dyson@iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu (Rick Dyson) (01/06/91)
Greetings TeXperts!
I need some assistance with Andrew Trevorrow's DVItoVDU (v3.2)
program. I am using the MODULA-2 version I got from Ted Neiland's 1990
DECUS release. I am using a VAX/VMS v5.3-1 with the executable image
having been provided with the DECUS 'tape'. (I don't have a MODULA-2
compiler.)
The program has worked excellently for awhile now, but a user has
come to me with a problem I am unable to solve. The problem is that
sometimes DVItoVDU can't find the dummy font.
o If the TeX file references a font which has been scaled to an
odd magnification, say 1875, which I don't have it uses the
dummy font correctly.
o IF the entire document is magnified to 1875, the font
filenames get screwed up (extra incorrect characters appended
to the end of the filename). According to the program code
the lack of a "K" as the last character implies that the font
must be a PXL style which makes DVItoVDU search for the dummy
font in the PXL directory. Since it can't find the dummy
font, it exits.
Therein lies the problem. I only have PK fonts and don't even have
the logical name which PXL_Font_Directory points to defined. (I have
tried various values for this pointer with no luck.) Does anyone have
any ideas as to why DVItoVDU has trouble producing a proper font
filename? I would prefer to allow the use of any magnification.
I have recreated the situation in two trivial TeX files and included
the respective status pages from DVItoVDU below. Any help would be
greatly appreciated!!
Regards,
Rick
p.s. The reason I want to use an 'odd' magnification is because we use
ArborText's DVILASER/HP to print to a HP LaserJet II which can scale
fonts 'on the fly' to a user's desired magnification. I don't expect
DVItoVDU to do this, just use the dummy font that I do have.
-------------------------- test-1.tex --------------------------------------
\font\test=cmr10 scaled 1875
\test
testing
\bye
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------- status page of DVItoVDU v3.2 --------------------------
DVI file = DISK$:[DYSON.TEX]TEST-1.DVI;0
VDU = ANSI
Resolution = 300 pixels per inch
Magnification = 1000 (DVI mag)
TFM directory = TEX_ROOT:[FONTS]
PS font prefix = PS-
PK Font directory = TEX_DISK:[TEX.FONTS.]
PXL Font directory = TeX_PXLDir:
Dummy font = TEX_DISK:[TEX.FONTS.][300]CMR10.pk
Help file = TeX_Help:DVITOVDU_V3-2_ONLINE.HLP
Horizontal origin = 1.0in
Vertical origin = 1.0in
Horizontal offset = 0.0in
Vertical offset = 0.0in
Paper wd by ht = 8.5in by 11.0in
Total rules on current page = 0
Total fonts on ALL pages = 2
(if used on current page then total chars given)
TEX_DISK:[TEX.FONTS.][300]cmr10.pk
TeX_PXLDir:cmr10.2813PXL3]c does not exist!
-------------------------- test-2.tex --------------------------------------
\magnification=1875
testing
\bye
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------ status page of DVItoVDU v3.2 ----------------------------
DVI file = DISK$:[DYSON.TEX]TEST-2.DVI;0
VDU = ANSI
Resolution = 300 pixels per inch
Magnification = 1875 (DVI mag)
TFM directory = TEX_ROOT:[FONTS]
PS font prefix = PS-
PK Font directory = TEX_DISK:[TEX.FONTS.]
PXL Font directory = TeX_PXLDir:
Dummy font = TeX_PXLDir:CMR10.2813PXL3]C <-- **********
Help file = TeX_Help:DVITOVDU_V3-2_ONLINE.HLP
Horizontal origin = 1.0in
Vertical origin = 1.0in
Horizontal offset = 0.0in
Vertical offset = 0.0in
Paper wd by ht = 8.5in by 11.0in
Total rules on current page = 0
Total fonts on ALL pages = 1
(if used on current page then total chars given)
TeX_PXLDir:cmr10.2813PXL3]c does not exist!
You haven't selected a page yet.
----------------------------- next page --------------------------------------
Total pages=1 DVI page=0 TeX page=[0] Next=> Terse
Window at (0.0,0.0) 0.3 by 0.1 Page at (0.0,0.0) 0.0 by 0.0 IN
Couldn't open dummy font TeX_PXLDir:CMR10.2813PXL3]C! <-- **********
Please tell your local TeXnician.
--
Richard L. Dyson INTERNET: Dyson@IowaSP.Physics.UIowa.EDU
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