carroll@s.cs.uiuc.edu (09/07/88)
== Cross - posting == /* Written 5:18 pm Sep 4, 1988 by carroll@s in s:comp.sys.ibm.pc */ I'm trying to learn Knuth's TeX text formatting program (no flames, please. It's too late to change now). I'm not satisfied with the TeX implementation I have (PCTeX, which is a nice package, but I tend to require very obscure features that are too bizarre to standard). What I'm looking for are PD device drivers (DVI -> HP LaserJet, for instance), and METAFONT programs, font sources. Desperation may force me to copy it out of Knuth's books, but I'd like to avoid that. Finally, does any one have any comments on the TeX source code from the Austin Code Works? It's $170, but includes TeX, printer drivers, and fonts. Thanks! P.S. This is for an IBM AT or compatible, with Microsoft C 5.0/5.1. Alan M. Carroll : carroll@s.cs.uiuc.edu /* End of text from s.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.ibm.pc */
dhosek@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Donald Hosek) (09/18/88)
I don't know anything about the ACW TeX sources (I doubt that they provide a working change file for TeX), but I do know that Kinch Software has a nice inexpensive version of TeX available (TurboTeX: $100 executables only, $200 executables and source). They implemented TeX by converting it into C using a utility program called PASCHAL (a WEB-to-C translator) and then compiling the C. As for Metafont, the best alternative on PCs is still PCMF from Personal TeX. Doug Henderson worked on the implementation and wrote the manual and both are fine pieces of work. -dh Preferred e-mail address: dhosek@ymir.bitnet or dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu