From: Darrel Hankerson <hankedr AT dms DOT auburn DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Compiling lout for DOS?
Date: 28 Oct 1998 18:58:54 -0600
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes:

> On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, =?iso-8859-2?Q?Mat=ECj_Cepl?= wrote:
> 
> > What is lout?
> > Typesetting package somehow similliar to LaTeX, but far more friendly in
> > making your own templates and producing plain PostScript on output
> > instead of proprietary DVI
> [...]
> So, what are the problems to build this with DJGPP?  (TeX, for
> example, compiles with DJGPP out of the box.)  Did you try and failed?

The makefile describes most of the changes that are required.  djgpp
does not have the language support, and it appears that djgpp and
mingw32 both need the same DBFIX setting (in contrast to cygnus gcc).

Cepl AT fpm DOT cz has suggested that lout (compiled for DOS and perhaps
Win32) needs a home.  He's offered to test the versions that I've
prepared with djgpp and mingw32.  They pass the "user doc" test.  If
other tests are successful, I'll add these to the GNUish collection on
http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/.

I have not looked at adding support for compressed PDF (requires zlib).
If I'm duplicating work of others, I'd welcome a note.

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--Darrel Hankerson hankedr AT mail DOT auburn DOT edu