[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

[Richard B. Gilbert]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <DdWdnboFgKI-i9nWnZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>> Bob Koehler wrote:
>>> In article <oe6dnbsExJlqqtzWnZ2dnUVZ_uCdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>>>> I wouldn't expect ANY word processor to be a huge success on VMS.  It's 
>>>> damned difficult to run a WYSIWYG processor on a system that natively 
>>>> can output only ASCII text.  You can run it on a workstation but I think 
>>>> it's a great deal cheaper to run it on a PC.
>>>    Why in the world do you think VMS "can output only ASCII text"?  I've
>>>    been using other data formats on VMS since 1980.
>>>
>> Which tools in VMS (not layered products) output selectable fonts and 
>> selectable type sizes?  I can do a lot with TeX and LaTeX but that's not 
>> native VMS.
> 
> $ CONVERT/DOCUMENT ASCII.TXT/FORMAT=TEXT POSTSCRIPT.PS/FORMAT=PS

Simply converting to PostScript is not terribly useful.  The output 
would still be in the original format.  It would have to be fixed up to 
change text sizes and fonts where applicable.  It would be easier to do 
that in LaTeX and let it generate the PostScript.