From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:20:24 +0000 From: xiantingmanbu Message-ID: <08063d91-cdbb-4119-ad8f-d7bf96a11c48@i18g2000pro.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [9fans] I have two questions Topicbox-Message-UUID: 151d6756-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 hi everyone: I have two questions : A has anyone installed plan 9 through internet from Windows XP ? If so, how to get it ? B: can MetaPost , ConTeXt etc. TeX --- related programs be ported into plan 9 ? I know TeX and MetaFont can do it, but i need more TeX ---related programs for my work...if so .how to port them.? looking forwards for answers...... Thanks first...... From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <08063d91-cdbb-4119-ad8f-d7bf96a11c48@i18g2000pro.googlegroups.com> References: <08063d91-cdbb-4119-ad8f-d7bf96a11c48@i18g2000pro.googlegroups.com> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 07:58:53 -0700 Message-ID: <3e1162e60907070758p24a731c2pf475ed636a96bb8a@mail.gmail.com> From: David Leimbach To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00504502cb6c731030046e1edc88 Subject: Re: [9fans] I have two questions Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1543d06c-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --00504502cb6c731030046e1edc88 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit You totally misrepresented yourself with 2 questions.... You can download Plan 9 from any OS that will let you have an internet connection and download plan 9. When you install it you can install it virtualized or on hardware, but check the wiki and documentation for successful configurations perhaps first, or just give it a try. 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. Good luck! On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:20 AM, xiantingmanbu wrote: > hi everyone: > I have two questions : A has anyone installed plan 9 through > internet from Windows XP ? If so, how to get it ? B: can MetaPost , > ConTeXt etc. TeX --- related programs be ported into plan 9 ? I know > TeX and MetaFont can do it, but i need more TeX ---related programs > for my work...if so .how to port them.? > looking forwards for answers...... Thanks first...... > > --00504502cb6c731030046e1edc88 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable You totally misrepresented yourself with 2 questions....

You can download Plan 9 from any OS that will let you have an internet con= nection and download plan 9. =A0When you install it you can install it virt= ualized or on hardware, but check the wiki and documentation for successful= configurations perhaps first, or just give it a try.

I believe there is TeX for Plan 9, but I've not use= d it. =A0There 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 experim= ental linux binary support though i've never seen it working, screensho= t or otherwise, nor have I tried to make it work.

Good luck!

On Tue, Ju= l 7, 2009 at 2:20 AM, xiantingmanbu <xiantingmanbu@gmail.com> wrote:
=
hi everyone:
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0I have two questions : A =A0has anyone installed plan 9 =A0= through
internet from Windows XP ? If so, how to get it ? B: can MetaPost ,
ConTeXt etc. TeX --- related programs be ported into plan 9 ? I know
TeX and MetaFont can do it, but i need more TeX ---related programs
for my work...if so .how to port them.?
=A0looking forwards for answers...... Thanks first......


--00504502cb6c731030046e1edc88-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <76de0604d5e1a6e5f1fcee5a9783134d@quintile.net> From: "Steve Simon" Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:44:50 +0100 To: 9fans@9fans.net In-Reply-To: <08063d91-cdbb-4119-ad8f-d7bf96a11c48@i18g2000pro.googlegroups.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: 1550a260-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 tex is availabe as an old ISO /n/sources/extra/tex.iso.bz2, this expects you to have kfs as your main filesystem - but you can fake this with a couple of binds before running replica/pull. I installed this image, recompiled it, and pushed it out as a contrib package steve/tex. I had a look at updating the package to a more curent version (this source is circa 1998) but it required too mych delving for an occasional tex user such as myself. beware, both tex packages are bigger than you might expect. -Steve 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. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090707165649.b3c36bb9.eekee57@fastmail.fm> References: <08063d91-cdbb-4119-ad8f-d7bf96a11c48@i18g2000pro.googlegroups.com> <3e1162e60907070758p24a731c2pf475ed636a96bb8a@mail.gmail.com> <20090707165649.b3c36bb9.eekee57@fastmail.fm> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 20:29:47 -0300 Message-ID: <32d987d50907071629x6885733egda80a2f3c6946bb0@mail.gmail.com> From: "Federico G. Benavento" To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] I have two questions Topicbox-Message-UUID: 15800370-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > There is Linux application support, I have seen a screenshot which includ= ed Firefox; quite astonishing. I think only limited attention is paid to Li= nux 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 n= eed it. > if you're talking about linuxemu, cinap still works on it from time to time, and you can run a lot's of stuff with it, firefox, qemu, etc http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sources/contrib/cinap_lenrek/linuxemu3/HOWTO --=20 Federico G. Benavento