Subject: Linux-Activists - DOC Channel digest. 93-6-26-13:52
From: "Linux Activists" <[email-masked]>
To: "Linux-Activists" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 19:02:44 +0300

Topics:
	 Re: mf

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From: [email-masked] (Thomas Dunbar)
Subject: Re: mf
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 14:19:38 +0300

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> Topics:
> 	 mf has a problem
> 	 More questions on mf
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> From: [email-masked] (Jim Lynch)
> Subject: mf has a problem
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> calling: MakeTeXPK cmr6 250 300 0.8333 localfont
> set: trackall: unknown option name
> set: trackall: unknown ondard MakeTeXPK (ie not mine)--examine and edit
the script, or ftp to tsx-11 and get /usr/linux/packages/TeX/MakeTeXPK

> mf "\mode:=localfont; mag:=0.8333; scrollmode; input cmr6" < /dev/null
> This is METAFONT, C Version 2.71
> (Fatal base file error; I'm stymied)

bad base file, remake with:
inimf plain\; input modes\; input dump
mv plain.base /usr/TeX/lib/mf/bases/mf.base

> Metafont failed for some reason on cmr6.250gf
> warning : font not found: </usr/TeX/lib/tex/fonts>/<dpi250;pxl1250>/cmr6.<pk;pxl>

the cmr6.mf file is probably missing. ftp to pip.shsu , cd tex-archive/fonts/cm
and get it  (dir may not be just right.

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> Apparently when mf and friends was compiled, the site.h file didn't point
> to what the man page said was the default.  But that still hasn't fixed the
> problem.  Any suggestions?

ftp to tsx-11.mit.edu cd to /pub/linux/packages/TeX/Milieu and get
XFree86.tz and TeX.tz  (names may differ), unpack in a temp dir and then
move the X libs and TeX binaries. this has an X version of mf..you dont
have to use/have X to use it..just need the X11 lib. btw, why not use
X, it only needs 4 Megs disk space

   thomas

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> Thanks again,
> Jim.
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