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Source: Helmut Goettl (Helmut.Goettl@gmx.net)
Moderator: Christopher B. Wright (wrightc@dtcweb.com)
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MODERATOR'S NOTE: This message apparently was sent out to a VTeX 
mailing list, and the majority of subscribers appear to be Linux users.

 
Dear VTeX users:

This is to bring your attention to the release of VTeX/2: a 
new free port of VTeX, this time to OS/2 Warp.

While we realize that this mailing list has been originally 
set up for the Linux port and most of you may not have much 
interest in OS/2, you may have friends who do: we will greatly 
appreciate if you spread the word and make local TeX user groups
aware of this.

A few words about the new distribution:

The main credit for its creation goes to Walter Schmidt (WaS). 
Taco Hoekwater and Heiko Oberdiek also contributed to its 
creation; specifically in making sure that we can use the 
newest Hyperref with full/easy support for accented characters 
in the pdf outline. The newest Hyperref should also peacefully 
coexist with german.sty. The binary part of the new distribution 
is a port of VTeX 6.5 (currently one step ahead of Linux / 
Windows).  Some of the new features are enhanced thumb support 
and full pdf form support. In addition, the backend code generator 
has been rewritten and should produce much tighter code now 
(especially for PStricks and similar packages). 6.5 also fully 
supports XYpic in PDF mode. 

All of these features are coming into the Linux distribution 
as well; hopefully soon. Meanwhile, a beta of 6.5 for Linux 
_is available_: go to 
        ftp://ftp.micropress-inc.com/pub/linux-test

to retrieve vtenlnx.gz, unpack it to replace "vtexlnx" and 
remake the formats. If you are in need for new hyperref 
and/or xypic support, you can borrow it from the OS/2 distribution
for now.

Back to the subject:
                ftp://ftp.micropress-inc.com/pub/os2

is the place where you can find VTeX/2; make sure to read WaS' 
readme.eng (or readme.ger) first. 

Support: this mailing list (which as far as i recall had almost no
linux-specific questions).



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