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From: dgc@MATH.UCLA.EDU
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Subject: TeXtures bombs on  Mac II
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Date: Sat, 1-Aug-87 12:19:32 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug  1 12:19:32 1987
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Keywords: TeXtures MacII bomb crash

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The current version of TeXtures causes an immediate bomb on the Mac II.

I have been running the (prerelease ?) version that Addison-Wesley
has selling for over a year on a Mac plus, with partial success.  Any
success is due to carefully avoiding several major bugs.  E.G., (1) if
I try to print a document a second time without retypesetting it or
reloading it, my Mac plus and my laser printer both hang until I turn
off the laser printer.  (2) If I have more than about 6 \input files,
the program fails, with several error indications; (3) On long outputs,
the program "randomly" misses about 1 page in 20; I must close the
document, reopen it, and then print a missing page.

On the Mac II, however it bombs as soon as it opens.  I contacted
Addison-Wesley and they were not interested in doing anything about
it.  I was told simply "to decrease the number of fonts in my system". 
However, I am using the same system, with the same fonts and DA's, that
I have been using for about two months in my Mac plus.

Does anyone know how to fix TeXtures?

dgc

David G. Cantor
Internet:  dgc@math.ucla.edu
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