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- @@@STARTPACK(tex;TeX text formatting and typesetting)
-
- <P>
- TeX formats the interspersed text and commands contained
- in the named files and outputs a typesetter independent
- file (called DVI, which is short for DeVice Independent).
- TeX capabilities and language are described in The TeX book.
- <P>
- TeX is normally used with a large body of precompiled
- macros, and there are several specific formatting systems,
- such as LaTeX, which require the support of several macro
- files. The basic programs as compiled are called initex
- and virtex, and are distinguished by the fact that initex
- can be used to precompile macros into a .fmt file, which
- is used by virtex. On the other hand, virtex starts more
- quickly and can read a precompiled .fmt file, but it can-
- not create one. It is the version of TeX which is usually
- invoked in production, as opposed to installation.
- </P>
-
- @@@OSR5DIST(http://www.sco.com/skunkware/osr5/textproc/)
- @@@UW2DIST(http://www.sco.com/skunkware/uw7/textproc/)
- @@@SOURCE(ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/)
- @@@HOMEPAGE(http://www.tug.org/)
-
- @@@ENDPACK
-
-