David Arnold wrote:
Hans,
Frustrating and I agree.
So, perhaps the way to go is through trouble shooting advice in the
manuals. This advice should take the form of "If you see this, then
do this..."
that won't help ... if filenames change and files come and go ...
The difficulty, at least for me, is the fact that I don't understand
the sequence of engines that are brought to bear when compiling. When
compiling stops with an error with "this not found" or "that not
found," I have no clue on how to fix it.
normally it's:
- tex error message (tex stops): some tfm file missing
- pdf file wrong: type 1 font file missing
- unexpected characters: map file missing
On the other hand, you and other gurus see such a message and you
seem to say "oh, such and such is missing." Maybe a manual like
mfonts.tex should spend a significant amount of space addressing
these trouble shooting techniques.
ha, don't underestimate the time i sometimes spend sorting things out,
or worse: to get thing sintegrated and find out later that thing shave
changed
Hans
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