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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-% $Id: faq-jot-err.tex,v 1.23 2012/11/10 14:25:12 rf10 Exp rf10 $
+% $Id: faq-jot-err.tex,v 1.24 2013/04/18 23:01:08 rf10 Exp rf10 $
\section{The joy of \TeX{} errors}
@@ -1311,15 +1311,15 @@ preserving the ``word'' structure) so that they are nowhere any longer
than a given length; so the solution is just to edit the file.
If the problem is a ridiculous preview section, try using
-\ProgName{ghostscript} to reprocess the file, outputting a ``plain
-\extension{eps}'' file. (\ProgName{Ghostscript} is distributed with a script
-\ProgName{ps2epsi} which will regenerate the preview if necessary.)
-Users of the shareware program \ProgName{GSview} will find buttons to
-perform the required transformation of the file being displayed.
-\begin{ctanrefs}
-\item[ghostscript]Browse \CTANref{ghostscript}
-\item[GSview]Browse \CTANref{gsview}
-\end{ctanrefs}
+\href{http://www.ghostscript.com/}{\ProgName{ghostscript}}
+to reprocess the file, outputting a ``plain
+\extension{eps}'' file. (\ProgName{Ghostscript}'s distribution
+includes a script \ProgName{ps2epsi} which will regenerate the preview
+if necessary.) Users of the shareware program % ! line break
+\href{http://www.ghostgum.com.au/}{\ProgName{gsview}}
+will find buttons to perform the required transformation of the file
+being displayed.
+\LastEdit{2013-06-03}
\Question[Q-formatstymy]{``Fatal format file error; I'm stymied''}
@@ -1867,13 +1867,20 @@ maths alphabets, but few people use the flexibility directly.
Nevertheless, there are many packages that provide symbols, or that
manipulate them, which allocate themselves one or more maths alphabet.
-If you can't afford to drop any of these packages, there's
-still hope if you're using the \Package{bm} package to support
-\Qref*{bold maths}{Q-boldgreek}: \Package{bm} is capable
-of gobbling alphabets as if there is no tomorrow. The package defines
-two limiter commands: \csx{bmmax} (for \emph{bold} symbols; default~4)
-and \csx{hmmax} (for \emph{heavy} symbols, if you have them;
-default~3), which control the number of alphabets to be used.
+If you can't afford to drop any of these packages, you might be able
+to consider switching to use of \Qref*{\xetex{}}{Q-xetex} or
+\Qref{\luatex{}}{Q-luatex}, which both have 65536 alphabet slots
+available. (Such a change is best not done when under pressure to
+complete a document; other issues, such as font availability) could
+make a change impractical.)
+
+Even if switching is not possible, there's still hope if you're using
+the \Package{bm} package to support \Qref*{bold maths}{Q-boldgreek}:
+\Package{bm} is capable of gobbling alphabets as if there is no
+tomorrow. The package defines two limiter commands: \csx{bmmax} (for
+\emph{bold} symbols; default~4) and \csx{hmmax} (for \emph{heavy}
+symbols, if you have them; default~3), which control the number of
+alphabets to be used.
Any reduction of the \csx{\emph{xx}max} variables will slow
\Package{bm} down~--- but that's surely better than the document not