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From: jdc@naucse.cse.nau.edu (John Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: DECUS TeX's DVItoVDU
Message-ID: <3321@naucse.cse.nau.edu>
Date: 12 Feb 91 23:36:10 GMT
Organization: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ
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I grabbed the DECUS-TeX distribution off wuarchive.wustl.edu for
VMS and I'm starting to think I'm the first person to ever do this...

Anyway, I have a couple of problems.  First the STARTUP.COM file
mixes FONT_MF and FONT.MF in some logical assignments.  No big deal,
but I start wondering if anyone ever tried to use the system as
it lands on your disk.

More annoying is my favorite DVItoVDU program.  I have an older
copy that forced me to name my pxl files in a certain manner (directories
and not .1500pk).  The DECUS font files (TEX_FONTS.BCK) are stored
in directories still--which I think is good since it makes for smaller
directory files.  Anyway, I assumed that someone must have merged
all the programs together to use the same format, and I was glad it
wasn't me.  After all, I don't have a modula-2 compiler.

*But*, the first time I run DVItoVDU it tells me
"can't open dummy font TEX_PXLDIR:CMR10.1500PXLONT"

What other surprises lie in store for me?  How much is integrated
to work together?  Has anyone else solved these incompatibility problems?
I'm going to want to run DVItoVDU, DVITYPE, one of the LN03 drivers, and a
postscript driver.  I expect to use the LN03 fonts on the DECUS tape with
my postscript printer.  (The help file says it works "exellant".)

Anyway, I'm only partially complaining.  DECUS deserves a *lot* of credit
for putting this all together.  I am, however, looking for any advice
from other DECUS-TeX users.
-- 
	John Campbell               jdc@naucse.cse.nau.edu
                                    CAMPBELL@NAUVAX.bitnet
	unix?  Sure send me a dozen, all different colors.