> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) > Date: 07 Aug 2002 15:34:43 -0700
> Boris Veytsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > TeX and LaTeX are not just great programs. They are also document > > exchange programs. I need to know that TeX on my installation is the > > same as TeX on the e-print server or on my publisher's machine. > > Sure! > > But why do you need that the TeX that John Doe uses is the same as > yours? > We already discussed this. Because this is the goal of TeX. That is why TeX uses scaled point for calculations. The aim is to have exactly same output on same machines. > Why do you need to insist that if John Doe and Jane Froe exchange a > document, and call it "tex format", that they must be legally > obligated to be using the same exchange mechanism as you? > I do not need this. I do not need any restriction on John User. I need a restriction on *you*, or rather, Jack Distributor. Namely, I need the restriction for Jack Distributor to distribute a "slightly incompatible" TeX *and* call it TeX to unsuspecting John. I have no qualms if Jack distributes unTeX, newTeX or e-TeX (the latter, by the way, *is* distributed and is installed on my machine). I just want John to be able to know what he is getting. -- Good luck -Boris Beware the new TTY code!
