Re: Iwona font

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

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