plampani@dpls (Patrick Lampani) (06/20/91)
Just FYI, We just installed TeX3.0 (from labrea ftp at stanford) on the NeXT along with the newer AMS-tex and AMS-LaTeX. The new version of TeX (and siblings) seems to work much faster than the old version although it did take a bit of playing to patch it for the NeXT. Besides the speed, I guess it handles much bigger files. I'd be curious as to other people's opinions when (and if) they put it on.
solomon@math.indiana.edu (bruce solomon) (06/20/91)
In article <1991Jun20.012240.27001@doug.cae.wisc.edu> plampani@dpls (Patrick Lampani) writes: > Just FYI, We just installed TeX3.0 (from labrea ftp at stanford) . . . > . . .although it did take a bit of playing to patch it for the NeXT. > Besides the speed, I guess it handles much bigger files. > I'd be curious as to other people's opinions when (and if) > they put it on. I'd love to install TeX 3.0. Perhaps someone could post instructions on how to do it---on the NeXT? BTW, while I'm on the subject, I've never been able to get the "sheet size" preferences to work under TeXView 2.0 (v0.95). Is there a newer version of TeXView? How can it be installed? ---bruce solomon ---math dept ---indiana university ---bloomington, in
hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) (06/21/91)
In article <1991Jun20.144535.8962@cica.indiana.edu> solomon@math.indiana.edu (bruce solomon) writes: >> >> In article <1991Jun20.012240.27001@doug.cae.wisc.edu> plampani@dpls (Patrick >> Lampani) writes: >> > Just FYI, We just installed TeX3.0 (from labrea ftp at stanford) . . . >> > . . .although it did take a bit of playing to patch it for the NeXT. >> > Besides the speed, I guess it handles much bigger files. >> > I'd be curious as to other people's opinions when (and if) >> > they put it on. >> >> I'd love to install TeX 3.0. Perhaps someone could post instructions on >> how to do it---on the NeXT? BTW, while I'm on the subject, I've never been >> able to get the "sheet size" preferences to work under TeXView 2.0 (v0.95). >> Is there a newer version of TeXView? How can it be installed? The TeX which comes in the extended release is already TeX 3.0. Tom Rokicki posted some improvements (able to handle larger hyphenation files, like German) on labrea. He also posted a new improved dvips, and TexView. If You are using a NeXT printer you may not need the improvements. Installation is straightforward and instructions are included. All you need to do is replace the appropriate files, and run initex on plain, lplain, or whatever your favorite format is (e.g., AMS-LaTeX, AMSplain), etc. The new Texview fixes a problem with printing to a non-NeXT printer. Let me again congratulate Tom Rokicki for the best TeX around! Greetings, Hardy -------****------- Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy); Department of Physics, University of California Irvine CA 92717; (714) 856 5543; hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu or MMAYER@UCI.BITNET
fletcher@socrates.umd.edu (Charles Fletcher) (06/21/91)
In article <HARDY.91Jun20115059@golem.ps.uci.edu> hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) writes: >In article <1991Jun20.144535.8962@cica.indiana.edu> solomon@math.indiana.edu (bruce solomon) writes: > >>> >>> In article <1991Jun20.012240.27001@doug.cae.wisc.edu> plampani@dpls (Patrick >>> Lampani) writes: >>> > Just FYI, We just installed TeX3.0 (from labrea ftp at stanford) . . . >>> > . . .although it did take a bit of playing to patch it for the NeXT. >>> > Besides the speed, I guess it handles much bigger files. >>> > I'd be curious as to other people's opinions when (and if) >>> > they put it on. >>> >>> I'd love to install TeX 3.0. Perhaps someone could post instructions on >>> how to do it---on the NeXT? BTW, while I'm on the subject, I've never been >>> able to get the "sheet size" preferences to work under TeXView 2.0 (v0.95). >>> Is there a newer version of TeXView? How can it be installed? > >The TeX which comes in the extended release is already TeX 3.0. >Tom Rokicki posted some improvements (able to handle larger >hyphenation files, like German) on labrea. He also posted a new >improved dvips, and TexView. >If You are using a NeXT printer you may not need the improvements. >Installation is straightforward and instructions are included. >All you need to do is replace the appropriate files, and run initex on >plain, lplain, or whatever your favorite format is (e.g., AMS-LaTeX, >AMSplain), etc. >The new Texview fixes a problem with printing to a non-NeXT printer. > >Let me again congratulate Tom Rokicki for the best TeX around! I'll second that! (The actual TeX with the NeXT is 3.1a) As for the sheet size (in Preferences in TeXview), hit RETURN after entering the length, then click on "Use Preferences" -Charlie > >Greetings, >Hardy > -------****------- >Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy); Department of Physics, University of California >Irvine CA 92717; (714) 856 5543; hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu or MMAYER@UCI.BITNET
solomon@math.indiana.edu (bruce solomon) (06/21/91)
In article <1991Jun21.132959.2840@socrates.umd.edu> fletcher@socrates.umd.edu (Charles Fletcher) writes: > In article <HARDY.91Jun20115059@golem.ps.uci.edu> hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) writes: > >In article <1991Jun20.144535.8962@cica.indiana.edu> solomon@math.indiana.edu (bruce solomon) writes: > > > >>> > >>> In article <1991Jun20.012240.27001@doug.cae.wisc.edu> plampani@dpls (Patrick > >>> Lampani) writes: > >>> > Just FYI, We just installed TeX3.0 (from labrea ftp at stanford) . . > >>> . . . BTW, while I'm on the subject, I've never been > >>> able to get the "sheet size" preferences to work under TeXView 2.0 (v0.95). > >>> Is there a newer version of TeXView? How can it be installed? > > > >The TeX which comes in the extended release is already TeX 3.0. > >Tom Rokicki posted some improvements (able to handle larger > >hyphenation files, like German) on labrea. He also posted a new > >improved dvips, and TexView. . . > >Installation is straightforward and instructions are included. > >All you need to do is replace the appropriate files, and run initex on > >plain, lplain, or whatever your favorite format is (e.g., AMS-LaTeX, > >AMSplain), etc. > > > As for the sheet size (in Preferences in TeXview), hit RETURN > after entering the length, then click on "Use Preferences" > > -Charlie > > > > >Greetings, > >Hardy Thanks. But two more questions: (1) Which files contain the updates to dvips and TeXView? (2) "Use Preferences" seems to work fine, but why don't I get any action out of "Save Preferences"?
ralf@reswi.ruhr.de (Ralf E. Stranzenbach) (06/27/91)
fletcher@socrates.umd.edu (Charles Fletcher) writes: [..] >>>> Is there a newer version of TeXView? How can it be installed? >> >>The TeX which comes in the extended release is already TeX 3.0. >>Tom Rokicki posted some improvements (able to handle larger >>hyphenation files, like German) on labrea. He also posted a new >>improved dvips, and TexView. >> [...] >>Let me again congratulate Tom Rokicki for the best TeX around! It's hard to belief. I just tried to make a latex with german hyphenation patterns. It failed; see message below. This is CTeX, NeXT Version 3.1a (INITEX) **lplaing (/usr/lib/tex/inputs/lplaing.tex Preloading the plain format: codes, registers, parameters, macros, math definitions, hyphenation (/usr/lib/tex/inputs/hypheng.tex german hyphenation patterns ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pattern memory=8000]. l.4812 tia4ris No pages of output. Transcript written on lplaing.log. The pattern memory with 8000 hunks seems not to be increased for the german hyphenation files. My other TeXes use a hyphenation memory of 12000. Even on my poor 'ol ST. This makes the NeXT TeX nearly unusable for german publications. Ralf E. Stranzenbach -- Ralf E.Stranzenbach - ralf@reswi.ruhr.de - Fido: via 2:241/5800.12
erik@zeus.opt-sci.arizona.edu (Erik Schumacher) (06/28/91)
In article <1991Jun27.014549.17928@reswi.ruhr.de> ralf@reswi.ruhr.de (Ralf E. Stranzenbach) writes: Path: amethyst!arizona!noao!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!unido!horga!reswi!jodokus!ralf From: ralf@reswi.ruhr.de (Ralf E. Stranzenbach) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Date: 27 Jun 91 01:45:49 GMT Distribution: comp Organization: Private/FRG Lines: 36 fletcher@socrates.umd.edu (Charles Fletcher) writes: [..] >>>> Is there a newer version of TeXView? How can it be installed? >> >>The TeX which comes in the extended release is already TeX 3.0. >>Tom Rokicki posted some improvements (able to handle larger >>hyphenation files, like German) on labrea. He also posted a new >>improved dvips, and TexView. >> [...] >>Let me again congratulate Tom Rokicki for the best TeX around! It's hard to belief. I just tried to make a latex with german hyphenation patterns. It failed; see message below. This is CTeX, NeXT Version 3.1a (INITEX) **lplaing (/usr/lib/tex/inputs/lplaing.tex Preloading the plain format: codes, registers, parameters, macros, math definitions, hyphenation (/usr/lib/tex/inputs/hypheng.tex german hyphenation patterns ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pattern memory=8000]. l.4812 tia4ris No pages of output. Transcript written on lplaing.log. The pattern memory with 8000 hunks seems not to be increased for the german hyphenation files. My other TeXes use a hyphenation memory of 12000. Even on my poor 'ol ST. This makes the NeXT TeX nearly unusable for german publications. Ralf E. Stranzenbach -- Ralf E.Stranzenbach - ralf@reswi.ruhr.de - Fido: via 2:241/5800.12 I had the same experience - until I loaded the new version of TeX for the NeXT which Tom Rockiki changed so that it can handle bigger hyphenation patterns. Try this, and it will hopefully work (at least I was able to use the large hyphenation table. Erik