the CTeX software, supersede all previous statements made by A. Moise or FutureDOS. Avy Moise
rokicki@rocky.STANFORD.EDU (Tomas Rokicki) (09/24/87)
>>+ There is another version of TeX for the Atari ST, It is called CTeX >>+ (Yes the true CTeX - not Common TeX). CTeX and CommonTeX run on the Atari > >>I'm confused, i have a copy of the sources to a TeX processor called CTeX, > >The so called CTeX freeware that come with the GNU distribution is most >likely some version of COMMON TEX !!! >If you are confused, check the copyright messages in the body of any of >the ".c" or ".h" files and search for name "Tomas Rokicki". >If you find this name in your sources, you most likely got an ILLEGITIMATE >copy of CTeX !!! Howdy, Avy! Uh, just to clear some things up. On the standard Unix distribution tape, there is a directory of *tools* called ctex, which is not a TeX in C. If you did get a copy of my code, and suspect that you didn't pay for it, just call me, don't destroy it. You might have paid for it (we do license it to some other folks) or, if not, the terms are quite reasonable. I can be reached at (415) 326-5312. Avy, I've managed to misplace your number, so you might give me a call. Believe me, I'm much more interested in getting people to use the code than I am in making money off it, but putting a piece of software in the public domain is one of the best ways to kill it off. Anyway, keep on hacking; I haven't had much of a chance to post to this group, as I tend to be an Amiga person, but happy hacking anyway! It's great what people can do with these microcomputers, ain't it? -tom