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Re: TeX by way of anonomous FTP?

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From: Mark D. Baushke
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1989 21:09
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In article <2947@nmtsun.nmt.edu> dave@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Dave Becker) writes:
>  I know of a few sites offering anonymous FTP service which have copies
>  of the TeX distribution, but I don't know which version to be looking
>  for (the most up-to-date, of course, but which is that?).  And more
>  importantly, Which sites have it?

I obtained a copy of 2.95 from labrea.stanford.edu:/pub/tex. I
understand (from TeXhax v89 #60) that the latest version is 2.99.
Where can I get the patches to bring 2.95 up to 2.99? Failing that
where get I FTP 2.99?

>  Also, what other handy TeX-related programs/fonts/etc. should I look
>  for and where should I look for them?  In particular, I'm searching
>  for good DVI -> Impress translators (yeah, I know, but what can I
>  do?), DVI -> postscript translators, and dvipage or equivalent (or
>  better?!?).  All of these would ideally use GF or, better yet, PK font
>  files rather than PXLs.  Disk space is (always) tight.

The iptex program in ./DVIware/laser-setters/umd-dvi tree uses PK font
files and works very well for me as a DVI -> Impress translator. (You
can FTP the DVIware tree from
labrea.stanford.edu:/pub/tex/DVIware.tar.Z.a[a-e].)

>  Dave ("Already Found Susan, Now Desperately Seeking TeX") Becker
>  Internet: dave@nmt.edu         CSNET: dave@nmtsun        UUCP: ...!nmtsun!dave

Looking to find the latest and greatest version of TeX.
--
Mark D. Baushke
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