From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJGPP port of TeX (with instructions for non-DJGPP'ers) (Was Re: Win95 and LaTex ?)
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 10:43:35 +0300
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On 8 Jul 1997, Kaz Kylheku wrote:

> Why do people do TeX/LaTeX with Windows 95? Or, more precisely, why would a
> TeXpert bother with windows? You are one step away from not needing a GUI at
> all if you can typeset with these tools, so it's not like you need to run
> Word! :)

I'm not quite sure I understand why are you so surprised.  Usually,
you don't select a platform that fits best the tools that you need to
use.  At least not everybody has the freedom to do so.  Many people
actually have it the other way around: they are *forced* to work on
certain platform, and need then to look for the tools they need (or
are used to) that run on that platform.  So the presence of a GUI (or
lack thereof) is irrelevant here.

Word also has nothing to do with this dilemma, since there are jobs
that only TeX can do, for example printing a document already written
in TeX or Texinfo.

If your platform is MS-DOS or MS-Windows, and you need TeX or related
programs, then you will need the DJGPP port.