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- From: zarthac@bradley.edu (Matthew Simmons)
- Subject: Re: Metafont font generation for TeX
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:04:48 GMT
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- Jonathan P Moore - H600/91 (u1jpm@ohm.york.ac.uk) wrote:
- : Can anybody give me a fools guide on how to set up metafont using
- : Arexx so that when I use dvips or Showdvi it actually generates the
- : font required??
- and dviprint...
-
- : The docs are a bit skimpy, and my knowledge of Arexx relies upon the
- : manual that comes with Workbench 2 (ie I know nothing!)
-
- : Thanks a lot
-
- Could you post this, instead of sending it via e-mail? I'm about to
- voyage into the world of PasTeX again....
-
- : Just a thought - If all Pc`s use 1 Meg *9 Simms? Why would GVP opt
- : to use 1 Meg * 8? Wierd eh? 1 Meg * 9 is a lot cheaper for obvious
- : reasons? I`m definitely going to buy 1 Meg *9 to expand my GVP Hc+8
- : board and my vortex 386sx bridgeboard!
- Cuz the IBM uses the first 8 chips to actually hold the stuff, and uses
- the 9th to check up on the first 8 (you know that wonderful memory checking
- thing that happens when you turn it on?)
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- zarthac@cs1 \ / Macs are more bullet proof, because the /
- zarthac@camelot >.bradley.edu / authors have the leeway to assume total /AMIGA
- zarthac@buhub / / user idiocy - Charles C. Bundy IV / ///
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- And I've seen Windows CRASH, too... nothing is bulletproof, you just /\\\///
- need a big enough bullet. - Frank R. Dana, Jr. / \XX/
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- This newsgroup is like a big cuddly never ending witch hunt. The / For the
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- we have soft cushy pillows. - Ian Kennedy (c.s.a.a) / mind.
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