stamr@unc.cs.unc.edu (Robert B. Stam) (09/13/87)
In a recent posting I commented that I was not able to get MacKermit
to run correctly on my Mac SE, and that it seemed to be a problem with
fonts. A local insightful chap suggested that MacKermit as delivered
from columbia might not have a FOND resource. In fact it does not (this
is true of both ckmker.hqx and xkmker.hqx). The fix is as follows:
1) Make a copy of MacKermit.
2) Run Font/DA mover
3) Close the system file fromt the left window
4) Click the left Open button with the option key down (the option key tells
it to open all kinds of files, like MacKermit)
5) Find and open the original copy of MacKermit
6) Click the right Open button with the option key down
7) Find and open the duplicate copy of MacKermit
8) Select and remove the 2 fonts (VT100 etc...) from the right hand window
(ie, from the copy of MacKermit)
9) Select and copy the 2 fonts (VT100 etc...) from the left hand window, thus
copying the 2 fonts from the original copy of MacKermit to the
duplicate copy of MacKermit
10) Close everything and quit. MacKermit should now work.
This is not quite the NOP operation it looks like. When Font/DA mover
moves a font it looks to see if the destination has the appropriate FOND
resource, and if not it adds it.
Many thanks to Oliver Steele of UNC who guessed what the problem was and
suggested that I look for the FOND.
Happy Kermitting ...
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Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Phone: (919) 962-1826stamr@unc.cs.unc.edu (Robert B. Stam) (09/13/87)
In article <1266@unc.cs.unc.edu> stamr@unc.cs.unc.edu (Robert B. Stam) writes: > >10) Close everything and quit. MacKermit should now work. > To be precise: The Copy of MacKermit should now work. The original MacKermit is untouched. You will probably want to trash (you have a backup, right?) the original MacKermit, and rename the copy. -- Robert B. Stam CSNET: stamr@unc.cs.unc.edu UNC Computer Science Department ARPA: stamr%unc@mcnc.org Sitterson Hall 083A UUCP: {ihnp4|decvax}!mcnc!unc!stamr Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Phone: (919) 962-1826
stuart@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Stu Ericson) (09/14/87)
In article <1267@unc.cs.unc.edu>, stamr@unc.cs.unc.edu (Robert B. Stam) writes: [finishes and summarizes fix to MacKermit] > To be precise: The Copy of MacKermit should now work. The original > MacKermit is untouched. You will probably want to trash (you have > a backup, right?) the original MacKermit, and rename the copy. > Better yet, get the newest MacKermit 0.8(35). It works on my Mac II. Of course, with a mono screen, I only use 2-bit color most of the time.... Stu -- Stuart Ericson USnail: AT&T Bell Laboratories USENET: ...!ihnp4!ihlpf!stuart IH 6M-313 voice: (312) 979-4152 Naperville-Wheaton Rd. Naperville, Il 60566