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From: yarnall@usceast.UUCP (Ken Yarnall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: AmigaMETAFONT
Summary: Quirks?
Message-ID: <3397@usceast.UUCP>
Date: 16 Aug 90 17:35:51 GMT
Organization: Math Department, University of South Carolina (ahem; The USC)
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I have a question about Radical Eye's METAFONT.  I setenv the environment
variables mentioned in the documentation as follows:

mfformat plain
mfbases .,mf:bases
mfinputs [lots of input directories]

My problem is that mf can't seem to find the plain base file (plain.base,
which resides in the mf:bases directory on my hard disk).  That is, it always
comes up with the message (no base preloaded).  I can mf &plain... just fine,
but that's a pain.  TeX uses the same device to preload formats, and it works
without a hitch.

Has anyone else encountered this?  Is there a fix, or am I complaining about
a problem that doesn't really exist?

Thanks,
kenny
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