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[IMMD] [CIP] [Index] [Up] Oliver Knorr, 21-Dec-1995
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Buglist: PasTeX 1.4 on Meeting Pearls III
Here is a complete list of known problems and how to solve them.
This document is split into two sections: the first one lists problems unique
to the Meeting Pearls III distribution of PasTeX, the second one lists problems
of all PasTeX CD-ROM distributions since the very first one (September 1993).
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Meeting Pearls III Problems
Installation script can not be started
I introduced a small but annoying bug when cleaning up the texmf root
directory: the hard disk installation script can not be started from Workbench,
you will get an error message.
The reason for this: the installation script is named Install.HD, but its icons
has a ToolType SCRIPT=InstallHD (notice the missing dot). Because of this
ToolType, the installer program tries to load the non-existing file InstallHD
instead of the Install.HD you double-clicked.
With CD-Write (you can use the version on the MP III) you can fix the problem,
so the installation script can be started from Workbench. Either delete the
SCRIPT=Install.HD ToolType (better solution) or rename the installation script
to InstallHD (without the dot).
Do not try to start the installation script from the Shell. This fixes the
above problem, but introduces some others.
I am sorry for any inconvieniences this has caused. Be assured that I did a lot
of testing on the installation script (and fixed some older bugs it had). I did
not know about the SCRIPT-ToolType and cleaning up the root directory was one
of the last things I did. Unfortunately the bug was not noticed before the
production of the CDs started.
Font bitmap creation fails
The Metafont distribution included in the texmf directory will refuse to create
any pk font files for you. The reason for this is a TAB character my editor
killed while I made the changes to MakeTeXFont.rexx. This causes the script to
fail on MF:config/modes, which also contains TAB characters. Unfortunately, I
had to edit a local copy of the modes file before testing for my printer.
During this change, the TABs also vanished in my private copy of that file.
This way I did not notice the problem.
As a simple workaround, replace the TABs by spaces with CD-Write. You can use
the AmigaOS Ed editor for this Task. Start it with the following command line:
C:Ed CDW-Meeting_Pearls_III:Pearls/texmf/metafont/config/modes
The editor will automatically convert the TABs to spaces while loading the
file. You only need to save it and quit Ed. This can be done in one step by
pressing the Esc, x and return keys in this sequence.
TeXShell forgets your path settings
If you start the TeXShell directly from the CD, the correct paths for the
texmf-programs are set, but your system-wide paths set in S:User-Startup are
gone. I am not sure where this problem comes from (we took special care on this
CD for this not to happen, but obviously that was not enough), but for me it
vanishes if the :C/MetaTool default tool is replaced with C:IconX.
german.sty / hyphenation does not work under LaTeX 2.09
The german.sty 2.5b and the LaTeX 2.09 files on the CD seem to be incompatible,
which results in an error message about hyphenation patterns. Possible
solutions:
* Switch to LaTeX2e. The supplied german.sty works fine under LaTeX2e, even
in LaTeX 2.09 compatibility mode.
* Use an older version of german.sty. I have been told the german3.sty also
included on the CD can be used.
Special characters (äöü etc.) don't work anymore
I heard some complaints that the non-ASCII special characters don't work in
LaTeX 2.09 any more. This is not really a problem of the Meeting Pearls III
distribution of PasTeX. Apparantly, some older PasTeX-distributions came with
formatfiles that had preloaded translation macros for the Amiga's eight bit
character set. This was no good idea, because it let you create non-portable
documents that won't work with standard formatfiles, like the ones on MP III.
The solution to this problem is to change your documents. Just insert
\input{amiga.tex} (or use some other file with suitable translation macros) at
the beginning.
An even better solution would be to switch to LaTeX2e, because here you can use
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} for the same result, which is a standard feature
of LaTeX2e. This means you can use the Amiga character set and get *truly*
portable documents without the need to supply additional files.
Problems with pk-font copying
There are several bugs in the pk-font copying routines of the installation
script. They mostly affect the 600 dpi ljfour and the fax fonts. The fixpack
fixes these problems completely.
No TeX-Paths in TeXShell
This problem occurs only, if you are using a third-party replacement shell that
is is started from S:Shell-Startup. It happens, because in TeX:s/pastex-startup
the TeX-Paths are added after S:Shell-Startup is Executed. A corrected version
is in the fixpack.
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General PasTeX CD-ROM problems
Superflous S:User-Startup entries
The installation script always adds the commands for Metafont to your
S:User-Startup, regardless if you have chosen to install Metafont or not.
If you did not install Metafont, this can give you some trouble when booting,
because the required directories are missing.
To prevent this, change your S:User-Startup manually if you did not install
Metafont. You need to delete the line that starts with Assign MF:, and delete
MF:bin from the Path line.
Truncated LaTeX 2.09 filenames
The last letter before the .sty extension of the following two filenames is
missing:
* :Pearls/texmf/inputs/latex209/titlepage.sty
* :Pearls/texmf/inputs/latex209/twocolumn.sty
Trouble with PKVol: Assigns and font caching
If you use font caching (missing fonts are searched on the CD and copied to
your hard drive when needed), the installation script will add a PKVol:
Multiassign to your S:User-Startup.
Because of this Assign, the Meeting Pearls III CD will be requested each time
you boot the computer - which is quite annoying.
A possible solution is to edit the TeX:config/fontvols file. Replace PKVol at
the start of the lines with different names for each line. Then change your
S:User-Startup in the same way: replace the old PKVol:-Assign by a number of
new ones, according to your changes to the fontvols-file. For these new
Assigns, use the DEFER keyword and the CD will not be requested at boot time
any more.
There are some other problems with font caching, too. For example, it does not
work for 600 dpi (LJ4) fonts. The fixpack will take care of these things, too.