Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!alberta!sask!skatter!kuo From: kuo@skatter.UUCP (Dr. Peter Kuo) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: latex2tex and dvi2vdu Message-ID: <340@skatter.UUCP> Date: 14 Dec 87 23:36:46 GMT References: <10400004@silver> Organization: Accelerator Lab, Saskatoon, Sask. Lines: 43 In article <10400004@silver>, dedina@silver.bacs.indiana.edu writes: > > Is there a way of getting a TeX file from a LaTeX file? I would like > to be able to combine papers written in LaTeX and TeX into one paper, > and this seems like the best way to do it. Does a latex2tex program > exist? (I'm on a VAX/VMS system). WHY do you want to do this? LaTeX is a set of TeX macros. All LaTeX macros are defined in terms of TeX. I see no reason to convert. > > As long as I'm on the net, I might as well repeat my request of a few > months ago for information on how to get dvi2vdu, a program from > Adelaide University which previews dvi files on non-graphics > terminals. According to TUGboat, its supposed to be on the standard > distribution tapes, but we received the Maria Code tape a few months > ago and dvi2vdu wan't on it. Thanks in advance for your help. > -------------------------------------- > Mike Dedina > Indiana University Speech Research Lab > dedina@silver.bacs.indiana.edu One thing you need as well, though, is an ADA compiler. I recall this DVI2VDU beast is written in Ada! I also recall seeing the Ada source posted to the net some moons ago (this year I think), so you can dig around some of the archive (sites). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Kuo | Bitnet (VMS) : KUO@SASK Accelerator Laboratory | (a.k.a. The Beam Warehouse) | uucp (Unix) : !alberta\ Univ. of Saskatchewan | !ihnp4 -- !sask!skatter!kuo Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | !utcsri / CANADA S7N 0W0 | (Earth) | Ma Bell : (306) 966-8528 Disclaimer: I don't know what I am saying, I'm only a physicist. Don't quote me on anything! I speak only for myself. Opus: "Why, fer cryin' out loud..research physicists need Porsches, TOO!!" -- Bloom County