allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) (09/26/89)
I just poked around some of the Mac FTP archives I know of, looking for OzTeX. I didn't find it. Can anyone tell me where it's hiding? Please mail your replies; I will post the answer, to avoid flooding the net with 10,000 identical responses. Thanks in advance, ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc allbery@NCoast.ORG uunet!hal.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@hal.cwru.edu bsa@telotech.uucp, 161-7070 BALLBERY (MCI), ALLBERY (Delphi), B.ALLBERY (GEnie) Is that enough addresses for you? no? then: allbery@uunet.UU.NET (c.s.misc)
c3ar@daisy.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip) (09/26/89)
In article <1989Sep25.234232.24174@NCoast.ORG> allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) writes: >I just poked around some of the Mac FTP archives I know of, looking for OzTeX. >I didn't find it. Can anyone tell me where it's hiding? Since I've received several such requests lately, I thought it was time to post again. There are some things to look forward too, however. I will soon be adding MacBibTeX and MacMakeIndex to the archive on tank.uchicago.edu. Also, a new version of OzTeX is in the works, and the new delivery should include (1) a full Modula-2 compiler (for those of you with MPW who want to change the source) and (2) new versions of AMSTeX and new AMS fonts due out later this fall. Currently, OzTeX can be ftp'd from the following sites: tank.uchicago.edu 128.135.4.27 (me) umn-cs.cs.umn.edu 128.205.32.5 pub/mac/applicaitons/oztex rascal.ics.utexas.edu handies.ucar.edu 128.117.64.4 I am still looking for a bitnet server that is willing to handle OzTeX (and related material). Currently there is one "primitive" server CCUC@UMCVMB.bitnet (send me email for details) and there is a possibility that OzTeX can be obtained through the Princeton ftp server (send a one line message of "help" to bitftp@pucc.bitnet for details). If any bitnet sites are willing to act as a server for OzTeX, please contact me. For those of you who missed it the first time, here is my original post about OzTeX. Thanks to the generosity and hard work of Andrew Trevorrow, a free, public domain (in as much as TeX is ever public domain) version of TeX for the Macintosh is now available by anonymous ftp. The program is called OzTeX (Version 1.1) and includes Modula-2 source and all necessary fonts and input files. The ftp addresss is Name: tank.uchicago.edu Address: 128.135.4.27 As usual, use the login name "anonymous" and use your own login id for a password. Once logged in, you will find the parts of OzTeX in subdirectories of pub/sources/OzTeX. Everything has been preprocessed with Stuffit-1.5.1 and binhex. You will need at least version 1.5.1 of Stuffit, since the archives contain folders. The subdirectory /pub/sources/OzTeX/binaries contain copies of the stuffit archives before binhex'ing. Other subdirectories contain the OzTeX program, OzTeX sources, OzTeX inputs (e.g., AMSTeX, LaTeX, etc.), and Font binaries of various sizes in binhex'd stuffit archives that have been broken into small pieces for email convenience. Of course, Stuffit-1.5.1 and binhex4 are available by anonymous ftp from the info-mac archive, at sumex-aim.stanford .edu (36.44.0.6). Here is some more detailed information about the program and implementation: OzTeX is a public domain version of TeX for the Macintosh written by Andrew Trevorrow. TEX is the typsetting system developed by Donald Knuth at Stanford University. OzTeX was written by translating Knuth's original code to Modula-2 and then porting to the Macintosh. The OzTeX delivery includes the OzTeX program; a complete set of TFM files for the computer modern font set and TFM files for selected Adobe fonts; input files of LaTeX and AmSTeX; full Modula-2 source code for OzTeX; and a complete set of font files (in PK format). OzTeX includes a screen previewer and the capabilities of initex to create new format files. OzTeX should work on any Macintosh Plus, SE, II or newer model. It will not work on a 128K or 512K Mac. OzTEX was developed on a Mac Plus with 1 Meg of RAM and a 20 Meg hard disk. This is just about the minimum hardware configuration, given the large amount of memory required to run OzTEX and the large amount of disk space needed to store all the font information. OzTeX can only print on a PostScript-compatible printer. There is currently no support for other types of printers. If you plan to use an Apple LaserWriter (any model) the installation should be straightforward. - Source code will be supplied. Everything is written in TML Modula-2 (which requires MPW). There is about 35,000 lines of code. - The application includes a DVI previewer, a PostScript driver, and of course TeX (actually IniTeX so users can create their own formats, although Plain and LaTeX will be supplied). The TeX module passes Knuth's trip test (for version 2.0 at least). OzTeX is designed to be an open and expandable TeX system. It reads font information from standard TFM and PK files, and creates standard DVI files. If you have access to a Unix or VMS mainframe then you'll be able to Kermit such files to and fro without any extra processing. A basic set of TFM files and 300dpi PK files will be supplied. PostScript printer fonts are also supported. The author says that OzTeX is somewhat below TeXtures 1.0 and MacTeX 1.1 in features, somewhere between in seed of typesetting/previewing/printing and, of course, way ahead in cost. There is currently NO integrated text editor (and I'm not sure that one is really necessary, what with MultiFinder and good DA editors available). Support for inclusion of graphics is currently minimal. The previewer ignores \special commands and the PostScript driver only allows inclusion of a file, along with optional PostScript code. OzTeX can be used with AMSTeX and LaTeX and the appropriate input files are part of the OzTeX delivery. Now some more details about the delivery: The OzTeX delivery is stored here packed as Stuffit-1.5.1 archives (Version-1.5.1 is necessary, as the stuffit files contain folders), which have been run through binhex and broken into pieces. The index below indicates what parts of OzTeX reside in what directories here. pub/sources/OzTeX /oztex: OzTeX binaries (stuffit/binhex) /ozsrc: OzTeX sources " " /ozinp: OzTeX inputs " " /pk300: OzTeX fonts " " /pk329: " " " " /pk360: " " " " /pk432: " " " " /pk518: " " " " /pk622: " " " " /pk746: " " " " /binaries OzTeX stuffit files pre-binhex Any inquiries about OzTeX can be sent to oztex@tank.uchicago.edu. I am still looking for a bitnet-server site that is willing to accept this, for those of you on bitnet who are unable to ftp. --Walter _____________________________________________________________________________ Walter C3arlip c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu (the "3" is silent) c3ar%zaphod@UCHIMVS1.bitnet _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Walter C3arlip c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu (the "3" is silent) c3ar%zaphod@UCHIMVS1.bitnet _____________________________________________________________________________
allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) (09/27/89)
As quoted from <5534@tank.uchicago.edu> by c3ar@daisy.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip): +--------------- | OzTeX can only print on a PostScript-compatible printer. There is currently | no support for other types of printers. If you plan to use an Apple +--------------- grrrrrrrrrrrrr..... Does there exist from *anyone* a program which will print DVI files on ImageWriter LQ's, or (more preferably) a standard output driver that passes a page to QuickDraw for printing/viewing? It might not be particularly pretty to send it e.g. a bitmap of some kind, but at least it would use standard mac print architecture... Alternatively, how about TFM files for various standard Mac fonts and a direct DVI-to-QuickDraw converter? Thanks in advance, ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc allbery@NCoast.ORG uunet!hal.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@hal.cwru.edu bsa@telotech.uucp, 161-7070 BALLBERY (MCI), ALLBERY (Delphi), B.ALLBERY (GEnie) Is that enough addresses for you? no? then: allbery@uunet.UU.NET (c.s.misc)
mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (09/29/89)
>+--------------- >| OzTeX can only print on a PostScript-compatible printer. There is currently >| no support for other types of printers. If you plan to use an Apple >+--------------- >grrrrrrrrrrrrr..... >Does there exist from *anyone* a program which will print DVI files on >ImageWriter LQ's, or (more preferably) a standard output driver that passes a >page to QuickDraw for printing/viewing? It might not be particularly pretty >to send it e.g. a bitmap of some kind, but at least it would use standard mac >print architecture... Alternatively, how about TFM files for various standard >Mac fonts and a direct DVI-to-QuickDraw converter? Getting a bitmap from a dvi file is easy: The Nelson Beebe printer drivers dor this for most dot matrix printers and my dvivga (a part of this family) do so too. So a Mac programmer should start from either dvivga.c or dvioki.c (for a real stupid Okidata printer - but look out for bugs in the actual bitmap drawing which are fixed in dvivga). His job would be simply to get insert a Mac dialog to get the file name and another one to get options (due to lack of the standard command line on Macs - ugh) and then tell Quickdraw to print the bitmap. Doug McDonald
allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) (10/04/89)
As quoted from <110300006@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> by mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu: +--------------- | Getting a bitmap from a dvi file is easy: The Nelson Beebe printer | drivers do this for most dot matrix printers and my dvivga (a part | of this family) do so too. So a Mac programmer should start from | either dvivga.c or dvioki.c (for a real stupid Okidata printer - +--------------- dvieps.c makes more sense in my case, but it's 9-pin and I need 24-pin. MPW came in today; now all I lack is IM I, which is supposed to come in tomorrow afternoon. I'll probably hack something together, after I figure out how to write a native print driver so I can stop blowing 250K on the Grappler LQ/IW LQ combination. ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc allbery@NCoast.ORG uunet!hal.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@hal.cwru.edu bsa@telotech.uucp, 161-7070 BALLBERY (MCI), ALLBERY (Delphi), B.ALLBERY (GEnie) Is that enough addresses for you? no? then: allbery@uunet.UU.NET (c.s.misc)