[Info-vax] LaTeX on VMS

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <4e88d095$0$2421$e4fe514c at news2.news.xs4all.nl>, MG
<marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> writes: 

> On 5-7-2011 11:25, urbancamo wrote:
> > I'll second that, even better would be a port of a modern LaTEX system
> > to VMS - I would be happy to assist if it looks like it might be a
> > runner.
> 
> Same here, I'll also be more than happy to assist.  If the IRIX
> community can port TeX/LaTeX (I think even XeTeX), then so should
> we, right?

Much LaTeX development was done on VMS, maybe even Lamport's original 
LaTeX.  It is a very portable programme, and has existed on VMS for 
decades.  Hence, there is no need to "port" it.  What might be an issue 
are incompatibilities which have crept into the distribution.

$ latex
This is TeX, Version 3.14159 [PD VMS 3.6] (preloaded format=latex 98.3.5)
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