[comp.text] TeX 3.0

gsg0384@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (01/11/90)

>/* Written  5:44 pm  Jan  9, 1990 by ken@cs.rochester.edu in uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.text */
> |Is it possible to have 8 bit characters in a (La)TeX file?
> |
> |For example, can some character with the 8th bit set be used to represent
> |the sequence \'e (e with acute accent).
> 
> Yes, in TeX 3.0.
> 
> (Please don't mail me asking where to get it. It's being tested by
> various people and will be announced in the fullness of time.)

That's really GREAT!  But, wait a minute.  I want a mathematical symbol
set including all the Greek characters to be in the (default) extra 
character set rather than IBM PC's set or ISO 8514(?) 
foreign language character sets.

Seems like we need a window based terminal and a word-processer-like 
editor program to use the new TeX 3.0 and to see the typed-in characters 
in the {..}.tex file.  Probably, the GNUemacs Version 20 will show those 
on X Windows machines or NeXTs.  Am I right?

	Hugh