[comp.os.vms] Previewing TeX .DVI files under DECwindows

cyoder@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Chris Yoder) (07/18/89)

[RAID]

     Does anybody know of a .DVI file previewer that runs under DECwindows?

     I have been looking for one for a while, and as yet I haven't heard of 
such a beastie.  Please send me mail if you know of one.

Chris Yoder
   Harvey Mudd College				Chris@HMCVAX.Claremont.Edu

hbo@nobbs.ucsb.edu (07/18/89)

-Message-Text-Follows-
In article <1646@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>, cyoder@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Chris Yoder) writes...
> 
>     Does anybody know of a .DVI file previewer that runs under DECwindows?
> 
>     I have been looking for one for a while, and as yet I haven't heard of 
>such a beastie.  Please send me mail if you know of one.

  I'm sure this is of general enough interest to warrant posting responses to
the net. Or perhaps you could summarize, Chris?

--
Howard Owen, Computer Systems Manager           internet: hbo@voodoo.ucsb.edu
Physics Computer Services                       BITNET: HBO@VOODOO.BITNET
University of California, Santa Barbara         HEPNET/SPAN:  VOODOO::HBO
"I am not a pay TV service!"                    805-961-8366 (work)

margaret@ms.uky.edu (Margaret) (07/18/89)

cyoder@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Chris Yoder) writes:

>     Does anybody know of a .DVI file previewer that runs under DECwindows?
>     I have been looking for one for a while, and as yet I haven't heard of 
>such a beastie.  Please send me mail if you know of one.

We are running  both texx and xdvi here ( R3 versions ).
if you are running dxwm than you have to use texx , but under other 
window managers you can use both of them. If you have color microvax 
( mVax II GP/X _), then you will have to run xdvi, texx just gives you a
blank page. 
					I hope that helps,

					Margaret

-- 
Malgorzata Marek Sturgill		ARPA:   margaret@ms.uky.edu
					UUCP:   {uunet,rutgers}!ukma!margaret
"Violence never settles anything"	BITNET:	margaret@UKMA.BITNET
	Genghis Khan

grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu (Dirk Grunwald) (07/18/89)

I installed texx2 on our VAXstation 3200 with a GPX/something display, using
85dpi fonts.

The actual compliation is no problem, but there are a couple of gotchas
concerning the access(2) system call; it seems that access(2) says you
can't access files on R/O NFS mounted file systems, even if you're just
try to read the file.

When compiling fonts, you need to use ``dxfc'' rather than ``bdftosnf,''
since DEC has their own format.

Other than that, it works fairly well, given that we're running UWS 2.0,
not 2.1. I will be using a PMAX this fall, so you'll probably see improved
DECwindows support then.
--
Dirk Grunwald -- Univ. of Illinois 		  (grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu)