I hope that I am not breaking too many rules by forwarding the following
info about CET, a DOS/OS software developed by Bernt Karasch
(Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum), which might be of interest for those of us who
are struggling with typesetting the text and apparatus of critical editions.
I myself have not yet used CET, but it seems easier to handle than TUSTEP,
it is not very expensive, and, to judge from the samples given on the
WWW-homepage, it can produce quite satisfying results. One feature which I
miss is a facility for the collation and stemmatological analysis of the
variants before setting up the final text and apparatus, as it can be done
with COLLATE (developed by Peter Brown, Oxford University), but COLLATE, on
the other hand, does not offer the same facilities for typesetting (and is
available only for Macintosh, as far as I know). If we have members on this
list who have used CET, I would appreciate to know their opinions.
I wish to add that I am not affiliated with the developer and distributor of
this software and take no financial or other material benefit for forwarding
this message. Please excuse for crossposting if you receive it from more
than one list.
Otfried Lieberknecht
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CRITICAL EDITION TYPESETTER
A system for typesetting critical editions on Personal Computers
Typesetting critical editions in the conventional way is a time and
money consuming task. Revising the text can lead to the alteration of all
following line numbers in the critical apparatus. Therefore, wrong line
numbers in the critical apparatus are almost unavoidable - however much care
has been taken during the several revisions of the text. The editor depends
on a compositor, who provides the editor with printouts.
The Critical Edition Typesetter (CET) solves these problems:
using CET the editor can typeset the critical edition without help from
a compositor. The line numbers are computed by CET and the editor can print
the text with correct line numbers at any time during the revision.
CET converts suitably marked-up ASCII text files into a PostScript file
which can be printed using low cost matrix printers and professional
photo-typesetters.
ESSENTIAL FEATURES
- up to nine independent footnote series (available footnote formats:
unjustified, justified, two columns, three columns)
- computation of line numbers and of cross-references within the text
- abbreviation of lemmata in the critical apparatus consisting of more
than two words (optional)
- generation of word indices
- generation of PostScript files ready for printing
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
- IBM-PC compatible computer with 80386 processor (or better),
30 MB of harddisk space; recommended processor: 80486DX, 33 MHz
- optional:
VGA video adaptor (required for Preview)
output device (supported devices: PostScript output devices
(typesetter and laser printer), HP DeskJet, HP LaserJet,
HP PaintJet, Epson matrix printer and compatible printer,
IBM ProPrinter, Canon BubbleJet 10e)
SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
MS-DOS 3.2 (or later) or OS/2 2.0 (or later)
AVAILABILTY
Please visit the CET home page for downloading the CET User Manual
(PostScript) and for latest information about CET:
http://s.top.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/cet.htm
CET is available for 198 German Marks for noncommercial
purposes from:
Bernt Karasch
Heinrich-Koenig-Str. 18
D-44797 Bochum
Germany
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