From: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: Anybody ever gotten dvips (TeX) to work ? 29 Dec 1997 06:05:24 -0800 Message-ID: <19971229134414.21964.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain To: nordwick AT graft DOT XCF DOT Berkeley DOT EDU Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Hi Jay, I don't have TeX working nor have I tried it as yet. However, make certain that your font input files don't contain the annoying \r\n combination. Are you directories mounted as "text=binary"? - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- -earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- >Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 21:42:26 -0800 (PST) >From: Jason Alan Nordwick >To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >Subject: Anybody ever gotten dvips (TeX) to work ? > > >I have TeX/LaTeX working, generating dvis, and yap can view >them. But when I run dvips, I get some font errors. I installed >with all the defaults. Can anybody please help me, I really need >to get this working soon. Here is the result of running dvips >on a dvi file generated from LaTeX (MiKTeX). > >Also, what do pdftex and pdflatex do ? I thought that they might >generate pdf files, but they still give me a dvi file and dvips >chokes on. > > >C:\jay\latex>dvips pp.dvi >This is dvips 5.74 (MiKTeX 1.09) Copyright 1997 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) >' TeX output 1997.12.21:1142' -> pp.ps >- make_pk_font (cmr17, 600, 600, lwpro) >Creating cmr17.pk... >c:\texmf\miktex\bin\virmf.exe \mode:=lwpro; \mag:=magstep(0.0); batchmode; input cmr17 >This is METAFONT, Version 2.718 (MiKTeX 1.09) > >Cannot access GF file cmr17.600gf! >C:\TEXMF\MIKTEX\BIN\DVIPS.EXE: Font cmr17.600pk not found, characters will be left blank. >- make_pk_font (cmr12, 600, 600, lwpro) >C:\TEXMF\MIKTEX\BIN\DVIPS.EXE: Font cmr12.600pk not found, characters will be left blank. >- make_pk_font (cmbx12, 720, 600, lwpro) >C:\TEXMF\MIKTEX\BIN\DVIPS.EXE: Font cmbx12.720pk not found, characters will be left blank. >- make_pk_font (cmr10, 600, 600, lwpro) >C:\TEXMF\MIKTEX\BIN\DVIPS.EXE: Font cmr10.600pk not found, characters will be left blank. >- make_pk_font (cmsy10, 600, 600, lwpro) >C:\TEXMF\MIKTEX\BIN\DVIPS.EXE: Font cmsy10.600pk not found, characters will be left blank. >- make_pk_font (cmbx10, 600, 600, lwpro) >C:\TEXMF\MIKTEX\BIN\DVIPS.EXE: Font cmbx10.600pk not found, characters will be left blank. >. [1] [2] [3] > > >jay >-- >Join the FreeBSD Revolution. >Support the FSF, buy GNU. >http://xcf.berkeley.edu/ >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".