the basic, standard TeX stuff has been moved into the SLS subdirs (ie ../SLS/t[1-3], etc) see SLS.tex.files for file lists I compiled the binaries with gcc-2.3.3, 4.3 libs (xdvi and mf require the 3.0 X libs) NOTE: more recent binaries, etc. are in the packages in the Milieu subdir. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- home site: tsx-11.mit.edu, subdirs of pub/linux/packages/SLS source home: tsx-11.mit.edu, /pub/linux/packages/TeX/ (texweb and web2c) maintainer: tdunbar@vtaix.cc.vt.edu for mf graphic support, in your .Xdefaults file, add: mf*height: 480 mf*width: 640 or whatever you want (to change the default origin position, edit plain.mf and make a new format) Printer support: texbin.tpz contains a laserjet driver (source: ftp.wu-wien.ac.at pub/src/Typeset/dvi2xx) for PostScript, Rokicki's dvips is best (ftp labrea.stanford.edu or neon.stanford.edu for source and support files) - for ur convenience, i've included dvilj package and dvips package. TeX archive sites: pip.shsu.edu Comprehensive TeX Site ftp.tex.ac.uk Comprehensive TeX Site labrea.stanford.edu Knuth's home site ftp.cs.umb.edu Karl Berry's home site (eplain, web2c) rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de home site for new LaTeX styles of Mittelbach and Schoepf REFERENCES: Gentle.tex.Z good intro to Plain TeX (included texdoc.tpz ) Knuth's The TeXbook/The MetaFontbook are std. refs, there are also many good introductions and comprehensive textbooks around, look in your library or bookstore (I recommend ``TeX for the Impatient'') comp.text.tex is the usenet group for TeX. A FAQ and site list is avail at: cs.nyu.edu in dir ~ftp/pub/tex i'll try to answer questions about TeX and MetaFont, both as typesetting utilities and as programming languages in their own right. -- thomas (tdunbar@vtaix.cc.vt.edu)