Re: [9fans] TeX for Plan 9: a point

[tlaronde@polynum.com]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:44:14AM -0500, Jorden Mauro wrote:
>
> I know you don't plan on supporting LaTeX, but would any of these
> tools help in porting that? Or is the latex program too GNUified?

As far as I know, LaTeX is not supposed to be a TeX version, but a set
of macros. So, as long as there are running TeX and METAFONT, one could
use LaTeX.

I seem to recall that ron (?) mentionned a: pdflatex, or something like
that.

Since the conversion: dvi -> ps will be provided, ps -> pdf can be done
via gs(1). (That's what I already do, including EPS figures, for example
generated by MetaPost.)

Now, if they have changed so many things that LaTeX needs to change TeX
or METAFONT... (One should compare the initial change file with the
current ones; I would be very surprised if D. E. Knuth would be happy
of the current state.)

If what I'm doing is not usefull to others, well: I don't care. At least
for me, I will be free from anybody; I will depend only on my own
stuff "maintenable" (holding in my hand).

At the present time, teTeX is orphaned, and there seems to be only
TeXlive to download as a huge iso. This is simply crazy!
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