bennett@uahtitan.ai.mit.edu (Mark Bennett) (11/21/90)
Hi -
Please pardon all the details, but I tried to ask this
question before and I got some sincere suggestions that were,
unfortunately, not applicable to my situation.
EQUIPMENT: I have installed GNU Emacs on our 1500 series Stardent
(formerly Ardent) Titan 2. It is presently running Stardent UNIX
Release 2.2 (UNIX System V Release 3.0 with some BSD extensions).
Our system has a printer that takes PostScript input (a NEC Silentwriter).
SITUATION: Long ago and far away - when I was first a graduate student
- I learned to use TeX and then LaTeX (both acquired for free) on a
Data General computer. Not so long ago, but still far away - when I
was writing my Ph.D. thesis - I used and fell in love with Emacs
(using LaTeX mode) on the Athena computer system at MIT.
Once arriving here I found that the person in charge of the computer
was (almost) totally incompetent - he could barely use vi! After much
complaining *I* was put in charge of the computer - in addition to my
"real" work. Please note I am not a computer scientist, nor a hacker -
my degree is in Chemical Engineering. Please bear this in mind when
you reply.
So now I can somewhat merrily work away on this machine via emacs
*except* I have no way to do word processing/text formating.
All the word processing here at the Center is done on Mac's (boo,
hiss). I would *MUCH* prefer to use my UNIX machine, working in LaTeX
via Emacs.
THE PROBLEM: Stardent customer support has not helped me find a source
for LaTeX (TeX, AMSTeX) for this machine. Since it is running pretty
standard UNIX, and since we have a way of outputing the standard
PostScript output it seems to me that a LaTeX to run in this
environment should not be hard to find. ALSO - since much of GNU Emacs
uses TeX and LaTeX format I *VERY* *MUCH* *HOPE* I can put this
request on the newsgroup.
As a non-computer person, once I exhasted customer support, I haven't
the first clue as to were to look (who to call, etc.) to get this.
If I can't get LaTeX I may be forced to use Apple products to write my
papers.
I read the newsgroup regularly so you can reply there if you think
this would be of ssome general interest, otherwise reply by e-mail.
PLEASE note the return path on my outgoing mail is frequently broken,
so use the address given below.
Mark J. Bennett
Center for Migrogravity and Materials Research
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL 35899
(205)895-6889
bennett@uahtitan.uah.edu (129.66.23.6)
disclaimer: opinions expressed are my own and not those of CMMR or
UAH.bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) (11/21/90)
In article <9011202155.AA08315@uahtitan.uah.edu> bennett@uahtitan.ai.mit.edu (Mark Bennett) writes:
... [need help] find[ing] a source for LaTeX (TeX, AMSTeX) for this
machine... I haven't the first clue as to were to look (who to
call, etc.) to get this.
Since your request really doesn't much involve Emacs, try asking on
comp.text.tex for further help. They maintain a FAQ document that may
be of interest. I've redirected followups that-a-way.
You can get TeX sources via anonymous FTP from labrea.stanford.edu in
pub/tex. The directory pub/tex/unix3.0 probably contains what you
want, but see pub/tex/README to be sure. The most recent incarnation
of the LaTeX macros are in labrea:pub/tex/latex. If you'd like to
support TUG and/or don't have access to the Internet, then write to
elisabet@max.acs.washington.edu about getting their tape distribution.
If I can't get LaTeX I may be forced to use Apple products to write
my papers.
Gads! The unthinkable :-)