percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus) (01/21/87)
I am informed that the best Macintosh TeX program is TeXtures by
Kellerman & Smith, available from:
Addison Wesley
6 Jacob Way
Reading, MA 01867
Marketing Agent: Janice Hughes
at a list price of $495, with many discounts available.
It is said to include a Mac previewer, and Computer Modern fonts
for screen, Imagewriter, and Laserwriter. Although, the official
version is not available yet, it will be shortly, and the current
one is just fine.
Two supposedly inferior versions are: FTL TeX (described as "more
expensive, slower, and less convenient," without all the fonts
that TeXtures has), and MacTeX, about which I have no information
(aside from the fact that it is inferior).
My thanks to all those who replied to my original query.
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In article <12880003@acf4.UUCP> percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus) writes: >Two supposedly inferior versions are: FTL TeX ... > ... and MacTeX, about which I have no information It's probably not that important, but the only legal MacTeX is the product from FTL Systems Inc in Toronto, so the two products mentioned above may be the same. Last when I enquired (June 86), MacTeX was selling for US$750 + US$40 for shipping and a 10% educational discount. I have more information on MaxTeX, but no personal experience/recommendation. Riel Smit +1 519 888 4004 watmath!watrose!gdvsmit gdvsmit%watrose@waterloo.CSNET rs@watcsg.BITNET
percus@acf4.UUCP (01/24/87)
> >Two supposedly inferior versions are: FTL TeX ... > > ... and MacTeX, about which I have no information > > It's probably not that important, but the only legal MacTeX is the > product from FTL Systems Inc in Toronto, so the two products mentioned > above may be the same. Last when I enquired (June 86), MacTeX was > selling for US$750 + US$40 for shipping and a 10% educational discount. Yes, I've checked about it, and the two products I mentioned are indeed the same. MacTex is the only TeX product made by FTL Systems -- there is no FTL TeX, however. Sorry about the confusion. . ------- |-----| A. G. Percus |II II| (ARPA) percus@acf4 |II II| (NYU) percus.acf4 |II II| (UUCP) ...{allegra|ihnp4|harvard|seismo}!cmcl2!acf4!percus |II II| ------- "It is our duty to see that our successors commit their daily crimes in a conscientious and workmanlike fashion." -Sir Roderic, "Ruddigore" by W.S. Gilbert
pwp@iuvax.UUCP (01/27/87)
Since TeX is in the public domain, I find it hard to believe that there is only one legal TeX for the Mac. Perhasps MacTeX is the name of one such TeX.
gdvsmit@watrose.UUCP (01/30/87)
In article <121500001@iuvax> pwp@iuvax.indiana.EDU writes: >Since TeX is in the public domain, I find it hard to believe that there is >only one legal TeX for the Mac. Perhasps MacTeX is the name of one such TeX. My statement was: "there is only one legal MacTeX". I did not say there is only one legal TeX for the Mac. So you're right, the company in question obtained the legal rights to call their product MacTeX and no one else may do the same.