From: mschulter AT  DOT value DOT net (M. Schulter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Tex
Date: 9 Sep 1997 05:23:35 GMT
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Jim Chapman (jim DOT chapman AT sympatico DOT ca) wrote:
: Why is Tex not mentioned in the mini FAQ list? I just got a Simtel for
: MSDOS CD from Walnut Creek and I don't think the DJGPP port is there
: either. Do I need to get the sources and compile them or can I get the
: binaries? In either case could someone please advise me where they would
: be.
: 
: 	Thanks, Jim Chapman

Hi, there.

As an enthusiastic user of DJGPP's Web2c TeX, I can direct you to one ftp
site for this distribution:

ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2apps/tex/

Please take a look at the file TeX.README _before_ downloading anything
else. As noted there, the distribution includes binaries (*b.zip) and
also, for those who are interested, sources (*s.zip). There's also
tmfl72.zip, which includes essential TeX and font files, etc.

The very important TeX.README file also has installation information for
DJGPP users, and is included in the distribution itself, more specifically
tmfl72.zip, as /djgpp/gnu/texk-7.0/djgpp/README. 

I've managed to get DJGPP TeX and dvips working with Emacs and a
PostScript interpreter; it has nice support for inline PostScript, and
also for the standard 35 PostScript fonts (although as explained in the
info documentation, you'll need to get an extra file with the required
font information, available at CTAN, as I recall). If you're interested
doing things like this with TeX and PostScript, I'd be glad to help out as
much as I can.

Most respectfully,

Margo Schulter
mschulter AT value DOT net

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