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- Thanks to the generosity and hard work of Andrew Trevorrow, a free, public
- domain (in as much as TeX is ever public domain) version of TeX for the
- Macintosh is now available by anonymous ftp. The program is called OzTeX
- (Version 1.1) and includes Modula-2 source and all necessary fonts and
- input files. The ftp address is
-
- Name: tank.uchicago.edu
- Address: 128.135.4.27
-
- In the near future (thanks to Craig Ruff), OzTeX might also be available from
-
- Name: handies.ucar.edu
- Address: 128.117.64.4
-
- As usual, use the login name "anonymous" and use your own login id for a
- password. Once logged in, you will find the parts of OzTeX in
- subdirectories of pub/sources/OzTeX. Everything has been preprocessed with
- Stuffit-1.5.1 and binhex. You will need at least version 1.5.1 of Stuffit,
- since the archives contain folders. The subdirectory
- /pub/sources/OzTeX/binaries contain copies of the stuffit archives before
- stuffing. Other subdirectories contain the OzTeX program, OzTeX sources,
- OzTeX inputs (e.g., AMSTeX, LaTeX, etc.), and Font binaries of various
- sizes in binhex'd stuffit archives. Of course, Stuffit-1.5.1 and binhex4
- are available by anonymous ftp from the info-mac archive, at
- sumex-aim.stanford .edu (36.44.0.6).
-
- Here is some more detailed information about the program and implementation:
-
- OzTeX is a public domain version of TeX for the Macintosh written by Andrew
- Trevorrow. TEX is the typsetting system developed by Donald Knuth at
- Stanford University. OzTeX was written by translating Knuth's original
- code to Modula-2 and then porting to the Macintosh.
-
- The OzTeX delivery includes the OzTeX program; a complete set of TFM files
- for the computer modern font set and TFM files for selected Adobe fonts;
- input files of LaTeX and AmSTeX; full Modula-2 source code for OzTeX; and a
- complete set of font files (in PK format). OzTeX includes a screen
- previewer and the capabilities of initex to create new format files.
-
- OzTeX should work on any Macintosh Plus, SE, II or newer model. It will
- not work on a 128K or 512K Mac. OzTEX was developed on a Mac Plus with 1
- Meg of RAM and a 20 Meg hard disk. This is just about the minimum hardware
- configuration, given the large amount of memory required to run OzTEX and
- the large amount of disk space needed to store all the font information.
-
- OzTeX can only print on a PostScript-compatible printer.There is currently
- no support for other types of printers. If you plan to use an Apple
- LaserWriter (any model) the installation should be straightforward.
-
- - Source code will be supplied. Everything is written in
- TML Modula-2 (which requires MPW). There is about 35,000 lines of
- code.
-
- - The application includes a DVI previewer, a PostScript
- driver, and of course TeX (actually IniTeX so users can create their
- own formats, although Plain and LaTeX will be supplied).
- The TeX module passes Knuth's trip test (for version 2.0
- at least).
-
- OzTeX is designed to be an open and expandable TeX system. It reads font
- information from standard TFM and PK files, and creates standard DVI files.
- If you have access to a Unix or VMS mainframe then you'll be able to Kermit
- such files to and fro without any extra processing. A basic set of TFM
- files and 300dpi PK files will be supplied. PostScript printer fonts are
- also supported.
-
- The author says that OzTeX is somewhat below TeXtures 1.0 and MacTeX 1.1 in
- features, somewhere between in seed of typesetting/previewing/printing and,
- of course, way ahead in cost.
-
- There is currently NO integrated text editor (and I'm not sure that one is
- really necessary, what with MultiFinder and good DA editors available).
-
- Support for inclusion of graphics is currently minimal.
- The previewer ignores \special commands and the PostScript driver only
- allows inclusion of a file, along with optional PostScript code.
-
- OzTeX can be used with AMSTeX and LaTeX and the appropriate input files are
- part of the OzTeX delivery.
-
- Now some more details about the delivery:
-
- The OzTeX delivery is stored here packed as Stuffit-1.5.1 archives
- (Version-1.5.1 is necessary, as the stuffit files contain folders), which
- have been run through binhex and broken into pieces. The index below
- indicates what parts of OzTeX reside in what directories here.
-
- pub/sources/OzTeX
- /oztex: OzTeX binaries (stuffit/binhex)
- /ozsrc:OzTeX sources " "
- /ozinp:OzTeX inputs " "
- /pk300:OzTeX fonts " "
- /pk329: " " " "
- /pk360: " " " "
- /pk432: " " " "
- /pk518: " " " "
- /pk622: " " " "
- /pk746: " " " "
- /binariesOzTeX stuffit files pre-binhex
-
- Any inquiries about OzTeX can be sent to oztex@tank.uchicago.edu.
- I am still looking for a bitnet-server site that is willing to accept this,
- for those of you on bitnet who are unable to ftp.
-
- --Walter
- _____________________________________________________________________________
- Walter C3arlip c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu
- (the "3" is silent)c3ar%zaphod@UCHIMVS1.bitnet
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