TeX support
Chris Torek
chris at trantor.umd.edu
Sat Feb 13 17:39:53 AEST 1988
In article <306 at lehi3b15.CSEE.Lehigh.EDU> flash at lehi3b15.CSEE.Lehigh.EDU
(Stephen Corbesero) writes:
>OK, I have gotten the source code for TeX and gotten it to compile on
>my 3B15.
[a surprise; I did not know 3B15s had working Pascal compilers---or
perhaps you got a TeX-in-C distribution]
>My question is still the same as before:
> 1) where can I get plain.tex?
It comes with the source code. At least, it *should* come with the
source code. An annotated listing can be found in Appendix B of The
TeXbook.
> 2) What do I do after I run initex and read plain.tex?
Use the \dump command to build plain.fmt:
% initex
This is TeX, version x.y for yoursys (INITEX)
**plain \dump
[much output]
> 3) What is virtex?
Virtex is a `virgin' TeX without the extra overhead required to
make .fmt files. It can, however, *read* .fmt files:
% virtex
This is TeX, version x.y for yoursys (no format preloaded)
**&plain
*
On some systems it is possible to `preload' formats; on Unix systems
this is usually done by making a core dump, then combining the core
dump and the virtex program into a new `preloaded tex'. This procedure
is so system dependent that the best answer to `how?' is `obtain
GNU Emacs'.
> 4) Are the LaTex macros available somewhere as well?
Only on just about every TeX distribution tape.
> 5) Why isn't Scribe better than TeX?
Maybe it is. Last time I checked, it also cost $10,000 for a
binary release. We paid $75 for our TeX tape.
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