From: asu1 AT cornell DOT edu
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 12:48:02 -0500 (EST)
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Stupid TeX config question
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On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, A. Sinan Unur wrote:
> 
> > latex filename
> > 
> > the missing fonts are not generated. the document does not use any fancy
> > fonts. i have been looking in the config and info files but the solution
> > escapes me. could someone offer some quick advice?
> 
> Do you see any error messages?  If so, care to share them?

no i didn't. that's one of the things i was baffled about. see below.

<snip useful info>

> In general, latex worked for me on simple examples.  If it doesn't for 
> you, you have some installation snafu.

that it was. i had forgotten to get rid of an emtex system variable in 
the [win95] section of my autoexec.

thanks for the response.

  -- Sinan