franz@asuvax.asu.edu (Chris Franz) (06/16/89)
I would like to run LaTeX on a Sun 386i. Since I don't have a Pascal compiler, I need a copy of the binary or a copy of the C source (preferred). Can anybody help? Chris Franz franz@asuvax.asu.edu Engineering Computer Services Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-5206
phil@delta.eecs.nwu.edu (Bill LeFebvre) (07/04/89)
In article <4125@kalliope.rice.edu> franz@asuvax.asu.edu (Chris Franz) writes: >X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 50, message 8 of 12 > >I would like to run LaTeX on a Sun 386i. Since I don't have a Pascal >compiler, I need a copy of the binary or a copy of the C source >(preferred). Can anybody help? The Unix-TeX tape from Washington includes "web2c", a package that converts the "brick" of Pascal which WEB produces into C. In fact, the Makefiles on the distribution tape are already set up to use this package. So rather than the usual WEB -> Pascal -> binary (which requires a Pascal compiler), the current distribtion makes a binary as follows: WEB -> Pascal -> C -> binary, thus eliminating the need for a Pascal compiler while still making the binary directly from Knuth's WEB source (which makes tracking what few changes there are very easy). The Unix TeX tape is available from The University of Washington for (I believe) about $140. It is freely redistributable---the price is solely to cover distribution costs. I think you can contact "mackay@june.cs.washington.edu" and get more information about Unix-TeX. There is also an Internet mailing list about TeX: TeXHax@score.stanford.edu. William LeFebvre Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Northwestern University <phil@eecs.nwu.edu>