Simons, Don skryf:
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> 2 different people have suggested that dvipdfm might make pdf's of MusiXTeX
> output that look better on screen than those generated in the usual way with
> Acrobat Distiller. An example given by Christian Mondrup looks very
> convincing. So I decided to try it.
>
> My OS is Win95. I downloaded dvipdfm.zip (can't remember where I found it).
> Unpacked it and ran dvipdfm. Got an error message saying that gnu.dll was
> missing. Searched for gnu.dll in CTAN and windows95.com with no luck. Alta
> Vista search for "gnu.dll" gave me a MikTeX update file list somewhere in
> italy. So it's part of update III of MikTeX. Downloaded update.exe. On
> running it I find out it's a self-installing thing so there's apparently no
> way to just get gnu.dll out of it. So I go back and look for the complete
> distribution of MikTeX and find out it's 17 MB, way more than I have the
> patience deal with at this point when all I seem to need is one stupid dll.
> I know, I know, there may be others I need too which Wonderful Windows will
> only tell me about one at a time.
>
> I can't believe I have to install all of MikTeX just to get dvipdfm. Where
> have I gone astray?
>
> And while we're at it, I boggles my mind that some independent freeware
> writer could do what mighty Adobe couldn't, viz., make pdf's that nicely
> display bitmapped fonts.
>
Mind-boggling but true. I downloaded dvipdfm-0.11.tar.gz from CTAN,
typed ./configure, make and ./install on my Linux box, and tried it
on musixdoc.dvi itself. It couldn't find the tfm's. I symbolically
linked the tfm files in the cm, musixtex and mflogo directories to
the current directory, and it worked. It generates 600dpi pdf's
although my TeX is set up for 300 dpi, but the result looks just
marvellous using ghostview as pdf viewer. Even at 4x magnification
it is still not grainy on the display.
Pity about the tfm path bug. Hope the author fixes it.
Dirk
