xdvi always generates the fonts
I'm using debian 2.2 and when I start xdvi it always generates the fonts (although I looked at the file for many times and the fonts should be there...). Could that be a not-enough-rights-for-the-user-thing? Does anybody have a clue? Thanx, Gery -- - Gernot Bauer, University of Linz, Austria [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The answer is yes, me.
Re: xdvi always generates the fonts
| I'm using debian 2.2 and when I start xdvi it always generates the | fonts (although I looked at the file for many times and the fonts | should be there...). Could that be a | not-enough-rights-for-the-user-thing? Did you try running the `allneeded' script? This script takes a directory-tree as argument, it searches the tree for .dvi files and runs dvips on them (with output sent to /dev/null). The interesting consequence of this is that dvips calls MakeTeXPK to create the needed fonts and all the .dvi files currently on your system should then be processable without the need to call Metafont again. Unless you frequently create documents with a lot of new fonts (and most people don't), this might speed things up. I suppose you'd also want to run texhash (as root) afterwards (unless it's already set up as a cron job on your system), Jim
Re: xdvi always generates the fonts
On 24 Sep 2000, Gernot Bauer wrote: I'm using debian 2.2 and when I start xdvi it always generates the fonts (although I looked at the file for many times and the fonts should be there...). Could that be a not-enough-rights-for-the-user-thing? Does anybody have a clue? Thanx, Gery -- - Gernot Bauer, University of Linz, Austria [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The answer is yes, me. I had this problem once and it took a long time to track down. It turned out that I'd managed to install two versions of xdvi in different directories; the one that was being used was incorrect. Possibly you've also done something like this? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone) Book Reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ Skeptical articles: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ Palo y tente tieso. (Spanish proverb) Free translation: Holdfast is your only dog.
