[comp.sys.next] MF/Mode settings/72 dpi TeX output

rokicki@neon.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) (05/03/91)

To create a new mode for METAFONT on the NeXT:

   1.  Edit /usr/lib/mf/inputs/next.mf; copy one of the existing modes
       and make your changes; give it a new name.  For instance, copy
       the DD mode_def, change dots_per_inch to 72, and give it the
       name iwII.

   2.  Execute the following commands to install the new modes:
          inimf "plain; input next; dump"
          cp plain.base /usr/lib/mf/bases/mf.base
       This last command may need to be executed as super user; also,
       the file name *might* be plain.base in /usr/lib/mf/bases; see
       what is there and use that.  (This may have changed from 1.0
       to 2.0.)

   3.  Now we want to tell dvips the magic to use.  Create a file
       called /usr/lib/tex/ps/config.iwII containing the lines
          D 72
          M iwII

   4.  Invoke dvips as `-P iwII' (which will make it load config.iwII),
       or add the lines above to config.ps to make it the default.  At
       the present time, to print from TeXview, you will have to use
       -P iwII as a `special option' in the string gadget provided for
       this.

That's all it takes!

-tom