Date: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 00:00:42 -0400 (EDT) From: -Vince- <vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu> To: Satoshi Asami/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQHUbKEI=?= =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCOCsbKEIgGyRCOC0bKEI=?= <asami@cs.berkeley.edu> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /etc/printcap for Deskjet 500 and gs Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950406235812.2623r-100000@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu> In-Reply-To: <199504070355.UAA26229@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Thu, 6 Apr 1995, Satoshi Asami/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQHUbKEI=?= =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCOCsbKEIgGyRCOC0bKEI=?= wrote: > * Yes, it needs TeX to print dvi files for dvips when dvips is making > * fonts... xfig and transfig, it's to handle printing of fig files :-) > > Are you sure? You don't need TeX to convert dvi files to PostScript... > that's entirely dvips's job, TeX will take .tex and make .dvi...also, > converting fig files to PS is transfig's job, not xfig's. xfig just > makes .fig files, and it's actually calling transfig if you use the > "export" button. > > Satoshi > Yep, because dvips needs TeX to create the required fonts I think... That's why the TeX package (web2c) that FreeBSD uses for the port doesn't work well with dvips in creating the fonts while teTeX works fine... As for xfig, you need both though I don't know what xfig is used for.... Cheers, Vince -*vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu*- UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering
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