On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 at 00:34, Jim Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *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. > > And it is a pitty, would be most appreciated! In the past I used to have lots of problems trying to have PostScript output viewers. If there were a TeX distribution that would port for PDF and a PDF viewer for DOS, would be very good news indeed (yeah I remember the old ACROREAD for DOS, but I assume it is nowhere close to be opensource nor free software).
Best wishes with the port, Aitor
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