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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/doc/web2c.texi b/Build/source/texk/web2c/doc/web2c.texi index c3e26931080..b34f52e7f2b 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/web2c/doc/web2c.texi +++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/doc/web2c.texi @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The latest version is available from ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/texinfo.tex.} @end tex @set version 7.5.6 -@set month-year January 2007 +@set month-year December 2007 @c Define new indices for commands in auxiliary files, filenames, and options. @defcodeindex cm @@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ The latest version is available from ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/texinfo.tex.} @dircategory TeX @direntry -* Web2c: (web2c). TeX, Metafont, and companion programs. +* Web2c: (web2c). TeX, Metafont, and companion programs. +@end direntry +@dircategory Individual utilities +@direntry * bibtex: (web2c)bibtex invocation. Maintaining bibliographies. * dmp: (web2c)dmp invocation. Troff->MPX (MetaPost pictures). * dvicopy: (web2c)dvicopy invocation. Virtual font expansion @@ -2104,7 +2107,7 @@ environment variable @code{KPATHSEA_DEBUG} to @samp{-1} before running the program. The suffix @samp{gf} is supplied if not already present. This suffix is -not an extension; no @samp{.} precedes it: for instance @file{cmr10.600gf}. +not an extension, no @samp{.} precedes it; for instance, @file{cmr10.600gf}. The output filename is the basename of @var{gfname} extended with @file{.dvi}, e.g., @samp{gftodvi /wherever/foo.600gf} creates @@ -2137,15 +2140,26 @@ of the figure. @cindex slant font @dfn{slant font} (no default): for diagonal lines, which are otherwise simulated using horizontal and vertical rules. - @end itemize To change the default fonts, you must use @code{special} commands in -your Metafont source file. +your Metafont source file, typically via commands like @code{slantfont +slantlj4}. There is no default slant font since no one printer is +suitable as a default. You can make your own by copying one of the +existing files, such as +@file{.../fonts/source/public/misc/slantlj4.mf} and then running +@command{mf} on it. + +For testing purposes, you may it useful to run @code{mf rtest} (hit +RETURN when it stops) to get a @file{gf} file of a thorn glyph. Or +use @command{mfw} instead of @command{mf} to have the glyph(s) +displayed on the screen. After that, @code{gftodvi rtest.2602gf} +should produce @file{rtest.dvi}, which you process as usual. The program accepts the following option, as well as the standard @samp{-verbose}, @samp{-help}, and @samp{-version} (@pxref{Common options}): + @table @samp @item -overflow-label-offset=@var{points} @opindex -overflow-label-offset=@var{points} |