From: Henning Hraban Ramm <angerweit@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: New user's first successes and problems
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 19:00:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200209011900.49021.angerweit@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200208300051.SAA27434@abqb1k.abq.sc.philips.com>
Am Freitag, 30. August 2002 02:51 schrieb Robert Lopez:
> > > This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-13d-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.1)
> > Far too old!
> > ConTeXt needs a recent pdf(e)TeX; at least >14 (13 means 0.13); actual is
> > 1.0something.
> Oh? I am a bit confused how 0.13 or 1.0something newer than 3.14159...
Near PI is the version of TeX; the rest is the version of pdfTeX!
> > Did you look after utmr8t.tfm? (URW "Times Roman")
> I do not understand. I have no file on my system with utmr8t in the name.
> I checked that. I do have these files:
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/fonts/afm/urw/times/utmr8a.afm
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/fonts/afm/urw/times/utmri8a.afm
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/fonts/type1/urw/times/utmr8a.pfb
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/fonts/type1/urw/times/utmri8a.pfb
Look after *.tfm files. These are the metrics TeX needs to typeset.
> > Tip: Try fonts if other things run. Most beginners find that extremely
> > complicated.
> I do not understand what you mean by "Try fonts".
I meant: First make sure everything other works right (MetaPost etc.),
then care about fonts. (as others said, too)
> Is this the mchart.pdf from http://www.pragma-ade.nl/ or do you refer
> to an other? This is the page which attracted my interest in ConTeXt.
It is. There's no other, AFAIK.
Grüßlis vom Hraban!
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-09-01 17:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-30 0:51 Robert Lopez
2002-08-30 7:26 ` mari.voipio
2002-08-30 9:02 ` mari.voipio
2002-09-01 17:00 ` Henning Hraban Ramm [this message]
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2002-08-29 0:22 Robert Lopez
2002-08-29 18:39 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
2002-08-29 21:44 ` Hans Hagen
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