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-% $Id: faq-texsys.tex,v 1.16 2013/04/16 22:40:06 rf10 Exp rf10 $
+% $Id: faq-texsys.tex,v 1.17 2013/07/24 21:50:56 rf10 Exp $
\section{\TeX{} Systems}
@@ -55,27 +55,12 @@ provided). It is distributed as source, and compiles with \acro{GNU}
Pascal, thereby coming as close as you're likely to get to Knuth's original
distribution. It is known to work well, but the omission of \etex{}
and \pdftex{} will rule it out of many users' choices.
-
-A free version of the commercial % ! line break
-\Qref*{V\TeX{} extended \TeX{} system}{Q-commercial} is available for
-use under Linux. V\TeX{}, among other things, specialises in direct
-production of \acro{PDF} from \AllTeX{} input. Sadly, it's no longer
-supported, and the ready-built images are made for use with a rather
-ancient Linux kernel.
-
-Finally, the developer of \miktex{} has released a port of the
-\PDFTeX{} executable from of that excellent (Windows) system for use
-on Linux; get it via % ! line break
-\href{http://miktex.org/unx/}{the \miktex{} site}. The \miktex{}
-package manager (\ProgName{mpm}), for Linux, is also available from
-the same place.
\begin{ctanrefs}
\item[tex-gpc]\CTANref{tex-gpc}
\item[texlive]Browse \CTANref{texlive}
\item[texlive installer (Unix)]\CTANref{texlive-unix}
-\item[vtex]\CTANref{vtex-linux}
-\item[vtex \nothtml{\rmfamily}required common files]\CTANref{vtex-common}
\end{ctanrefs}
+\LastEdit{2013-07-18}
\Question[Q-syswin32]{(Modern) Windows systems}
@@ -247,12 +232,6 @@ Web2C~7.0 implementation, using the \acro{GNU} \ProgName{djgpp}
compiler. While this package is more recent than em\TeX{}, it
nevertheless also offers a rather old instance of \AllTeX{}.
-For \acro{PC}s running \acro{OS/}2, users also have the option of the
-free version of the commercial \Qref*{V\TeX{}}{Q-commercial}, which
-specialises in direct production of \acro{PDF} from \AllTeX{} input.
-(This version is, like the Linux version, unfortunately no longer
-supported.)
-
For \acro{VAX} systems running Open\acro{VMS}, a \TeX{} distribution
is available \acro{CTAN}, but is almost certainly not the latest (it
is more than 10 years old). Whether a version is even available for
@@ -270,7 +249,6 @@ machines, but since \TeX{} was originally written on a \acro{DEC}-10
under \acro{WAITS}, the \acro{TOPS}-20 port is another near approach
to Knuth's original environment. Sources are available by anonymous
\texttt{ftp} from \url{ftp://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/pub/web}
- \checked{RF}{2010/04/19}
\begin{ctanrefs}
\item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}Atari TeX]\CTANref{atari-cstex}
\item[djgpp]\CTANref{djgpp}
@@ -278,10 +256,8 @@ to Knuth's original environment. Sources are available by anonymous
\item[emtexTDS]\CTANref{emtextds}
\item[OpenVMS]\CTANref{OpenVMSTeX}
\item[PasTeX]\CTANref{amiga}
-\item[vtex \nothtml{\rmfamily}for Linux]\CTANref{vtex-linux}
-\item[vtex \nothtml{\rmfamily}for OS/2]\CTANref{vtex-os2}
-\item[vtex \nothtml{\rmfamily}required common files]\CTANref{vtex-common}
\end{ctanrefs}
+\LastEdit{2013-07-18}
\Question[Q-editors]{\TeX{}-friendly editors and shells}
@@ -440,19 +416,6 @@ also have email, and normal telephone and fax support.
Web: \URL{http://www.pctex.com/}
\end{quote}
Source: Personal \TeX{} Inc web site, December 2004
-\item[\acro{PC}; V\TeX{}] \acro{DVI}, \acro{PDF} and \acro{HTML}
- backends, Visual Tools and Type 1 fonts
- \begin{quote}
- MicroPress Inc\\
- 68-30 Harrow Street\\
- Forest Hills, \acro{NY} 11375\\
- \acro{USA}\\[.25\baselineskip]
- Tel: +1 718-575-1816\\
- Fax: +1 718-575-8038\\
- Email: \mailto{support@micropress-inc.com}\\
- Web: \URL{http://www.micropress-inc.com/}
- \end{quote}
- Source: Mail from MicroPress, Inc., July 1999
\item[\acro{PC}; Scientific Word] Scientific Word and Scientific Workplace
offer a mechanism for near-\WYSIWYG{} input of \LaTeX{} documents; they
ship with True\TeX{} from Kinch (see above). Queries within the \acro{UK}