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Article #6553Re: dvi2lj update
From: Andre v.d. Vlies
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 08:54
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 08:54
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In article <52319@oliveb.olivetti.com> nspl@oliveb.UUCP (Jon Zaid) writes:
>
>Here is the first update of dvi2lj. See
><51244@oliveb.olivetti.com> of Nov 22 1989, comp.text. As I
>stated in my original posting I had developed this for local use
>here at Olivetti, and after seeing many requests decided to
>release my sources "as is" to anyone who wants them. I guess my
>first user with a "little-endian" machine was Andre v.d. Vlies
>(andre@maestro.htsa.aha.nl) who with his help had discovered a
>little problem in this regards which I have now fixed. Porting
>on VAX BSD 4.3, SCO i386 UNIX and various 680x0 SYS V systems has
>been done.
>
>Fixes also include the possibility to use letter-size paper
>(sorry Americans, these programs have never exited Olivetti, and
>in Europe A4 paper dominates).
>
>While debugging,looking at the old sources which I haven't touched
>in a long time, I noticed that I used one file "lj.h" and some
>control sequences inspired by Rick Richardson of PC Research. So
>I believe he certainly deserves credit (his jetroff was very
>useful before my TeX era began).
>
>In any case, the sources are there for whomever wants them. I
>will be leaving my position here and be off the network by the
>end of next week, so anyone thats got anything to say let me know
>soon.
>
>The sources can be had by anonymous ftp at: 129.189.192.20
>(orc.olivetti.com)
> pub/tmp/dvi2lj1_11.tar.Z
> pub/tmp/lj1_11update.tar.Z
>
>where dvi2lj1_11.tar.Z is the whole thing and lj1_11update.tar.Z
>is only the files I have changed from release 1.10 to 1.11. Look
>at the READMEs and Makefiles.
>
>Sorry for any inconviences. I will certainly be glad with the
>little time left to listen to any problems.
>
>[Note to Rick Richardson: I sent you a mail but never got a
>reply]
>
>[Note to Andre: I also sent you immediately the resolution
>to the problem but still have got no reply]
[Note to Jon: I DID send you (immediatele) a reply. I think its still on its
way to you]
>
>Jon Zaid, Ivrea, Italy (39 125 52 8565)
>
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> {european backbone}!i2unix!iconet!tom!cgrp
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Andre v.d. Vlies
Algemene Hogeschool Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Technische en Maritieme Faculteit
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!maestro!andre From: andre@maestro.htsa.aha.nl ( Andre v.d. Vlies) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: dvi2lj update Keywords: dvi2lj, HP laserjet, dvi, TeX Message-ID: <1257@maestro.htsa.aha.nl> Date: 14 Dec 89 08:54:37 GMT References: <51244@oliveb.olivetti.com> <52319@oliveb.olivetti.com> Reply-To: andre@maestro.htsa.aha.nl ( Andre v.d. Vlies) Organization: AHA-TMF (Technical Institute), Amsterdam, The Netherlands Lines: 60