wargaski@ils.nwu.edu (Robert E. Wargaski Jr.) (03/01/90)
What is the status of version 3.0 of TeX? The README file in ~ftp/pub/tex at labrea.stanford.edu has the following notice: >---------------------------------------- > *** IMPORTANT NOTICE *** > >TeX, Metafont, etc. were modified in the fall of 1989, and the new >versions of various files are available here. The update process is >not yet complete, however. It will be complete when > - TeX version 3.0 is released (currently it is at version 2.993) > - new web2c change files are written > - a new Unix TeX distribution containing TeX 3.0 is prepared >Until then, the files here will not all be consistent, so you should >not try to merge files from the Stanford source directories, the Unix >TeX distribution, or the web2c distribution unless you are prepared to >spend some time fixing incompatibilities. > >---------------------------------------- I want to upgrade all of the TeX stuff for which I am responsible, but am dependent upon web2c, as we have no access to a pascal compiler. Any help will be much appreciated. I have no preference on responses (i.e. via email or posting): I will post any email which is especially helpful. Thanks much. Rob Wargaski - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Robert E. Wargaski Jr. | This is stupid. -- Vila wargaski@ils.nwu.edu | When did that ever stop us. -- Avon NU Distributed Systems Support | . . . #include <disclaimer.h> . . .
ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap) (03/01/90)
Any day now. Testers are sitting at their workstations. :-) Actually it doesn't become 3.0 until Don Knuth declares it so.
rusty@garnet.berkeley.edu (rusty wright) (03/02/90)
Any day now is correct. More specifically the web2c flavor (which makes installing tex on Unix machines "trivial") is being tested by various people. When it becomes available you will be able to get it via the magtape route from UWash or anonymous ftp from ics.uci.edu. -- -------------------------------------- rusty c. wright rusty@violet.berkeley.edu ucbvax!violet!rusty
sdean1@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP (Steven A. Dean) (03/03/90)
How soon do people expect to see upgrades to 3.0 for commercial TeX packages? I'm interested in the AmigaTeX release from Radical Eye most specifically (excellent package) but I was curious if anyone knew when things were coming out for any machine... -Steve
dhosek@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (dhosek) (03/04/90)
In article <938@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP> sdean1@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP (Steven A. Dean) writes: >How soon do people expect to see upgrades to 3.0 for commercial TeX packages? >I'm interested in the AmigaTeX release from Radical Eye most specifically >(excellent package) but I was curious if anyone knew when things were coming >out for any machine... After Knuth announced TeX 3.0, Tom Rokicki said that he didn't want to make those changes to AmigaTeX because of the large amount of work that would be necessary. I don't know if he's changed his mind, but I sure hope so. Perhaps Tom would care to comment? -dh -- Important note: The Anti-Social Committee will not be meeting this week. UUCP: uunet!jarthur!dhosek Internet: dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu