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Subject: Re: DVIPS for VMS VAX
Date: 15 Mar 1995 15:59:35 GMT
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Hi,
> in your posting Newsgroups: comp.os.vms no 73798 you wrote:
> I'm looking for dvips for OpenVMS VAX 6.1...Thanks!

you can get the source of dvips v5.54-v5.58 from CTAN (Comprehensive
TeX Archive Network). It can be retrieved on the Internet by
anonymous ftp.  The hosts comprising CTAN include
    ftp.dante.de (129.69.1.12)   -- Germany
    ftp.shsu.edu (192.92.115.10) -- USA
    ftp.tex.ac.uk (128.232.1.87) -- UK

In the direcory /pub/tex/dviware/dvips you will find

-rw-rw-r--  1 Mr.Ftp   server     463224 Mar  7  1994 dvips554.tar.gz
-rw-rw-r--  1 Mr.Ftp   server     464325 Mar 27  1994 dvips555.tar.gz
-rw-rw-r--  1 Mr.Ftp   server     469870 Sep 11  1994 dvips558.tar.gz

But beware, in the dvips v5.55 release has been a bug, which only
affects vms (in procedure vmscli.h). I didn't check the new release.
So look for the code:
     status = cli$present(&qual18); 
 <   if(status == CLI$_NEGATED)
 <    removecomments =0;
 <   else
 <   if(status == CLI$_NEGATED)
 <    removecomments =1;

 and replace it by 
     status = cli$present(&qual18);
 >   removecomments =0;
 >   if(status == CLI$_NEGATED)
 >    removecomments =1;

the same applies to the code of
    status = cli$present(&qual19);
     :
     :

If you need only the .exe, you have to look in the directories
  "/pub/tex/systems/vms/VAX" or "/pub"/pub/tex/systems/vms/Alpha"
for
  dvips558_vax_exe.zip       or  dvips558_axp_exe.zip

in directory "/pub/tex/systems/vms" are additional files
  dvips558_support.zip
  dvips_fontsupport.zip

Regards
Volker

Volker RW Schaa                       Internet: V.r.w.Schaa@gsi.de
Gesellschaft f\"ur Schwerionenforschung mbH
GSI (national lab)
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