ellis@chips.sri.com (Michael Ellis) (08/04/89)
Is it hopeless to try to compile a usable version of METAFONT
running under SunOS 4.0.3? We have Sun4's and Sun3's, and the SunOS
PASCAL compiler on our Sun3'S
After struggling a bit with the METAFONT 84 sources, it seems as though
I may have to write a fair number of functions to simulate I/O
primitives not provided in the SunOS I/O runtime library that METAFONT
expects (break, breakin, erstat, close) in addition to writing
sed-scripts replacing certain PASCAL keywords (others:) with SunOS
PASCAL keywords (otherwise).
Incompatibilities at such a gross level leave me wondering whether
I am embarking on a doomed effort. Has anyone else ever been here
before? Can METAFONT be made to run under SunOS 4.0.3? How?
-michael