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diff --git a/fonts/utilities/mff-29/NEWS b/fonts/utilities/mff-29/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..718993569a --- /dev/null +++ b/fonts/utilities/mff-29/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,163 @@ +NEWS 2.9.0 92/07/06 -- list of changes to mff + + + = CHANGES SINCE MFF 2.8 = + pdc Mon. 6 July 1992 + + +You can install fonts on a different filesystem + + Previously if the directory specified by -T or -P was on a different + filesystem, on some systems mff would fail with the message + "cross-device link". Now mff tries to make a copy of the file if + plain linking fails. + + +A "m" can be used in the <size> part of font names to use mm + + For example, ma55a3m5 is 3.5-mm Malvern 55 (about the same as ma55s10, + as it happens). + + +"shar" dropped from the distribution + + +-v options accumulate to increase verbosity + + Just -v prints only the #{{{ and #}}} lines; more -v options cause + mff to be more verbose. I added this feature to make "mff -vf-" + more useful. The -n output is simplified. + + +rejigged the Computer Modern clone fonts + + The CM clones now all have names strating `fcm' to suit Karl Berry's + naming scheme: fcm? is like cm?, fcm?s is like cmss?, fcm?t is like + cmtt?, and fcm?st is like a cheap electric typewriter. + + +renamed KM to CM + + CM now stands for Computer Modern; it is very similar to Knuth's + Computer Modern Roman/Text Italic. I have also added the option of + numeric style names to the rc.mff file -- cm55s12 is roman, cm56s12 is + italic and cm75s12 is boldface. + + +Facilities for brain-damaged filesystems + + A friend of mine owns an Atari ST, which uses an MS-DOS-like + filesystem. When compiled on such a machine, mff uses + commas/semicolons in its searchpath(s) and understands backslashes + in file names (it also allows forward slashes, on the expectation + that something like the GNU library filename-mapping is being used). + + Certain filesystems -- including the MS-DOS system one -- cannot + deal with filenames of the length needed by TeX fonts. mff + understands font templates like C:\FONTS\%f\%n.%p and now if the + subdirectory C:\FONTS\%f is missing it will attempt to create it. + Further, since FOO.300PK and FOO.300GF may no longer be distinct + names, the GFtoPK processor is requested to produce an intermediate + file called FOO.PK instead (which is then renamed to whatever the -P + template specifies, by default FOO/300.PK). + + A proper ST distribution would also include plain-text documentation + rather than nroff manual pages, and a simpler makefile. I'm + part-way there. + + +rc.mff changed to mff.rc + + It seemed to make sense at the time for startup files to be named rc.mff + because other mff files end in ".mff". However, for consistency with + the MS-DOS-filenames versions, I have changed back to using "mff.rc" as + the name. (There is a CPP macro that canels this change.) + + +many small internal changes + + Less dependence on newer libary functions (an attempt to be more + portable). More syntax errors produce an error message instead of + mysterious behaviour. The association-list module has been + rewritten with a simpler, cleaner implementation. The code is more + portable than it was. Some subtle bugs have been fixed. + + +more man pages + + + + = CHANGES SINCE MFJOB 2.7.1 = + +Damian Cugley <pdc@prg.ox.ac.uk> Sat. 1 June 1991 + + +mfjob has been renamed mff + + This is to prevent confusion with Eberhard Mattes' MFjob. MFjob does a + similar job to mff, and is part of the emTeX distribution for MS-DOS and + OS/2 personal computers. + + This means that files named after the program -- such as .mfjobrc -- now + have new names. While I was at it I changed the per-project startup + file to rc.mff rather than .mffrc; this makes it a visible file which is + probably more sensible. The system startup file was renamed rc.mff to + match. + + +the first input command -- a hack to get the name right -- is removed + + This means that it does not produce empty <font name>.mf files. + Instead METAFONT/GFtoPK creates the TFM and GF files as <driver>.tfm and + <driver>.XXXpk (because jobname is set to the driver name not the font + name). These are renamed to <font name>.tfm and <font name>.XXXpk in + the appropriate directories. + + To support this, the -T and -P options are now *filename* templates not + *directory* templates. %f.tfm and %f.%n%p are appended if necessary, so + directory names can still be used. + + A side effect is that only one log file is produced per driver file, + instead of one per font. This is usually an advantage -- unless there + is some sort of error (in which case mff terminates and the log file is + preserved) the log files are not wanted. This results in a lot less + clutter. + + Another consequence is that `mff cmr12' does not work any more -- + formerly it would input cmr12.mf and because this ended in `bye' the + second (spurious) `input' was ignored! Now a new option has been added + to suppress the parsing step altogether -- so `mff -S cmr12' now ought + to work. + + +Font sizes can include p for a decimal point + + For those people that need such things, ma7p5 can be used to mean 7.5-pt + Malvern. Note that this means you can not have a suffix ending in + <digit>p. + + +Configuration now all in Makefile -- -D directives override config.h + + +man pages for shar and testfont + + +gray.mf -- a simple hackette for making grayfonts easily + + +a small program searchpath added + + This is a "corollary" to the searchpath module that is used by mff. It is + only useful in shellscripts (in the style of dirname(1) and basename(1)). + + +some bug fixes + + +* +Local Variables: +mode: text +fill-prefix: " " +fill-column: 76 +End: |