From fade405932f7fce10c798bde3e33781ed7ca5dc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Berry Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 00:02:55 +0000 Subject: trunk/Master/texmf/doc/tetex git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@50 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751 --- Master/texmf/doc/tetex/TETEXDOC.pdf | Bin 0 -> 249514 bytes Master/texmf/doc/tetex/teTeX-FAQ | 629 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 629 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Master/texmf/doc/tetex/TETEXDOC.pdf create mode 100644 Master/texmf/doc/tetex/teTeX-FAQ diff --git a/Master/texmf/doc/tetex/TETEXDOC.pdf b/Master/texmf/doc/tetex/TETEXDOC.pdf new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..0f748113e02 Binary files /dev/null and b/Master/texmf/doc/tetex/TETEXDOC.pdf differ diff --git a/Master/texmf/doc/tetex/teTeX-FAQ b/Master/texmf/doc/tetex/teTeX-FAQ new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f7072f1eb09 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf/doc/tetex/teTeX-FAQ @@ -0,0 +1,629 @@ +This is the FAQ for teTeX -- a TeX distribution for UNIX compatible +systems. If you have questions about some points that remain unclear, +or if you think that things could be described better, just drop me +a line. My Email address: + + Thomas Esser + + +This article includes answers to: + 0) Where can I get the teTeX distribution? + 1) Is there a mailing list for teTeX? + 2) Now that I know that there is a mailing list: is there an archive + of the list? + 3) I use PostScript fonts in my documents. When previewing with xdvi, + mktexpk sometimes hangs in gsftopk. + 4) I moved the binaries to a different location. Now, tex says: + ``I can't find the default format file!''. + 5) I did not move the binaries, but I get the error: + ``I can't find the default format file!''. + 6) I added some files in the texmf tree. But they are not found. + 7) When running some old dvi files through a dvi driver, I get warnings + about checksum errors. + 8) What is the best method to get pk fonts in a batch job? + 9) What to do if I need the fonts for several modes? + 10) Can I share the teTeX directory tree between different platforms? + 11) After mktexpk and mktextfm successfully generate fonts, kpathsea + complains and does not use the newly generated font. + 12) mktextfm runs Metafont with a mode that I do not like. + 13) Is there an easy way to copy .tfm or .pk fonts from a temporal directory + to their standard directory below $TEXMFMAIN? + 14) How about adding program XYY or a macro package ABC to teTeX? + 15) I want to keep my files separate from the system's files. What do + I need to do to make sure that tex+friends will find my files? + 16) How do I deinstall an old version of teTeX? + 17) How do I manage to execute the right binaries on each platform? + 18) Why does not install.sh call fontimport to copy the fonts from my + previous teTeX installation? + 19) Under DOS, I used emTeX with LJ fonts. Which metafont mode should I use + now with teTeX? + 20) Using the Shrink* Buttons in xdvi, I cannot get back to see the full + page on the screen. + 21) Which is the right way of using the AMS fonts/macros with LaTeX? + 22) teTeX doesn't work with my NEXTSTEP TeXview.app, what should I do ? + 23) Some things do not work properly. What should I do now? + 24) initex cannot include all the hyphenation patterns I need. It complains + with "! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pattern memory=NNNNN]." + 25) The scrollbars of xdvi do not make sense to me. How do I move backwards? + 26) Is teTeX freely redistributable? + 27) dvips, pdftex, dvipdfm and xdvi use the European A4 size as default + papersize. How do I change this to make letterpaper the default? + 28) Why does ghostview display of my texts look so much worse than + with xdvi? + 29) Metafont does not support the X display. + 30) I have problems to use the LaTeX 209 llncs styles from Springer. + 31) What about revtex or llncs styles? I don't get the pre-LaTeX 2e version + working with teTeX. + 32) How can I get the Euro currency symbol? + +Answers: + +0) Where can I get the teTeX distribution? + + The primary site is in germany: + ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:/pub/comp/tex/teTeX + + Mirror sites: + ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX + ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX + ftp://lh116.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/teTeX/ + ftp://ftp.duke.edu/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX + ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/pub/tex/ctan/systems/unix/teTeX/ + + The following form provides a good help for downloading teTeX: + http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/search/tetex.html + +1) Is there a mailing list for teTeX? + + Yes. Tere is one list for discussion and one (moderated) list for + announcements. The discussion list is + tetex@dbs.uni-hannover.de + and the announcement list is + tetex-announce@dbs.uni-hannover.de + To subscribe to one of these lists, send a message containing the line + subscribe tetex + or + subscribe tetex-announce + resp. to majordomo@dbs.uni-hannover.de . The majordomo server + understands a few more commands. To get more help about our + server, send a mail with the line 'help' in the body. + Note that announcements are posted into both lists, so if you are + interested in discussions and announcements, you only need to + subscribe to the tetex list. + +2) Now that I know that there is a mailing list: is there an archive + of the list? + + Yes. Just send a message with the line + get tetex archive + to majordomo@dbs.uni-hannover.de . + +3) I use PostScript fonts in my documents. When previewing with xdvi, + mktexpk sometimes hangs in gsftopk. + + There are known problems with early versions of gs3.XXX when using + gsftopk. Solution: upgrade to gs3.33 or newer. + +4) I moved the binaries to a different location. Now, tex says: + ``I can't find the default format file!'' + + The modified Kpathsea library (a library to locate files on disks, + written by Karl Berry) used in the teTeX distribution set the + variables SELFAUTODIR and SELFAUTOPARENT relative to the location of + the binary. + + SELFAUTODIR is the directory one level above the directory containing the + binary and SELFAUTOPARENT is its parent directory. + + Example1: assuming xdvi is found in /usr/tex/bin/i486-linux/xdvi. + => SELFAUTODIR: /usr/tex/bin + => SELFAUTOPARENT: /usr/tex + + Example2: assuming xdvi is found in /usr/tex/bin/xdvi. + => SELFAUTODIR: /usr/tex + => SELFAUTOPARENT: /usr + + The file texmf.cnf is searched for in $SELFAUTODIR, $SELFAUTOPARENT, + $TETEXDIR. If the file texmf.cnf is not found, set the TETEXDIR variable + in your environment. + + But even if the texmf.cnf file is found, there may be an incorrect + definition of TETEXDIR in the file. Check the following: + + In example1, you could use TETEXDIR=$SELFAUTOPARENT and in example2 + TETEXDIR=$SELFAUTODIR. A simpler setting for TETEXDIR could simply + be TETEXDIR=/usr/tex in both cases. This can be convenient if you + are not going to change the location of your teTeX tree. + +5) I did not move the binaries, but I get the error: + ``I can't find the default format file!''. + + The name of the default format file is .fmt, where + is the name of the binary you call (e.g. latex, tex). + The directory where the format files are stored is $TEXMF/web2c. + You can see the full search path using the command + kpsetool -p fmt + + You should first look into these directories if the format file + is there or not. If it is there, enter the following commands + (use the name of the format file that is not found instead of + my example "latex.fmt"): + texconfig confall + env KPATHSEA_DEBUG=-1 kpsetool -w fmt latex.fmt + + The first command could show you some configuration problems, e.g. + a "wrong" PATH so that the "wrong" TeX binaries are found or some + environment variables that you have set (in a way that confuses + Kpathsea). The second command gives you a lot of debugging + information. If you cannot find the reason for the problem by + the given output, then send it to me in an e-mail. + + If the format files are not there, you need to create them. + In case of latex.fmt or tex.fmt, just run + texconfig init + It will either create the format files for you, or you will get + an error message that hopefully helps you to solve your problem. + If you need another format file, please refer to the documentation + of the package you want to use. See also answer to 21). + +6) I added some files in the texmf tree. But they are not found. + + You need to run texhash to update the ls-R file. See answer to 14) + as well... + +7) When running some old dvi files through a dvi driver, I get warnings + about checksum errors. + + The PostScript fonts are completely rearranged and the tfm files have + different checksums. If you have the (La)TeX source of your document, + you can get rid of the messages by running the sources through (La)TeX + again. + +8) What is the best method to get pk fonts in a batch job? + + If you do have lots of dvi files (e.g. the documentation of teTeX), + just run the allneeded script on them. It runs all those files + through dvips (but output is send to /dev/null and not to a printer), + and thus calculates all fonts that are needed to print these files + (or preview with the same mode). + + Example: + allneeded `kpsexpand '$TEXMFMAIN'`/doc >& /tmp/allneeded.log & + + The above command calculates the pk files for all the installed + documentation in a background job. + + If you do not have many dvi files, you can use the allcm and/or + allec scripts (allcm is for Computer Modern fonts, and allec for the + ec fonts). You need to have LaTeX installed and the scripts calculate + the fonts for all sizes and shapes that are used in typical LaTeX + documents. + +9) What to do if I need the fonts for several modes? + + You only need the modes together with a printer or for previewing. You + should add a dvips configuration file for each printer using texconfig + and use the most common printing mode for previewing. + Then, any of the above scripts in 8) (allneeded, allcm, allec) can be + given an argument of the form -P PRINTER (where PRINTER must be a known + printer for dvips). This will calculate the fonts with the mode of + the printer PRINTER. + + Example: + For dvips I have configured the printer lp to have the mode + ljfour. To get all ec fonts with ljfour mode, I would enter: + + allec -P lp + + If you do not have a dvips configuration file that corresponds to a + specific mode, you can still enter the mode on the command line. + Note however, that you should specify the corresponding resolution + as well. + + Example: + To get all fonts in cx mode (CanonCX mode is used by many 300dpi + printers), give the command: + + allcm -D 300 -mode cx + + The flags -D and -mode are directly passed down to dvips. + +10) Can I share the teTeX directory tree between different platforms? + + Yes. The only platform-specific directory is $TETEXDIR/bin. If you + want to use the same teTeX tree on different platforms, just put + the binaries for each platform into a different subdirectory of + $TETEXDIR/bin, e.g + /usr/local/TeX/bin/i486-linux + /usr/local/TeX/bin/sparc-solaris2.4 + You can then mount the whole $TETEXDIR tree on all machines and + share almost all the files between them. + +11) After mktexpk and mktextfm successfully generate fonts, kpathsea + complains and does not use the newly generated font. + + If you happen to see output like this: + ... + Transcript written on ecti1000.log. + /usr/local/teTeX/texmf/fonts/tfm/jknappen/ec/ecti1000.tfm + kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. + ... + then your shell is probably very broken. This problem is known with + the original bash 1.14.3 that has many problems with exit codes and + trap handling. Try the following line: + + sh -c 'exit 1'; echo $? + + The buggy bash gives 127 as result. Fixes for these problems have been + available e.g. from the internet newsgroup gnu.bash.bug, so not all + instances of bash 1.14.3 are broken. Later versions of bash should not + have that bug. + +12) mktextfm runs Metafont with a mode that I do not like. + + Use texconfig and select a different mode as default mode. + +13) Is there an easy way to copy .tfm or .pk fonts from a temporal directory + to their standard directory below $TEXMFMAIN? + + If the temporal directory is organized according to the TDS, just copy + the whole tree using "cp -a" (GNU cp) or use a tar pipe for copying, + like: + cd /source/dir; tar cf - | (cd /dest/dir; tar xf -) + and remove the contents of the temporal directory afterwards. + + If the temporal directory is not TDS compliant, I suggest to use + the fontimport utility. If you want to turn off the "varfonts" + feature for fontimport, set USE_VARTEXFONTS to 0 in the environment. + + An easy method to move your fonts from, e.g. $VARTEXFONTS to their + "final" standard place is the following (can be used e.g. for a cron + command): + + env USE_VARTEXFONTS=0 fontimport -d `kpsexpand '$VARTEXFONTS'`; texhash + +14) How about adding program XYY or a macro package ABC to teTeX? + + Well, there are some things to take into account: + - I want to keep the size of the distribution small. + - I have only a limited amount of time. + - teTeX can be installed with a simple 'make world' on the most + common UNIX platforms. Adding a new program could break the whole + thing. + Please think about this before asking me to add something. But if a + really useful thing can be added without much effort and disk space + usage, I may decide to do that. + + Another possibility is, that things are added to the contrib directory + of teTeX. + +15) I want to keep my files separate from the system's files. What do + I need to do to make sure that tex+friends will find my files? + + If you just have one kind of files (e.g. some metafont source files), + put them in one directory and set the corresponding environment + variable, in this case: MFINPUTS (for a complete list of search + paths and environment variables, see the web2c manual web2c.dvi). + Assume that I put some fonts into subdirectories of $HOME/mf-sources. + If I do (for csh-like shells): + setenv MFINPUTS .:~/mf-sources//: + resp. + MFINPUTS=.:~/mf-sources//:; export MFINPUTS + then metafont will search for font files in: + 1) the current directory + 2) $HOME/mf-sources and its subdirectories (subdirectory searching is + enabled by the two slashes in the end of the directory) + 3) the system's directories (this is enabled by the trailing colon) + + If you have several kind of files, I recommend to set up a texmf tree + for these files. texmf trees follow a common directory structure, + see tds.dvi. To make a new texmf tree known to tex+friends, you have + to set up the TEXMF variable. This variable can be set in a texmf.cnf + file or in your environment. It lists all known texmf trees, but needs + a special syntax, which is: + TEXMF={A,B,C} + for three texmf trees: A, B and C. You have to add the system's texmf + trees here. A trailing colon will do the wrong thing. + + Example: the system's texmf.cnf file has + TEXMF = {!!$TEXMFLOCAL:!!$TEXMFMAIN} + and I want to add my texmf tree which is ~/texmf. + + Several possible ways to do this: + a) edit the texmf.cnf file (if you are allowed) and set + TEXMF = {~/texmf,!!$TEXMFLOCAL:!!$TEXMFMAIN} + b) set TEXMF in the environment (example for csh): + setenv TEXMF '{~/texmf,!!$TEXMFLOCAL:!!$TEXMFMAIN}' + Note: if ! is your history character, you might need to quote + it like in + setenv TEXMF '{~/texmf,\!\!$TEXMFLOCAL:\!\!$TEXMFMAIN}' + c) set up a personal texmf.cnf file: + Put the line + TEXMF = {~/texmf,!!$TEXMFLOCAL:!!$TEXMFMAIN} + in a personal texmf.cnf file, e.g. $HOME/config/texmf.cnf + and set the variable TEXMFCNF in your environment to make + sure your file is read *before* the system's texmf.cnf file: + setenv TEXMFCNF ~/config: + + You might also want to create a filename database (ls-R file) to + speed up searching your texmf tree. Just enter the command + texhash $HOME/texmf + +16) How do I deinstall an old version of teTeX? + + Well, the simple answer is: rm -rf. But there may be some more + things you want to do. You may keep a backup of your .pk fonts or of + some local files you added to $TEXMF (see question 14, too) before + you remove the old directory tree. Note, however that from teTeX 0.2 + to 0.3, there has been an update of the CM fonts (Knuth has updated + the Metafont sources). So you may want to remove your old .pk files + and have them recreated with the new sources. + + Another problem is, that there may be some symbolic links in + /usr/local/{bin,man} (or a similar directory) after you remove the + old teTeX directory tree and you may want to remove those links, + too. A simple way to do this, is the following: + + cd /usr/local/bin + sh -c 'for i in *; do test -s $i || echo $i; done' + + This loop echo'es all files with zero length, especially all stale + symbolic links. If you want to remove all files that are shown by the + command above, you can do this with: + + sh -c 'for i in *; do test -s $i || rm -f $i; done' + + You can repeat the above steps for other directories, as well + (e.g. /usr/local/man/man1 and /usr/local/man/man5). + +17) How do I manage to execute the right binaries on each platform? + + Assuming that you have binaries for several platforms installed, your + binaries are in $TETEXDIR/bin/PLATFORM. The first thing you can try is + to set up your PATH with + SYSDIR=`uname -m`-`uname -s` + PATH=$TETEXDIR/bin/$SYSDIR:... + You may need to rename the PLATFORM directories for this method. + + Another thing that may help is to include a local directory in your + PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin) and create symbolic links for the binaries: + linux# ln -sf /usr/local/teTeX/bin/i486-linux/* /usr/local/bin + sun# ln -sf /usr/local/teTeX/bin/sparc-solaris2.4/* /usr/local/bin + ... + + If you do not like the uname-method for your PATH and the symlink + method, you may consider installing a small wrapper program that + calls the programs for the right platform. Install the wrapper in + $TETEXDIR/bin and create a symbolic link for each binary. + + Here an example: + TETEXDIR=/usr/local/teTeX + cd $TETEXDIR/bin + vi platf_wrapper # see script below ... + chmod +x platf_wrapper + list=`ls i486-linux` # get a list of programs. + for i in $list; do + ln -s platf_wrapper $i + done + + Tell your users to include $TETEXDIR/bin in their PATH. Make sure + that TETEXDIR is either set to an absolute path (e.g. /usr/local/teTeX) + or to $SELFAUTODIR (but not $SELFAUTOPARENT), since the programs are + now found one directory level earlier. + + Now the sample wrapper. Customize, if you need: + + #!/bin/sh + + # the path to the directories with the subdirs for each platform + BINDIR=/usr/local/teTeX/bin + + # export the variable. If we are called again, + # we do not need to recalculate. + export THIS_PLATFORM + + case "$THIS_PLATFORM" in + "") + case "`uname -s`" in + Linux) + THIS_PLATFORM=i486-linux;; + SunOS) + THIS_PLATFORM=sparc-solaris2.4;; + IRIX) + THIS_PLATFORM=mips-irix5.3;; + *) + echo "$0: fatal error: system not detected." >&2 + exit 1 + esac;; + esac + + exec $BINDIR/$THIS_PLATFORM/`basename $0` "$@" + +18) Why does not install.sh call fontimport to copy the fonts from my + previous teTeX installation? + + Knuth has updated the Metafont sources. You get better .pk fonts if + you recalculate them. See also the answers 7) and 8). + +19) Under DOS, I used emTeX with LJ fonts. Which metafont mode should I use + now with teTeX? + + cx mode. It is common to most 300DPI laser printers. I.e. in + texconfig|MODE, choose the line saying: + + cx Canon CX, SX, LBP-LX (300dpi) + +20) Using the Shrink* Buttons in xdvi, I cannot get back to see the full + page on the screen. + + The four buttons can be configured via X resources. Just add + them either to your personal X resources (usually ~/.Xdefaults) + or to xdvi's global configuration file XDvi which resides in + $TEXMFMAIN/xdvi. Such a resource setting might look like this: + XDvi*shrinkButton3: 6 + (This example configures button 3 to do a shrinking by a factor of 6). + + +21) Which is the right way of using the AMS fonts/macros with LaTeX? + + Just \usepackage{amsmath} and/or \usepackage{amsfonts}. Read the + documentation in $TEXMF/doc/latex/amslatex and $TEXMF/doc/fonts/ams. + Do *not* \usepackage{amstex} (amstex.sty is just for compatibility + with old documents and only for use in LaTeX's 2.09 compatibility mode). + + Add \usepackage{amssymb} to get full access to all AMS symbols. + +22) teTeX doesn't work with my NEXTSTEP TeXview.app, what should I do ? + + [ NOTE: there are some teTeX/NeXT specific files available via + ftp and on the web. The URLs are: + http://www.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de/~flight/stepTeX + and in the directory teTeX/contrib/NeXT on the ftp servers where + teTeX is available, e.g.: + ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/contrib/NeXT] + + NEXTSTEP's TeXview.app lacks kpathsearch support. Therefore it + doesn't know how to find fonts spread around subdirectories, as in + teTeX and TDS. Two possible solutions: + + a) Fetch a modified TeXview.app incorporating kpathsearch. Still in + testing, but usable. The primary site for TeXview-kp is + + ftp://zarquon.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de/pub/NeXT/TeX + + b) [Not recommended!] `Flatten' teTeX's font directory + layout. Done most easily by setting the "stripsupplier" and + "striptypeface" options within texconfig's FONT/OPTIONS. Remove + NeXTTeX's font directories and replace them by symlinks into teTeX + (replace $TEXMF by the correct value for your installation): + + rm -rf /usr/lib/tex/fonts/pk /usr/lib/tex/fonts/tfm + rm -rf /usr/lib/tex/fonts/vf /usr/lib/tex/ps + cd $TEXMF/fonts/tfm ; mv */*/*.tfm .; rmdir */* * >/dev/null + cd $TEXMF/fonts/vf ; mv */*/*.vf .; rmdir */* * >/dev/null + cd $TEXMF/dvips; mv */* .; rmdir * >/dev/null + ln -s $TEXMF/fonts/pk/nextscrn /usr/lib/tex/fonts/pk + ln -s $TEXMF/fonts/tfm /usr/lib/tex/fonts/tfm + ln -s $TEXMF/fonts/vf /usr/lib/tex/fonts/vf + ln -s $TEXMF/dvips /usr/lib/tex/ps + ln -s $TEXMF/dvips/config.dfaxhigh $TEXMF/dvips/config.fax + texconfig font options stickydir stripsupplier striptypeface + texhash + + If you seem to have NEXTSTEP-specific problems with teTeX, contact + Gregor Hoffleit + +23) Some things do not work properly. What should I do now? + + First, make sure that your "environment" is ok and run + texconfig confall + This gives you an idea about which binaries are found along your + PATH and if you have set some environment variables that might + confuse teTeX's programs. If in doubt, unset all variables that + are set in the "environment variables" section of the output. + + If binaries other than teTeX's are found, then change the definition + of your PATH. Put the directory containing teTeX's binaries earlier + into your PATH, so that teTeX's binaries are found before any other + TeX related stuff. + + Then, your ls-R file might be out of date. Run + texhash + and see if your problem goes away. + + If your problem is due to old LaTeX209 files that do not work with + LaTeX2e, then read $TEXMF/doc/latex/base/clsguide.dvi. + + If you cannot solve your problem by yourself, then + a) if you think your problem is a general question about TeX/LaTeX: + ask in some Newsgroup, such as comp.text.tex for help, or try to + contact a local TeX user group. + b) if you think there is a bug in a package contained in teTeX: + contact the maintainer of the package with a good bug report. Add my + Email adress in the Cc field of your bug report, if you want. + c) if your problem seems to be teTeX specific (e.g. a problem with + one of the binaries or shell-scripts), then report it to the + teTeX mailing list (tetex@dbs.uni-hannover.de). Please + provide the following information: + + * The version of teTeX you have. For example + teTeX version is 0.4 + Indicate if you have any updates installed. (See $TEXMF/updates.dat). + + * The flavor of Unix you are running (Solaris, HP, Linux, etc), and + its version. For example + The system is Solaris 2.4 + + * The output of the command + texconfig confall + + * Possibly a *short* TeX file you have problem running, and + the whole output of `texcommand filename', say, until the + first error. + +24) I get a error message about "TeX capacity exceeded". What can I do? + + If there is a constant in the system's texmf.cnf file, just enlarge + this (by editing the texmf.cnf file) and run the command + texconfig init + +25) The scrollbars of xdvi do not make sense to me. How do I move backwards? + + The scrollbars are what one calls Athena scrollbars. To scroll + forward, click the left mouse button on the location you would want + to scroll to the beginning of the displayed area. To scroll backward, + click the right mouse button on where you want to scroll the beginning + of the displayed area to. Click the middle mouse button for "dragging" + the beginning of the displayed area around. + +26) Is teTeX freely redistributable? + + Yes. All parts of teTeX have been classified as being free software. + +27) dvips, pdftex, dvipdfm and xdvi use the European A4 size as default + papersize. How do I change this to make letterpaper the default? + + Simple answer: use texconfig. + texconfig dvips paper letter + texconfig pdftex paper letter + texconfig dvipdfm paper letter + texconfig xdvi us + +28) Why does ghostview display of my texts look so much worse than + with xdvi? + + xdvi does antialiasing. If your version of ghostscript is + sufficiently new, it has the x11alpha device. Check for this with + gs -h + If it has, then putting + Ghostview*arguments: -sDEVICE=x11alpha + in your .Xdefault file (typically) will make ghostview use an + anti-aliasing display as well, at the cost of display speed. + +29) Metafont does not support the X display. + It may be that your Metafont binary is compiled without support for + the X windows system. If there exists a mfw binary, that one + has the missing X support you need. + +30) I have problems to use the LaTeX 209 llncs styles from Springer. + + LaTeX 2e compatible files for llncs are available from + ftp://trick.ntp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/llncs/latex2e/ + Use them instead of the old LaTeX 209 style files. + +31) What about revtex or llncs styles? I don't get the pre-LaTeX 2e version + working with teTeX. + + Forget about the pre-LaTeX 2e versions of these. Get the latest + revtex beta from + CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/supported/revtex4-beta + and llncs from + ftp://trick.ntp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/llncs/latex2e/ + These should work with LaTeX 2e. + +32) How can I get the Euro currency symbol? + + In LaTeX, use the marvosym package (documentation: texdoc marvodoc). + It provides several Euro symbol by the command \EUR. The variants + \EURtm, \EURhv and \EURcr match are designed to be used together + with the fonts Times, Helvetica and Courier respectively. -- cgit v1.2.3