RE: Latex version 2.09 from 7 Dec 89 ??
Hi, Don't ask me why 'cus I don't know, but my fearless leader has decided he needs an ancient version of LaTex on his spiffy new Debian laptop. Since this is from Dec 1989, I'm going to go out on a limb and guess I can't get a .deb for it :) Anyone have a clue where I could find source, and what issues I might run into. I'm just hoping I don't need to pick through backup tapes from 10yrs ago to find this :) Check out /usr/share/doc/texmf/help/Catalogue/entries/latex209.html Says it isn't supported anymore but there are places to download it from. There is also /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/latex209.def that says it can be used as latex209 compatibility mode for latex2e. hth jim TIA, -Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Latex version 2.09 from 7 Dec 89 ??
Jonathan D Proulx [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JDP Don't ask me why 'cus I don't know, but my fearless leader has decided JDP he needs an ancient version of LaTex on his spiffy new Debian laptop. JDP JDP Since this is from Dec 1989, I'm going to go out on a limb and guess I JDP can't get a .deb for it :) (This kind of predating that whole Linux thing, yeah. :-) JDP Anyone have a clue where I could find source, and what issues I might JDP run into. Right Answer: LaTeX2e is intended to be a mostly-compatible successor to LaTeX 2.09. LaTeX is one of those bits of software that's actually held up to a promise of version compatibility; provided you don't do anything too arcane, you can try just running your normal latex over the input file. It'll spew warnings about compatibility mode, but that's what you expect. (I know that LaTeX2e isn't 100% compatible with LaTeX 2.09, but I don't entirely know what the differences are. LaTeX2e added some commands not present in 2.09, so there's a possibility of a namespace conflict. I think the other issues can only come up if the author of the document was a 4th-level TeXpert or higher.) MIT Answer: Up until a couple of years ago, Athena's default latex installation was based on LaTeX 2.09. So if you can find a Linux box around with the SIPB installation of Red Hat 4.2/Athena 8.0 on it, it should have a normal LaTeX 2.09. (Then upgrade it to something more modern!) -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal. -- Abra Mitchell
Re: Latex version 2.09 from 7 Dec 89 ??
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 10:24:27AM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: :Right Answer: LaTeX2e is intended to be a mostly-compatible successor :to LaTeX 2.09. Thanks, I'll try that first, this is all complecated by the fact that I know *nothing* about TeX of any flavor... :(I know that LaTeX2e isn't 100% compatible with LaTeX 2.09, but I :don't entirely know what the differences are. LaTeX2e added some :commands not present in 2.09, so there's a possibility of a namespace :conflict. I think the other issues can only come up if the author of :the document was a 4th-level TeXpert or higher.) Hmmm. We'll see :0 I setup the laptop in question and rather blindly through all the TeX stuff I could find at it, don't know what that works out to though... :MIT Answer: Up until a couple of years ago, Athena's default latex :installation was based on LaTeX 2.09. So if you can find a Linux box :around with the SIPB installation of Red Hat 4.2/Athena 8.0 on it, it :should have a normal LaTeX 2.09. (Then upgrade it to something more :modern!) The AI Lab is it's own creature. We don't use Athena and aren't on 18.0.0.0/8, but thanks for the pointer, if I can't get him going with LaTeX2e I'll check with the SIPB folks. -jon
