Chris@mimsy.UUCP (06/17/87)
On the Unix TeX distribution tape is included something called `ctex'. This is not Pat Monardo's translation (and perhaps mine should be renamed to avoid confusion) but instead contains three major programs, a driver for the Imagen series of printers, a driver for the Versatec V80, and a dvi page selection program for use with any other DVI-to-device program. As distributed, the drivers deal only with PXL files. I fixed this some months ago but had been withholding distribution of the new software for lack of documentation. Said documentation remains to be written, but I have decided to make the software available anyway. The new code is available for anonymous FTP from host mimsy.umd.edu. Retrieve the file `tex/ctex.tar.Z' (be sure to use binary mode!) and use the uncompress program to create a Unix tar format archive, or retrieve tex/ctex.tar if you do not have uncompress. The older PXL-based software is still available as `tex/ctex.old.tar'. The font code is written as a library and provides a base for anyone writing new drivers. It runs on a number of Unix systems (4.1BSD, 4.2BSD, 4.3BSD, SunOS 3.0 and 3.2, and System V for 3Bs) and has been ported to VMS. It handles GF, PK, PXL, and (after a fashion) TFM files and can be used to provide SLiTeX invisible fonts in any size with no storage penalty. Included in the library are a number of routines to make scanning DVI files easier as well. Once again, there is virtually no documentation. What I have is included for completeness, but the only sure way to answer a question is to read the source. If you write some, please send it to me so that I may include it in the distribution.