Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 14:38:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: "Boyd R. Faulkner" <faulkner@asgard.bga.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tex to text on FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960612143741.17406G-100000@skipper.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960612134757.17406C-100000@skipper.eng.umd.edu>
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On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Chuck Robey wrote: > 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 <docname>' to get the .dvi file. I > have a portscript printer here, so I follow it up with dvips (which is > also part of teTeX). I didn't read this one well enough, about wanting to go to ASCII, not postscript. What I wrote above is very wrong, and I don't myself know of a good way to go LaTex --> ASCII. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- 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! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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