From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:56:49 +0100 From: Ethan Grammatikidis To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-Id: <20090707165649.b3c36bb9.eekee57@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <3e1162e60907070758p24a731c2pf475ed636a96bb8a@mail.gmail.com> References: <08063d91-cdbb-4119-ad8f-d7bf96a11c48@i18g2000pro.googlegroups.com> <3e1162e60907070758p24a731c2pf475ed636a96bb8a@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] I have two questions Topicbox-Message-UUID: 155938bc-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 07:58:53 -0700 David Leimbach wrote: > I believe there is TeX for Plan 9, but I've not used it. There is a POSIX > compatibility layer for Plan 9 that may help you get things ported that you > want to run (ape) and I believe there is experimental linux binary support > though i've never seen it working, screenshot or otherwise, nor have I tried > to make it work. The TeX bundle for Plan 9 dates from 1999 or so, IIRC. I'm told it works well despite it's age but don't recall details, sorry. There is Linux application support, I have seen a screenshot which included Firefox; quite astonishing. I think only limited attention is paid to Linux app support as for many the whole point of using Plan 9 is to avoid the planet-sized amount of cruft un*x has accumulated, but it's there if you need it. -- Ethan Grammatikidis Those who are slower at parsing information must necessarily be faster at problem-solving.