DLV101@psuvm.psu.edu (Dwaine VanBibber) (10/07/90)
Hi all! I've got a couple questions regarding the DVI drivers supplied with emTeX. First, has anyone else noticed that the drivers conduct a case sensitive search for fonts? (ie, \font\thefont\CMBX10 is reported to be not found) Should this be considered a bug given that MS-DOS does not have a case sensitive file system? I have not yet experimented with font names greater than 8 characters, but it might be interesting. Lastly, has anyone played around with dvihplj version 1.4b or later? With prior versions I was able to print envelopes using a modified version of Knuth's letter macro and the following command line switches: /b0 /e0 /l=1.5in /t=0cm. For this the printer was in landscape mode. With version 1.4b, however, I am receiving a lot of "overstriking" and utter garbage. Any suggestions? Someone in the os2.binaries is having a similar problem, I believe. Thanks, Dwaine
wjw@eba.eb.ele.tue.nl (Willem Jan Withagen) (10/08/90)
In article <90280.051217DLV101@psuvm.psu.edu> DLV101@psuvm.psu.edu (Dwaine VanBibber) writes: >Hi all! I've got a couple questions regarding the DVI drivers supplied with >emTeX. First, has anyone else noticed that the drivers conduct a case sensitive >search for fonts? (ie, \font\thefont\CMBX10 is reported to be not found) Yes, I did! >Should this be considered a bug given that MS-DOS does not have a case >sensitive file system? I have not yet experimented with font names greater >than 8 characters, but it might be interesting. Since DOS doesn't care about the case of a filename, I would not consider it a bug. It's going to be more of a problem when you yourselves uses a fontpath in Uppercase, and then take it to a Unix box. Here it'll stall, but then Unix is case-sensitive. EmTeX does have a 'problem' with font names longer then 8 chars: like circlew10. Here the last '0' get left out, but it does end up in the packed li. I've not yet come across any problems with this, so my guess is the Ebenhart Mattes is aware op possible problems in this field. Happy {Em}TeXing, Willem Jan Withagen. Eindhoven University of Technology DomainName: wjw@eb.ele.tue.nl Digital Systems Group, Room EH 10.10 BITNET: ELEBWJ@HEITUE5.BITNET P.O. 513 Tel: +31-40-473401 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands
mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Eberhard Mattes) (10/08/90)
DVB>Hi all! I've got a couple questions regarding the DVI drivers supplied with
DVB>emTeX. 1st, has anyone else noticed that the drivers conduct a case sensitive
DVB>search for fonts? (ie, \font\thefont\CMBX10 is reported to be not found)
DVBYes, I did!
DVB>Should this be considered a bug given that MS-DOS does not have a case
DVB>sensitive file system? I have not yet experimented with font names greater
DVB>than 8 characters, but it might be interesting.
wjw>EmTeX does have a 'problem' with font names longer then 8 chars:
wjw>like circlew10. Here the last '0' get left out, but it does end up in the
wjw>packed li. I've not yet come across any problems with this, so my guess
wjw>is the Ebenhart Mattes is aware op possible problems in this field.
Font names are case-sensitive only in font *libraries*, not in font
*files*. Font names are truncated to 8 characters when using font
files or the old font library format (dvidrv 1.4c or older; see
fontlib.doc). Font names are *not* truncated in new font libraries
(dvidrv 1.4d or later).
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Eberhard Mattes (mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de)