Chuck.Phillips@FtCollins.NCR.COM (Chuck.Phillips) (08/23/90)
In article <4051@tuminfo1.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de> hf@marvin.e17.Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Hannes Faestermann) writes: Hannes> I use the bbitex-mode in emacs, provided by loading the file Hannes> bibtex.el. I don't know if this is available with the normal emacs Hannes> distribution. There maybe another file around named bibtex-mode.el, Hannes> but I like the first one better. You just type in C-c <letter> and Hannes> in your bib-file appears a mask. You only have to fill in the Hannes> information. >>>>> On 21 Aug 90 17:47:48 GMT, kaul@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rich Kaul) said: Rich> It sounds like you have the VorTeX macro set installed since the Rich> bibtex.el stuff isn't part of standard GNU emacs. I do like them -- Rich> they do a good job of reducing the typing you have to do. The LaTeX Rich> and TeX modes are also quite good, and they are well documented. The Rich> macros are available for anonymous ftp on a.cs.uiuc.edu in Rich> pub/TeX/vortex-macros.tar.Z. Last I heard, the DARPA funded VorTeX project was charging about $600 for a site license and required signing an extensive legalese document (e.g. you _can't_ redistribute, no guarantees, no support provided, etc.) before they'd ship a tape. (At last, the disadvantages of an unpopular public domain package, spotty or no support, combined with the price of a commercial package. ;-) What are the current details? _If_ VorTeX is now redistributable: Does anyone know of a mail archive server for the VorTeX macros, et al? Does the graphics interface now work under X11r4? (Last I heard it was X10 based.) If so, is it fairly reliable? (Last I heard it was prone to core dumps.) Is $600 for tape duplication just a teeny bit high for a project I've already funded by paying taxes, or is it just me? :-) \include{std_disclaimer.tex} Thanks in advance, -- Chuck Phillips MS440 NCR Microelectronics Chuck.Phillips%FtCollins.NCR.com 2001 Danfield Ct. Ft. Collins, CO. 80525 uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-mpd!bach!chuckp
kaul@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rich Kaul) (08/24/90)
In article <CHUCK.PHILLIPS.90Aug23102721@halley.FtCollins.NCR.COM> Chuck.Phillips@FtCollins.NCR.COM (Chuck.Phillips) writes:
_If_ VorTeX is now redistributable:
The rules haven't changed. The only thing that's free are the GNU
emacs macros. One more time that the FSF "virus" license works in
your favor.
Does anyone know of a mail archive server for the VorTeX macros, et al?
Not that I've heard of, unless you do the bizarre BITNET route. I
could be persuaded to mail it to you, but it's pretty big.
Does the graphics interface now work under X11r4? (Last I heard it was X10
based.)
It's still X10 based.
-rich
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