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