Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 17:12:46 -0400 (EDT) From: -Vince- <vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu> To: Satoshi Asami | =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQHUbKEI=?= =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCOCsbKEIgGyRCOC0bKEI=?= <asami@cs.berkeley.edu> Cc: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: apsfilter Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950410170956.4390B-100000@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu> In-Reply-To: <199504101746.KAA08303@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, Satoshi Asami | =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQHUbKEI=?= =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCOCsbKEIgGyRCOC0bKEI=?= wrote: > * I seriously doubt it. I'm working my way through 1600 mail messages here > * so I've missed what this is about... apsfilter?? > > Yes, apsfilter. > > * What's the problem you're seeing with the FreeBSD port of TeX? > > Vince can answer this, but I remember him saying mf not running > properly in the background or something.... > Yep, dvips can't run mf properly in the background and I have logs to prove it :-) > * I'm not convinced about either. TeX does *not* create fonts for dvips. > * If there are missing fonts dvips fires off the MakeTeXPK script that > * calls mf not TeX. > > Where's mf though? I think it's in the tex package, and that's why > you need tex. > Yes, it is part of TeX. > I'll leave the rest to jmz, our print czar.... :) > Yeah, and also Andreas, are you listening? Since he's on the mailing list and also the author of apsfilter, he should be able to explain this into detail... > Satoshi > Cheers, Vince -*vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu*- UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering
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