benten@tigger.colorado.edu (Muhammad S. Benten) (01/27/89)
Hi netlanders,
I have received over 20 requests for the improved 3b1
TeX previewer so far. Many of these requests are for the complete
sources for this program. Let me tell you about the situation and
please mail me any suggestions on distributing this program.
The original TeXview package is a huge set of files that implements
the TeXview on tens of printers and machines. It is about 0.5 Meg
compressed tar file excluding a compressed Meg of fonts and macros.
However, for the new 3b1 previewer only 3
files are changed and 2 more are added. I certainly cannot post
the whole sources but can post the modified and new files required
for the 3b1 at any time. The other alternative is to make a stripped
version of the previewer for the 3b1 which will be about 150K, but
this will take some time and I do not know how legal is it (????).
The new previewer can be linked with the shared libraries and the
executable size is less than 50k compared to the original 150k+.
I'd appreciate any comments and suggestions.
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============================================================================ ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (01/27/89)
In article <6155@boulder.Colorado.EDU> benten@tigger.colorado.edu (Muhammad S. Benten) writes: >Hi netlanders, > > I have received over 20 requests for the improved 3b1 >TeX previewer so far. Many of these requests are for the complete >sources for this program. Let me tell you about the situation and >please mail me any suggestions on distributing this program. > >The original TeXview package is a huge set of files that implements ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Is the original package available for ftp'ing ?
erict@flatline.UUCP (The Evil Mel Fujitsu) (01/27/89)
In article <6155@boulder.Colorado.EDU>, benten@tigger.colorado.edu (Muhammad S. Benten) writes: > The original TeXview package is a huge set of files that implements > the TeXview on tens of printers and machines. It is about 0.5 Meg > compressed tar file excluding a compressed Meg of fonts and macros. > However, for the new 3b1 previewer only 3 > files are changed and 2 more are added. Does this mean I can get the "official" TeX sources, and just use your extra files n diffs to make it work on my machine? If so, why not just post the diffs and leave us to get the "official" part of the sources on our ownsome. -- "I think it would be fun to run a newspaper." -- C.F.K. J. Eric Townsend 511 Parker #2, Houston, Tx, 77007 Inet: COSC5FA@george.uh.edu UUCP: uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict Bitnet: COSC5FA@UHVAX1.BITNET ..!bellcore!tness1!/ EastEnders Mailing List(!): eastender@flatline.UUCP
roger@banzai.UUCP (Roger Florkowski) (01/28/89)
In article <6155@boulder.Colorado.EDU> benten@tigger.colorado.edu (Muhammad S. Benten) writes: >Hi netlanders, > > I have received over 20 requests for the improved 3b1 >TeX previewer so far. Many of these requests are for the complete >sources for this program. Let me tell you about the situation and >please mail me any suggestions on distributing this program. > >The original TeXview package is a huge set of files that implements ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Tell us how uucp sites can get this package. I'm assuming that it can be distributed, of course. -- Roger Florkowski {uunet!uvm-gen, attmail}!banzai!roger The People's Computer Company `Revolutionary Programming'
jim@syteke.UUCP (Jim Sanchez) (01/30/89)
Since the net has recently been blessed with a 60 part X window manager
and a 40 part astrophysical data base, I'm sure many of us would
look forward to seeing your posting of something as useful as this
TeX previewer. POST IT PLEASE!!!
--
Jim Sanchez {sun,hplabs}!sun!sytek!syteke!jim OR
Sytek Brussels mcvax!prlb2!sunbim!syteke!jim