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Re: Is this a bug?
- To: rebecca@astrid.u-net.com
- Subject: Re: Is this a bug?
- From: Sebastian Rahtz <s.rahtz@elsevier.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 15:28:28 +0100
- Cc: ajeffrey@cs.depaul.edu, fontinst@cogs.susx.ac.uk
- In-Reply-To: <l03130300b19dad9d76ae@[194.119.133.62]>
- References: <l03130300b19c62d5a5aa@[194.119.133.49]> <3576B569.8316DB6F@cs.depaul.edu> <l03130300b19dad9d76ae@[194.119.133.62]>
Rebecca and Rowland writes:
> (If you're using OzTeX, you can increase any of TeX's memory parameters by
> changing the appropriate number in the config file; I set mem_top and
> mem_max to 400000 and it seems happy. No need to ensure you've got a
just like Unix web2c, then
> particular version of anything; vptovf and pltotf are big enough too. Just
> to have a pointless dig at Sebastian: why you lot insist on using that
> awkward-to-use Unix beats me.)
i find it hard to believe that Andrew has made the sizes in vptovf
dynamic. you probably just haven't hit one of the pathologically kerned
fonts yet
> Firstly, that fontinst seemed to be running something like 1/5 of the speed
> I'd seen previously. Have the recent modifications slowed it down, or
> should I look for another cause?
its age. fontinst was at its peak at the same time as Gascoigne. years of
alcohol abuse and associating with low lifes.
sebastian