From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Feb 19 18:44:41 1995 Return-Path: bugs-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id SAA24641 for bugs-outgoing; Sun, 19 Feb 1995 18:44:41 -0800 Received: from cabri.obs-besancon.fr (cabri.obs-besancon.fr [193.52.184.3]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id SAA24634 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 1995 18:44:39 -0800 Received: by cabri.obs-besancon.fr (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA20082; Mon, 20 Feb 95 03:43:26 +0100 Date: Mon, 20 Feb 95 03:43:26 +0100 From: jmz@cabri.obs-besancon.fr (Jean-Marc Zucconi) Message-Id: <9502200243.AA20082@cabri.obs-besancon.fr> To: crtb@helix.nih.gov Cc: bugs@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <9502191850.AA08020@helix.nih.gov> (crtb@helix.nih.gov) Subject: Re: xdvi and latex2e X-Mailer: Emacs Sender: bugs-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Chuck" == Chuck Bacon writes: > BUG: latex2e and xdvi both root in /home/jmz/local > instead of /usr/local. :-) :-) > So I created /home/jmz -> /usr. It would be better to install the package with the -p option: pkg_add -p /usr/local latex.tgz. There is no simple fix for xdvi or dvips (I will replace the packages at freefall). > This apparently worked, although strings xdvi revealed that > /home/jmz was needed after installation too. > Latex2e apparently works. At least it creates a .dvi file. > But both dvips and xdvi either fail or go into a loop trying > to find fonts. In particular, xdvi gives a large collection > of messages of the form: > - MakeTeXPK cmti10 300 300 magstep\(0\) > //home/jmz/local/lib/texmf/fonts/pk/cmti10.300pk already exists! > - MakeTeXPK cmr10 300 300 magstep\(0\) > //home/jmz/local/lib/texmf/fonts/pk/cmr10.300pk already exists! > Can't find font cmti10. > Similar five-line messages occur for many font names. Always > the font name cited for the first MakeTeXPK invocation of a pair > is the subject of the "Can't find" message. This is because the package is bogus. > Of course, I'd rather have 360-dpi fonts, since I have a 360-dpi > printer. The best solution is to get dvips and xdvi in the ports directory and to install from the sources. > Should I try to find pre-built fonts from a CTAN archive, or > can I trust MakeTeXPK to satisfy my needs? pre-build fonts may not be suited to your printer. Installing from the sources allows you to specify the printer mode. > Chuck Bacon - crtb@helix.nih.gov > ABHOR SECRECY - DEFEND PRIVACY Jean-Marc. -- ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Jean-Marc Zucconi | jmz@cabri.obs-besancon.fr Observatoire de Besancon | F 25010 Besancon cedex | PGP Key: finger jmz@cabri.obs-besancon.fr =========================================================================