*On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 5:17 PM Robert Keys <[email protected] <[email protected]>> wrote:*
> *Hi all:* > > *FreeDOS newbie here (hopefully not needing the ancient internet flak > jacket).* > > *I used to run CPM/DOS/*nix in the ancient days of punch cards, paper > tape, 9-track reelsm, and floppies of the 8-inch and 5.25 inch sorts. > Alas, when I retired first, many years ago, I was corrupted with that > Winblows thingie that seems to run rampant these days. I have seen and > tried the FreeDOS 1.2 suite and would like to try the 1.3 when it is > finally out. The FreeDOS 1.3 RC3 was pretty good when I loaded it up. My > goal is to* > *recreate my old dos vi/nroff/troff/TeX suite on FreeDOS. We had roff and > nro-ish things even on CP/M. Vi did not come along well until Calvin on > dos. We also had Elan's mostly complete nroff/troff. TeX compiled > somewhat out of the box on dos but took forever to build. It was a bit > primitive. But, with a set of *nixy tools, it was a qood writing box, for > years. My heart yearns for that simplicity, once again. I have an XP 586 > box that is ready for the recyclers. But, it would be fun to slap a big > drive in it and try FreeDOS. When I tried the writing tool set, it mostly > came up and ran, but troff crashed it. I don't think it was out of > memory. But, something was just enough off to stop it. I would consider > groff and friends, if they are known to work. I think the early versions > will.* > > *So, are there any good working sets of vi/nroff/troff/TeX that are known > to run well on FreeDOS 1.3?* > > *ManyThanks!* > > *Bob* > Hi Robert FreeDOS has lots of editors, including some "vi" clones. You may have to install these using *FDIMPLES* (the package installer) to get them, but you can try *Elvis* or *Vim*. We don't have a TeX/LaTeX system on FreeDOS, but I remember using *emTeX* on DOS long ago. You should be able to run this on FreeDOS. For nroff/troff, try the *Nro* package. You can install this using FDIMPLES if it's not part of your Full install. Jim
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