[comp.text.tex] dvips 5.0 & TeX 2.991

melvin@amun.cgd.ucar.edu (06/28/90)

Currently we are running TeX 2.991 on our suns - I am hoping to upgrade
to 3.0 in a month or two when our new fileserver comes in.  I have been
spending some time mucking around with our installed dvips (4.2) and have
come to the conclusion that it is kluged almost beyond belief.
Therefore, I'd like to reinstall dvips, but since 3.0 is coming in a month
or two anyways, I thought I would put in dvips 5.0 now.
I've seen some READMEs to the effect that 5.0 dvips should not be used
with <3.0 TeX.

What problems, if any, are involved with putting TeX <3.0 and dvips 5.0
together?

Many thanks!
	- Lee

PS - After a month of unscrambling the previous TeX installation (and the
	wild vagaries of Knuth's programming techniques), I feel (just
	slightly) that I am beginning to understand what I am doing...

	Long live the c beautifier...


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