Date: Mon, 06 May 1996 00:51:14 -0700 From: Josh MacDonald <jmacd@CS.Berkeley.EDU> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tex port Message-ID: <199605060751.AAA27100@paris.CS.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 04 May 1996 10:50:06 EDT." <Pine.OSF.3.91.960504104736.7039A-100000@professor.eng.umd.edu>
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> On Sat, 4 May 1996, Josh MacDonald wrote: > > > > > I get: > > > > This is METAFONT, Version 2.71 (C version 6.1) (INIMF) > > ! I can't find file `plain.mf'. > > <*> plain > > ; input modes; dump > > Please type another input file name: > > > > after all tangle does a whole bunch of fonts. Does anyone know > > what's wrong? > > tex is composed of many parts, and some of the tex packages I've seen > (and tried) have really disappointed me. Good news is our teTeX ports, > in ports/print, is real complete, and very well integrated. I suggest > you install that one and try again (ports/print/teTeX, NOT ports/print/tex). > Yeah I think teTeX is great, but that doesn't change the fact that the tex port doesn't compile. I have teTeX installed, but some friends of mine and I needed to look at the source, and thought I'd get the just plain tex. Its hard to find the source though, there's like 4 layers of automatically generated this and that. -josh
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