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From: james@bigtex.cactus.org (James Van Artsdalen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: TeX under ISC 386/ix
Message-ID: <48325@bigtex.cactus.org>
Date: 4 Oct 90 21:31:23 GMT
References: <1323@dialogic.UUCP>
Reply-To: james@bigtex.cactus.org (James Van Artsdalen)
Organization: Institute of Applied Cosmology, Austin TX
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In <1323@dialogic.UUCP>, drich@dialogic.com (Dan Rich) wrote:

> Has anyone successfully install TeX under ISC 386/ix?

Yes, TeX 3.0 and MetaFont 2.0.

> When I try to use dvips to print a TeX document, it attempts to
> create any fonts that it can't find.  When it tries to run mf as (for
> example):

> MakeTeXPK cmcsc10 360 300 magstep\(1.0\) magstep\(1.0\)

> and this runs:

> mf "\mode:=magstep(1.0); mag:=magstep(1.0); batchmode; input \
>     /usr/local/lib/tex/inputs/cmcsc10"

That "mode" is not right.  Look in MakeXTeXPK an make sure that its
mode matches the mode in plain.base.
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