This text extract was formatted by a program I wrote (some C code with a Tcl front end) that reads TLG files, extracts specific works, turns the beta code into something comprehensible to something else (e.g. Sgreek encoding, WordPerfect Greek characters, LaTeX for the ibygreek package). (Well, there was a little more work to do to make it into an html document; perhaps I should add that capability.)
I wrote it because I use Linux, and there's no native Unix TLG package available (as far as I can determine). At present it's very crude (the interface to the TLG's list of works per author isn't working yet, so you have to ask for a work number; all it knows how to do is present you with an entire work, with line numbers if you like, and let you scroll around in it), but it does permit simultaneously opening as many windows for different authors as you like, and it's very fast. I do the text display in X by using the Sgreek encoding and the Sgreek TrueType font, served up to X by xfstt, a nifty little daemon that makes your X font server think it's got X versions of TrueType fonts in its path.
Obviously, this crude hack is no substitute for such programs as Pandora, Lector, and TLG Workplace. But on the other hand, wouldn't it be nice if there were a free Un*x TLG accessory? The bit of code I have so far is probably quite portable (or could easily be made so). I'm not nearly skilled enough to do the whole thing (nor do I have the time), but there are probably enough of us Linux-using TLG users around to give it a try. In other words, if no one else is organizing such a project, I am thinking of organizing one myself. If you can code (and read Greek), and if you're interested, please contact me at rasmith@tamu.edu