LATEX pod MS Windows

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            Preji prijemny dobry vecer,

Pokud vim, neexistuje public domain verze TeXu (LaTeXu) pod MS Windows.
Tato otazka je velmi casto diskutovana v News v comp.text.tex.

(Existuji vsak komercni produkty, predem se musim omluvit, ze ma
informace bude dosti vagni, jsem momentalne mimo domov a nemam
pristup, k presnym informacim.)

Za druhe pod MS Windows lze bez problemu pouzivat EmTeX bezici
v realnem modu. Po jistych netrivialnich upravach lze pod Windows
provozovat i verzi pro 386, ktera je o poznani rychlejsi a problemy
s pameti jsou tak vyreseny. Opet se musim omluvit, ze nemohu
momentalne podat podrobnejsi informace (-:) pro trpelive mohu
slibit, ze pro zajemce mohu zaslat podrobne informace na toto
tema po vyse zminene valne hromade tedy od 6.12.

Problem je v podstate v tom, nahradit 386 extender emx, ktery nepodporuje
DPMI, jinym extenderem (manazerem rozsirene pameti XMS), ktery
DPMI podporuje. Takovy extender existuje jmenuje se rsx.

Pro odvazne experimentatory pripojuji anglicky navod, jak na to:
Several weeks ago, I posted how to run emTeX386 under
Microsoft Windows DOS box. Since then, I found many people
were asking how to run TeX under Windows.
The following is my answer to them:

1. If one wants a native Windows TeX, one should buy
   TurboTeX. Or one may try Scientific Word which is
   TurboTeX + What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get(-Almost).

2. You may run small TeX or big emTeX under Windows DOS box.
   Small TeX has memory limitations. Big emTeX runs very slow
   under Windows DOS box.

3. You may try TeXas (or Texas), which could replace
   emTeX executables.

4. You may try my gTeX, which is a complete collection of
   TeX, MF, BibTeX (all big) and utilities + plain, eplain,
   latex, nfss, amslatex macros.

5. Finally, you may run emTeX386 under Windows DOS box, if you
   follow what I say in the following.
   (It necessary requires chaning emTeX386 executables.
    If there are any legal liabilities about this, you, NOT I,
    will take all the liabilities and responsibilities ...)

Running emTeX386 under DPMI
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The 386 version of emTeX does not run under DPMI, such as
Windows' DOS box, QDPMI, and 386MAX's DPMI. It's mainly
due to the 32 bit DOS extender attached to executables
of emTeX 386.

To run emTeX 386, you need do the following

   1. Remove the DOS extender attached to tex386.exe (& mf386.exe)
      of emTeX 386 distribution.

   2. Use another DOS extender that runs under DPMI.
      Such a DOS extender is available in the network.

[0] Get Required Files via FTP

0.1 Get Rainer Schnitker's DOS Extender

   Rainer Schnitker's DOS extender (RSX) runs under DPMI (only!).

   It is available from:

        omingate.clarkson.edu
                pub/msdos/djgpp/pub/dpmigcc1.zip
        ftp.mcc.ac.uk
                pub/djgpp/pub/dpmigcc1.zip

   (I assume that you have C:\BIN and it is included in your PATH.)
   Unzip "dpmigcc1.zip" and copy RSX.EXE in the \RSX\BIN directory
   to C:\BIN. All other files are not required for this specific
   purpose.

0.2 Get Eberhard Mattes's DOS Extender and EMX Binding Tool

   Eberhard Mattes's DOS Extender (EMX), which is attached
   to the original emTeX 386 executables, does not run under
   DPMI. Since RSX only runs under DPMI, if you want to use
   emTeX 386 under plain DOS as well as MS Windows, you need
   EMX, too. EMX is also required to run EMXBIND.EXE

   Also, you need the EMX Binding tool (EMXBIND.EXE) to remove
   Eberhard Mattes's DOS Extender from emTeX 386 executables
   and attach a DOS Extender Loader (EMXL).

   They are available from:

        ftp-os2.nmsu.edu
                os2/2_x/unix/gnu/emx08f/emxdev.zip
        (and many other places)

   Unzip emxdev.zip and copy EMX.EXE, EMXL.EXE, and EMXBIND.EXE
   in \EMX\BIN to C:\BIN. All other files are not required for
   this specific purpose.

[1] Remove the DOS Extender Attached to TEX386.EXE (& MF386.EXE)

   Again, I assume that you have copied RSX.EXE, EMX.EXE, EMXL.EXE,
   and EMXBIND.EXE to C:\BIN and C:\BIN is included in the PATH.
   Run the following:

        set emx=c:\bin\emx.exe
        emxbind -x tex386.exe tex386
        emxbind -x mf386.exe mf386

   The above procedure removes the DOS extender permanently attached
   to tex386.exe and mf386.exe.

[2] Attach DOS Extender Loader

   In the previous section, we removed the actual DOS extender.
   Now, we attach a DOS extender loader:

        emxbind tex386
        emxbind mf386
        del tex386
        del mf386

   Now, to tex386.exe and mf386.exe, a DOS extender loader
   (i.e. emxl.exe) is attached, not the actual DOS extender.
   The DOS extender loader searches for the environment variable
   EMX and loads the DOS extender specified by the variable.

[3] Running emTeX 386

3.1 Under Plain DOS (without DPMI)
-
   Set EMX to EMX.EXE:

        set emx=c:\bin\emx.exe

   It would be a good idea to place the above line in your
   AUTOEXEC.BAT. Also add the following line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT:

        set emxopt=-t
        set emxtmp=c:/temp

   under the assumption that you have the C:\TEMP directory.

3.2 Under DPMI (including Windows' DOS Box)

   You have to set EMX to RSX.EXE:

        set emx=c:\bin\rsx.exe

[4] Summary

   The method presented here is summarized as follows:

        1. Remove the DOS extender attached to tex386.exe and mf386.exe
        2. Attach a DOS extender *loader* to tex386.exe and mf386.exe
        3. Get DOS extender for plain DOS and for DPMI.
        4. Properly set DOS extenders which the DOS extender loader
           loads when you run tex386.exe or mf386.exe

Good luck.

Young

Doporucuji precist spise dvakrat nez jednou (dvakrat mer, jednou rez).

From: ryoung at utdallas.edu (Young U Ryu)
Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas

Zde jsem pro poradek uvedl autora vyse uvedeneho, aby nedoslo
k nedorozumeni.

Je tam take uveden jeden komercni produkt (TeX) pod Windows.
Ja sam tento postup realizoval (a po jistych problemech)
mam nyni funkcni verzi EmTeXu 386 (i MetaFontu 386), ktere
bezi jak pod DOSem tak pod Windows.

A konecne posledni otazka ohledne preview DVI pod Windows.
Je mozne pouzit velmi zdarily DVIWIN (prave byla uvolnena
nova verze, kterou jsou vsak jeste nemel moznost vyzkouset),
coz je program umoznujici preview DVI souboru pod Windows
s veskerym komfortem a s urcitymi rozsirenimi ohledne
zobrazovani grafiky (to je ovsem nestandardni a tedy omezeno
pouze na DVIWIN. Tento program take podporuje tisk, takze
vlastne podporuje stejne tiskarny jako Windows samotne.
(Jedina nevyhoda je, ze je tisk provaden pres bitove mapy
a je tedy ponekud pomaly. Pro vetsi objemy je vhodnejsi
pouzit specializovany driver na tisk.)

Krome tohoto programu je take mozne pouzit jiz zminovany
GhostView (DVIPS + GhostScript), ovsem to je pomale.
Pro rozumnou praci je nutna 486 + 8MB RAM, coz jeste,
obavam se neni obvykle.

Pokud by byly nejake problemy, muzete se obratit na mne.
Pokud budu vedet, budu se snazit odpovedet.

Pozn. Vsechny vyse zminovane programy jsou volne
k dispozici na Internetu. (Zde se mozna dopoustim
nepresnosti, u kazdeho programu je totiz uveden
tzv. Licence Agreement, ktery specifikuje podminky,
za kterych muze byt ten ktery program pouzivan.)

                      Zdravi
                                Marek Slama