Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site unrvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!utah-cs!utah-gr!stride!unrvax!pjg From: pjg@unrvax.UUCP (Paul Graham) Newsgroups: net.text Subject: Re: TeX on average crts. Message-ID: <369@unrvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 29-Jun-85 15:25:03 EDT Article-I.D.: unrvax.369 Posted: Sat Jun 29 15:25:03 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Jul-85 08:29:42 EDT References: <3285@dartvax.UUCP> <212@sdcarl.UUCP> <1346@uw-beaver> Reply-To: pjg@unrvax.UUCP (Paul Graham) Distribution: net Organization: University of Nevada Reno Lines: 26 <> In article <1346@uw-beaver> furuta@uw-beaver.UUCP (Richard furuta) writes: >The other possibility would be to do something like David Fuchs' DVI to >Epson driver on the PC. Scan through the DVI file, dumping characters when >you see them. A useful extension would be to put in the line breaks. >This'd allow you to at least read little parts of the DVI file. > >What I really want is for someone to write me a screen previewer for the >Macintosh. At that point, I'd claim that bitmapped screens *were* generally >available for everyone and that these hacks didn't require more attention. > > --Rick What *I* really want is a clean, portable DVI to moderate resolution dot matrix printer. Admittedly Macs are cheap but an FX-85 is quite a bit cheaper. After all an important motivation for acquiring TeX is the tremendous benefit/cost ratio which implies that many of the sites using TeX won't have a double-handfull of Macs around for people to use for previewing. I might feel better if the target was an IBM PC rather than the Mac. -- Thanks for your time. Paul Graham 702/784-6007 {seismo, ucbvax!menlo70}!unr70!unrvax!pjg unr70!unvax!pjg@seismo.ARPA