From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20091222130024.GA916@polynum.com> References: <20091222130024.GA916@polynum.com> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:44:14 -0500 Message-ID: <3aaafc130912220844t7324fc45p618df5bd568c04ee@mail.gmail.com> From: Jorden Mauro To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] TeX for Plan 9: a point Topicbox-Message-UUID: b1f58554-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 8:00 AM, wrote: > Hello, > > Note (inessential at the moment): the result will be called KerTeX and > not CorTeX since there is a package (one file...) called CorTeX on CTAN. > But KerTeX: take care of the TeX kernel! will do... > > Unless one really really wants to port the current TeX distribution > state, just wait: I'm sure now that I will be able to make the job. > > If you are only using packages of macros, you should be able to use them > (``dumping'' a format) with the result. > > If you are using a WEB program derived from TeX (and that I don't plan > to support), the conversion tools provided by KerTeX should ease a lot > the task. 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? > > Next news about this topic for test in January 2010 (end). This will be > my "Happy new year" to the "bazaar" model... > > Cheers, > -- > Thierry Laronde (Alceste) > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 http://www.kergis.com/ > Key fingerprint =3D 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 =A0250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C > >