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From: nvp@shore.net (Nathan V. Patwardhan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Framemaker for FreeBSD?
Date: 8 Apr 1997 03:04:11 GMT
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Peter M. Chen (pmchen@life.eecs.umich.edu) wrote:
: Anybody know if Framemaker has been ported to FreeBSD (or Linux, and can
: be emulated on FreeBSD)?  Or is there some other desktop publishing
: system that runs on a free Unix (besides LaTeX and troff)?

I hear there's a Framemaker for SCO which runs on Linux - I've never tried
to run SCO binaries on Linux, and I'm not sure how FreeBSD handles SCO
binaries although the handbook indicates that it can.  Since Frame costs
a bundle, why not try something like TeX/LaTeX, which can really brighten
your day ... and you'll know that it works without spending all that cash
for naught?  :-)  You might even try the Andrew system which is included with
FreeBSD.

I asked about Frame source / Frame "free" betas about two years ago on
comp.unix.programmer / comp.unix.? and they nearly laughed me all the way
across North America to the Pacific.  :-)

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Nathan V. Patwardhan
nvp@shore.net