[comp.text.tex] What does this METAFONT error mean?

osyjm@caesar.cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) (10/17/90)

TeX 3.0, web2c 5.0a, compiled with gcc-1.37.92, VAX, Ultrix 4.0


Contents of cmmf.mf:

 input plain
 input MSU-CS
 input waits
 input cmbase

Run of Metafont...

caesar.cs.montana.edu # pwd
/usr/local/lib/mf/inputs
caesar.cs.montana.edu # cmmf '\mode=localfont; \mag=magstep?;' input cm*?
This is METAFONT, C Version 2.0
! A primary expression can't begin with `message'.
<inserted text>
                0
<to be read again>
                   message
<for(1)> message
                .mode_name[(EXPR0)]; ENDFOR
?->....number_of_modes:message.mode_name[i];endfor
                                                  ;save?;
<*> &cmmf \mode=localfont; \mag=magstep?
                                        ; input cmb10.mf cmbase.mf cmbsy10.m...

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