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From: mnbokaem@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Martin Bokaemper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: PasTex Help
Keywords: pastex, tex
Message-ID: <1991May8.163921.22158@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Date: 8 May 91 16:39:21 GMT
References: <+75g2jf@rpi.edu> <1991May7.122128.22369@forwiss.uni-passau.de> <1991May7.164059.22218@cbnewsj.att.com>
Organization: CSD., University of Erlangen, Germany
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vrr@cbnewsj.att.com (veenu.r.rashid) writes:

[...]
>However, on calling MakeTextFont.rexx (CallMF 0.82) or calling virmf
>to create unknown fonts, I get an error:

>rx MakeTextFont cmr10 237 91 91
>Making font with name = cmr10 dpi = 237 and base x = 91  y = 91
>MF commands: '\mode:=NineOne; \mag:=2.60439561; \input cmr10; \scrollmode'
>This is METAFONT, C Version 2.7
>Sorry, I can't find that base; will try the default.
>(Fatal base file error; I'm stymied)

>Now I have all fonts in the fonts directory - I can't understand what I'm doing
>wrong.  What explicitly needs to be set for virmf to work?  I set all
>environment variables to default values with a script on startup.

Maybe you don't have a special base file for cm-fonts?

******** From README.usa **********
- If you only use plain.base and don't have a cmbase.base change the line
  cmbase     = "cmbase"
  in 
  cmbase     = "plain"
  An extra cmbase-file does NOT have great advantages, you only win some 
  seconds when loading.
**** end 

Look at mf:bases if there is a 'cmbase.base'. If it's not there modify 
'MakeTeXFont.rexx' in the way mentioned above.  

>Thanks,
>Veenu

     ciao Martin.