Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!nmouawad From: nmouawad@watmath.waterloo.edu (Naji Mouawad) Subject: Re: emTeX Previewer -- Changing the "zoom" size Message-ID: <1991Mar27.172248.22659@watmath.waterloo.edu> Keywords: emTeX screen previewer, page size. Organization: University of Waterloo References: Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1991 17:22:48 GMT Lines: 60 In article tomliew@itsgw.rpi.edu (Thomas Liew) writes: >In article <67300@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang) writes: >>In article <1991Mar24.220300.14661@menudo.uh.edu> cychao@csun10.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) writes: >>* >>* Hi, I am using emTeX in my PC, the prthplj is fine, but the v.bat >>* or vs.bat ( screen pre-viewer ) is displaying "huge" characters that >>* I must used arrow keys to see the whole page. Is there anybody can >>* tell me how to view the "normal" page in one screen? Any suggestions >>* will be appreciated. >> >>I will post here since my mail to the user was returned. >> >>The option /s is responsible. By default it is /s3 and you need /s1 >>for normal size. Just type ``v'' and nothing else and when asked for >>options, type ``??'' and all of the options are shown. Options of course >>can be then coded into a file. >> >>I think a mailing list of emTeX users is necessary for emTeX specific >>questions. If anyone is going to compile the list, I would like to be in. >>-- >>xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu / rutgers!ub!xiaofei / v118raqa@ubvms.bitnet > >You could also do it interactively by pressing the - ot + key on the >numeric pad to decrease or increase the size of the fonts displayed. >Pressing the -/+ key successively would reduce or increase the size >even more. I presume it is describe in the dvidrv .dvi manual in >German. > >Certainly it's a great idea to have a mailing list of emTeX users. >EM is doing a good job providing the FAQ and doc with this package. > >Cheers ... happy emTeXing .... >-- > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > % Thomas Liew | Internet : tomliew@itsgw.rpi.edu % > % Physics Dept. RPI | Bitnet : ThomasLiew@rpitsmts % > % Troy, NY12180 | Tel[Off]:(518)-276-4807 [Home](518)-276-5665 % The problem with gray scaling (that's what the /ox and /oy commands do) is speed ... even if the scaling is optimized for even values (I suggest you use 4 for both) it is still slow. EM warns of this in the document. What happens is that v show the fonts `real size'. Since we are using 300dpi fonts, that explains the huge size on the screen. The best solution, I think, would be to use smaller fonts. Something like 90 and 75 dpi which are better suited for the screen. I haven't installed these yet. If someone out there has a better solution, I am listening. And yes an emtex mailing list would be a great idea. --Naji. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- | Naji Mouawad | nmouawad@watmath.waterloo.edu | | University |---------------------------------------------------| | Of Waterloo | "The Stranger in us is our most familiar Self" |