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TeX and Metafont on the QL
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:16 pm
by RalfR
TT has given C-sources of TeX and Metafont to me in the 80s. I think, he wanted to put that on the QL (perhaps he has done?,....who knows, QPLQ existed!). I do not know, if they are complete, if any one is interested, I can mail them.
Re: TeX and Metafont on the QL
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:35 pm
by NormanDunbar
That's TeX as in what LaTeX sits on top of? If I remember correctly, TeX is a nightmare without LaTeX.
Cheers,
Norm.
Re: TeX and Metafont on the QL
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:50 pm
by XorA
No idea how you would get LaTeX working on QDOS with its directory limitations.
TeX/meta font would only really be interesting if they have been ported. As obviously both are already open source.
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Re: TeX and Metafont on the QL
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:51 am
by NormanDunbar
My thoughts too.
Re: TeX and Metafont on the QL
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:36 am
by Derek_Stewart
Hi,
There was an attempt at porting Tex in the late 1990s, by Franz Hermann, but I do not know what happened to this.