[pstricks] Pstricks and pdftex

[MicroPress Inc.]

VTeX is most certainly not a version of LaTeX in any sense.

VTeX is a TeX compiler which -- among other formats -- can produce
pdf. It will run latex if you use LaTeX format, or Plain if you use Plain 
format.

At 08:32 PM 10/7/02 -0400, you wrote:
>On Sunday 29 September 2002 03:53 pm, MicroPress Inc. wrote:
>> Free versions exist on linux, os/2 and solaris.
>>
>> At 03:42 PM 9/29/02 -0400, you wrote:
>> >I only can afford free implementations. If I were in the position of
>> >spending bucks I could buy InDesign or something like that. I take
>> > it that VTex is a commercial product.
>> >
>> >John Culleton
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------
>> Michael Vulis
>> MicroPress
>>
>> mailto://support@micropress-inc.com
>> http://www.micropress-inc.com
>>
>I checked into it and VTeX appears to be a version of LaTeX. 
> My particular background is in plain TeX and Context So if I read the
> description correctly VTeX is still not a preferred solution. 
>
>It is possible to use Pstricks with pdf(e)tex if one chooses the dvi
>output. So I am looking harder at that option.  
>
>Thanks for your advice.
>
>John Culleton
>
>
>
>

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MicroPress

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