[OS X TeX] Re: Reading The TeXbook terminal in hand

[Alain Schremmer]

On Jun 6, 2012, at 10:50 AM, Peter Dyballa wrote:

>
> Am 06.06.2012 um 16:13 schrieb Alain Schremmer:
>
>>> Output written on texput.dvi (1 page, 212 bytes).
>>> Transcript written on texput.log.
>>> MacAlain:~ gpadnom$
>>
>>
>> (4)	To quote Knuth further:
>>
>>> "Now you're going to need some help again from you friendly local  
>>> computer hackers. They will tell you how to produce hardcoput from  
>>> textput.dvi."
>
> Who are these guys at your home? They should be able to read (texput  
> vs. textput).

OK, ok, I never claimed I could type.
>
> The dvips utility can convert DVI to PS and is able to prepare it  
> for your printer. 'man dvips' in Terminal should give you a compact  
> help, 'texdoc dvips' at the same place should give you much more.

I shall consult both tonight and, hopefully, become able to "produce  
hardcoput". (Right now I am doing real work: thinking about arithmetic.)

Grateful regards
--schremmer