From: "Young U. Ryu" <ryoung AT utdallas DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: TeX, Web2c, DVI drivers ported (to DJGPP 2.01)
Date: 2 Jul 1997 22:50:04 GMT
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Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com> wrote in article
<33BACD6C DOT EFB6F6A0 AT a DOT crl DOT com>...
> >[about the DJGPP 2.01 port of TeX, etc. ...]
> 
> I do remember a DJGPP 1.12maint4 port of TeX called gTeX, that's
> available from CTAN (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network) sites.  Will
> this DJGPP port be posted there too?

There is no plan to update gTeX at least in the near future.
First, there are other good TeX implementation in DOS/Windows,
such as web2c tex for win32, miktex, and emtex.
Second, I personally do not have time these days to maintain
gTeX. I have to focus more on research ... my tenure status
is to be evaluated very soon.

I do have a version of gTeX complied with emx/gcc+rsxwin, which
I did not pack and distribute in public. But, it's based on
an old version of web2c, not supporting the tex directory
structure (TDS). Then, it's not so different from the currently
available gTeX. (The only difference is the support of long file names.)

If I release a new version of gTeX, it will support TDS and
dynamic memory, and  will be true 32 bit Windows applications, not
console/DOS box applications or simulated Windows applications (e.g.
rsxwin).
I don't know when it will be ...

Young