dfk@grad13.cs.duke.edu (David F. Kotz) (10/25/89)
I just obtained the latest TeX distribution and have TeX, LaTeX, SliTeX, and Metafont up and running. I know nothing about AMS TeX, other than vaguely what it is for. It seems to be included with the distribution. How do I install it, and how is it used? What is it good for, so I can encourage local users to try it out? Does it involve making an amstex.fmt, and a link from virtex to amstex? Is there a README I haven't noticed that answers all my questions? David Kotz Department of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706 USA ARPA: dfk@cs.duke.edu CSNET: dfk@duke UUCP: decvax!duke!dfk
km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg) (12/15/89)
What is the lastest version of the AmS-TeX macros? If
there is something later than 1.1d (August 1988), where
can I get it? 1.1d is the version NeXT distributes.
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Atlanta, GA 30322 | Phone: (404) 727-7963dhosek@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (D.A. Hosek) (12/15/89)
In article <4763@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg) writes: >What is the lastest version of the AmS-TeX macros? If >there is something later than 1.1d (August 1988), where >can I get it? 1.1d is the version NeXT distributes. 1.1d is currently the latest version of the macros. The AMS is also promising some new stuff soon (I believe the last announced release date was January 1990, but judging on previous timetables, we might not see any of this until summer, if then). This includes an AmS-TeX style for LaTeX and new versions of the AMS fonts. Michael Spivak, author of AmS-TeX, also has a new, non-AMS, product which will be released soon called LAmS-TeX, which is sort of a cross between AmS-TeX and LaTeX. -dh -- "Odi et amo, quare id faciam, fortasse requiris? nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior" -Catullus D.A. Hosek. UUCP: uunet!jarthur!dhosek Internet: dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu
c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip) (12/15/89)
In <3604@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> dhosek@jarthur.UUCP (D.A. Hosek) writes> >In <4763@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg) writes: >>What is the lastest version of the AmS-TeX macros? . . . >1.1d is currently the latest version of the macros. . . . >Michael Spivak, author of AmS-TeX, also has a new, non-AMS, product >which will be released soon called LAmS-TeX, which is sort of a cross >between AmS-TeX and LaTeX. The December AMS Notices has a full page add for Spivak's LamsTeX. The ad has some pretty spiffy 3d commutative diagrams (well, actually I haven't checked whether they commute) and an example of a rather complicated table. The add also says that LamsTeX will come with the latest amstex: Version 2.0. I have heard that Spivak only agreed to work on LamsTeX because Duane Bibby agreed to illustrate the new manual, and include a picture of the TeX lion lying down with the Lam. I also heard that LamsTeX comes with some nice specially designed fonts to handle things like slanted arrows. Now to quote the ad: "All the functionality of LaTeX with much greater flexibility and all the features of AMS-TeX plus complicated commutative diagrams, complicated tables and much much more! --Latest amstex.tex (Version 2.0) --Lams macro packages --300 page Manual . . . --Fonts for commutative diagrams . . . MetaFont sources . . . Mac versions with fonts for TeXtures --dvipaste program for including tables in files --index program Single user price $95." The address given for orders is The TeXplorators Corporation, 3701 W. Alabama, Suite 450-273, Houston, Texas 77027. So has anyone out there actually seen this product? Tried it? Any new news on the new AMS products? --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 _____________________________________________________________________________
edgar@shape.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) (12/15/89)
> >Michael Spivak, author of AmS-TeX, also has a new, non-AMS, product >which will be released soon called LAmS-TeX, which is sort of a cross >between AmS-TeX and LaTeX. It has been released. My copy arrived yesterday. See the December issue of the Notices of the AMS for the ad. -- Gerald A. Edgar Department of Mathematics Bitnet: EDGAR@OHSTPY The Ohio State University Internet: edgar@mps.ohio-state.edu Columbus, OH 43210 ...!{att,pyramid}!osu-cis!shape.mps.ohio-state.edu!edgar