widyono@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Daniel Widyono) (04/18/91)
Haaaalp! :| I've downloaded PasTeX from ab20, and can't do much. I've downloaded enough pk-fonts, etc etc. and I can tex-ify docs. but only certain ones. I.E. I can't get docs from my school's Unix system tex'ed, nor can I use the flibs I generated with flib. Also, I've had trouble using gf2pk - it says it can't find the gf file (I got a batch off of one of the Stanford sites.) ugh! I have an A2000 w/2M fast 1M chip, 40MB HD, if it helps (prob. not). ShowDVI won't find the files (yes, I read the manual... all manuals I've read, all files I've examined, ALL). fontlib (dir) has lots of PK%04d format files I made with flib. pk (dir) has only 83/%s.83pk left, which is the only size SDVI can find anymore. I've tried fooling around with ShowDVI.fnt in config (dir) to no avail. Right now, it's taking up at least 15% of my HD space, and I'm prepared to scrap it (I REALLY DO want to learn and use TeX, esp. for AMSTeX's capabilities which I also have). One other thing... where can I find line*.*pk and logo*.*pk ? ADtanksVANCE ;), Daniel Widyono BioEngineering UG CSE Look, MA, NO .sig!
hessmann@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de (Georg Hessmann) (04/18/91)
In article <41426@netnews.upenn.edu> widyono@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Daniel Widyono) writes: > >Haaaalp! :| > >I've downloaded PasTeX from ab20, and can't do much. I've downloaded >enough pk-fonts, etc etc. and I can tex-ify docs. but only certain ones. >I.E. I can't get docs from my school's Unix system tex'ed, nor can I >use the flibs I generated with flib. Also, I've had trouble using >gf2pk - it says it can't find the gf file (I got a batch off of one >of the Stanford sites.) ugh! I have an A2000 w/2M fast 1M chip, 40MB HD, >if it helps (prob. not). ShowDVI won't find the files (yes, I read the >manual... all manuals I've read, all files I've examined, ALL). I will try to help you, but it's very difficult. Your explanation of your problems are a little short. gftopk: Can't help. That's not from me. But our UNIX manual says: ---- NAME gftopk - convert generic font files to packed font files SYNOPSIS gftopk [-v] gf_file_name [pk_file_name] DESCRIPTION ... The gf filename on the command line must be complete. Because the resolution is part of the extension, it would not make sense to add on a default extension as is done with TeX or dvi-reading software. The pk file name defaults to the same stripped name as the gf file, and it is placed in the current working directory with the `pk' extension replacing `gf'. For example, the input file io.300gf would become io.300pk. Unless the gf filename begins with a / (absolute path), gftopk will search the environment variable GFFONTS for an input directory path, and will default to the TEXFONTS directory path if GFFONTS does not exist. It runs abso- lutely silently, unless the -v flag is set. ... ---- That's the UNIX decription, but the AMIGA version shouldn't be quite different. It seems you should try to use an absolute path (with a ':') for the gf-file. ShowDVI: 'Won't find the files'. What files? The DVI-file or the fonts? Call ShowDVI with the '-s' option and send me the logfile 'ShowDVI.log'. Than I will try to help you. >fontlib (dir) has lots of PK%04d format files I made with flib. >pk (dir) has only 83/%s.83pk left, which is the only size SDVI can find > anymore. I've tried fooling around with ShowDVI.fnt in config (dir) > to no avail. Have you set up the 'TeX:' assign correctly? Use you the '-a' option of the driver? Have you set the ENV: vars FLIBDIR or PKDIR? >Right now, it's taking up at least 15% of my HD space, and I'm prepared >to scrap it (I REALLY DO want to learn and use TeX, esp. for AMSTeX's >capabilities which I also have). I really want to help you. But you must send me more informations! In your case, I need the setting of the PasTeX ENV: vars, the *.fnt files (if you have changed they) your logfiles of the drivers gerenated with the '-s' option (very usefull) and may be a 'dir TeX: all' and the '.tex' file which causes the problems. A 'flib tv' of your fontlibs (or one of them) might also be good. >One other thing... where can I find line*.*pk and logo*.*pk ? > >ADtanksVANCE ;), Georg. -- hessmann@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de hessmann@unipas.uucp
withers@nitmoi.enet.dec.com (George A. Withers) (04/20/91)
In article <41426@netnews.upenn.edu> widyono@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Daniel Widyono) writes: >gf2pk - it says it can't find the gf file (I got a batch off of one One thought on this is that it is searching the TeX Fonts directory. I did all my METAFONT operations from TeX:Fonts (where TEXFONTS is) and it worked out fine. After the gftopk I just moved the pk file and left the TFM and deleted the gf. George ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ George A. Withers, Jr. | "There is no life I know to compare Digital Equipment Corp., 97 Piper Road | with pure imagination. Living Acton, MA 01720 AT&T: 508.264.2339 | there you'll be free .. if you Addr: withers@nitmoi.enet.dec.com | truly wish to be." - W. Wonka ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DISCLAIMER: "Don't look at me! I didn't do it!" (Krusty the Clown)