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- From: ntomczak@vega.math.ualberta.ca (N Tomczak-Jaegermann)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: How to get AmS-TeX working (NS 3.0)
- Message-ID: <ntomczak.721418248@vega>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 17:57:28 GMT
- References: <1992Nov9.225347.18699@lsa.umich.edu>
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- Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
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- > I'm trying to get a 3.0 system to run AmS-TeX. I've encountered several
- >difficulties, so I'm hoping the net can help me out:
-
- >1) After using
- > initex \&tex amstex.tex
- >to process my copy of the (version 2.1) macro package, I use the \dump command to
- >create the .fmt preloaded macro file. But when I try to USE that macro file, I get
- >this:
-
- >(Nov 09 5:26pm) /kickaha/tex -> tex \&amstex
- >This is CTeX, NeXT Version 3.141
- >(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
- >(Nov 09 5:27pm) /kickaha/tex ->
-
- First of all I did not bother making amstex format. I found NeXT fast
- enough not to bother. But if you are using amstex a lot and you have
- this extra disk space use amstex.ini with initex. It is meant for this!
-
- Once you have done that check if you replaced an old format with the new
- one. If your TeX is picking up the old format all kind of bad things
- will happen. Is the name of this new format amstex.fmt or amsplain.fmt
- or something like that? In the later case put your new format in
- /usr/lib/tex/formats directory an make a hard link from it to
- amstex.fmt. Lastly make a link in /usr/bin - 'ln virtex amstex'.
- You can than call 'amstex my_file' and proper format will be picked.
-
- >Example error message I received:
-
- >=======
-
- >(amsppt.sty version 2.1a (22-JAN-1992): Loading utility definitions,
- >more fonts,
- >! Font \sevenex=cmex7 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found.
- ><to be read again>
- > \toks@
- >\rightappend@ #1\to #2->\toks@
- > {\\{#1}}\toks@@ =\expandafter {#2}\xdef #2{\t...
-
- >\font@ #1=#2 ->\rightappend@ #1\to \fontlist@
- > \font #1=#2
- >l.120 \font@\sevenit=cmti7
- >
- AMS-TeX is using a lot of fonts which are not included in a standard
- distribution (more cm's, euler, fraktur, cyrilic). You will find them
- on various servers for ftp or you may buy/copy these from elsewhere.
- Cannonical site is math.ams.com.
-
- Do not bother with transfering pk's (bitmap files). They will likely
- be of a wrong resolution anyway. Get Metafont sources and (optional but
- very useful) metric files - tfm's. Install in proper directories
- and leave to dvips a job of making fonts when they are needed. After
- some initial period you will be left with bitmaps which YOU are using.
- (If you did not turn on an automatic font creation check from time
- to time /LocalLibrary/Fonts/TeXFonts/NeededFonts and run it as a script
- in a batch mode).
-
- Michal Jaegermann
- ntomczak@vega.math.ualberta.ca
-