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From: karl@dartvax.UUCP (Karl Berry.)
Newsgroups: net.text
Subject: TeX on average crts.
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Date: Sun, 23-Jun-85 07:26:25 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 23 07:26:25 1985
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I believe that TeX doesn't have graphics capability only because TUG, or
some other body, hasn't agreed on a standard yet. Certainly the program can
handle it.

Also, although it is no doubt possible to write a format to generate output
on CRTs, as Rusty Wright suggests, it would perhaps be simpler to write a
dvi driver. For example, on Unix* systems, this would allow considerably
simpler access to screen routines for the output, and a dvi2screen program
can handle font changes as well as a format.

dartvax!karl                       karl@dartmouth.csnet