From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 12 10:51:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA19428 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Jun 1996 10:51:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from distortion.eng.umd.edu (distortion.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA19423 for ; Wed, 12 Jun 1996 10:51:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from skipper.eng.umd.edu (skipper.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.208]) by distortion.eng.umd.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA26325; Wed, 12 Jun 1996 13:51:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from chuckr@localhost) by skipper.eng.umd.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA10303; Wed, 12 Jun 1996 13:51:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 13:51:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@skipper.eng.umd.edu To: "Boyd R. Faulkner" cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tex to text on FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199606121708.MAA01724@utgard.bga.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Boyd R. Faulkner wrote: > Is there a working solution to producing ascii text documents from latex > sources under FreeBSD. I have tried proting dvitty but have met with > less than success. Is there a better solution? Yeah, sure there is, Boyd, but it isn't small. It's the /usr/ports/print/teTeX port, which includes both TeX, LaTeX, and all of the ancillary tools. This ports builds and installs perfectly, and doesn't short you on anything, and Bernd Rosauer (I hope I spelled that right) works at keeping it current. All you end up having to do is 'latex ' to get the .dvi file. I have a portscript printer here, so I follow it up with dvips (which is also part of teTeX). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------