UKTeX Digest Friday, 16 Oct 1992 Volume 92 : Issue 38
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Today's Topics:
{Q&A}:
Re: OzTeX
EmTeX amsfonts.mfj problem
\newcount problem
Re: \newcount problem
! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry
Re: ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry
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Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 09:32:36 +0100
From: braam@uk.ac.ox.maths (Peter J.Braam)
Subject: Re: OzTeX
My OzTeX questions are simple:
- - -is it shareware or public domain
- - -where can I get an up to date version of the package ?
- - -when I try to initex the amslatex packagae I get TeX capacity
exceeded. Is this a known problem ?
Thanks for your help.
Yours
Peter Braam
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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 09:59:51 +0700
From: Allan Reese <R.A.Reese@uk.ac.hull.cc.sequent>
Subject: EmTeX amsfonts.mfj problem
I started the supplied amsfonts.mfj and got a failure as detailed below
on msam6 at \magstep 5. As the same font had been generated at magsteps
0,half,1,2,3,4 I was surprised. I thought someone ought to be told.
I'm probably not interested in the technical explanation, but if anyone
has a quick fix I'd like that. Meanwhile I'll continue with the next font
in the mfj.
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This is METAFONT, Version 2.0 [3a] (preloaded base=cm 90.9.19) 13 OCT 1992 09:
22
**&cm \mode=hplaser; mag=2.48832; input msam6
(msam6.mf (amsya.mf (asymbols.mf [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
> 0 ESE SSE 1 ESE 2 (ENE NNE) NNW WNW 4 (NNW) NNE 6 ENE NNE 7 (NNW) WNW 8 WSW W
NW 0 (NNW NNE ENE)
! Strange path (turning number is zero).
<to be read again>
;
l.133 filldraw p;
The path doesn't have a counterclockwise orientation,
so I'll probably have trouble drawing it.
(See Chapter 27 of The METAFONTbook for more help.)
[9] [8] [11] [10] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
...stuff deleted
Font metrics written on msam6.tfm.
Output written on msam6.746gf (128 characters, 19284 bytes).
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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 13:23:05 +0000
From: Stephen Miller <stephen@uk.ac.oxford.vax>
Subject: \newcount problem
I am trying to set an number of letters and have set up a 'banner'
macro so:
\newcount\letternumber
\def\newletter{Letter \advance\letternumber by 1\the\letternumber}
\def\letter#1#2{\centerline{\newletter}
\bigskip\bigskip\line{#1\hfil #2}\bigskip}
When I use this I get out simply the string 'Letter' and no number.
I am basing my code on this below:
\newcount\caseno
\def\newcaseno{\subcaseno=0\advance\caseno by 1
{\bf\the\caseno}}
\newcount\subcaseno
\def\newsubcaseno{\advance\subcaseno by 1
{\bf\the\caseno{}.\the\subcaseno}}
\def\case#1#2{\bigskip\textbody[\newcaseno]\quad{}#1\hfill #2\smallskip}
\def\subcase#1#2{\bigskip\textbody[\newsubcaseno]\quad{}#1\hfill#2
\smallskip}
which works fine.
Er, what am I doing wrong?
Stephen Miller Oxford University Computing Services
stephen@ox.vax.ac.uk
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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 14:31:25 +0000
From: Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <P.Taylor@uk.ac.rhbnc.vax>
Subject: Re: \newcount problem
Stephen ---
>>> I am trying to set an number of letters and have set up a 'banner'
>>> macro so:
>>> \newcount\letternumber
>>> \def\newletter{Letter \advance\letternumber by 1\the\letternumber}
>>> When I use this I get out simply the string 'Letter' and no number.
>>> Er, what am I doing wrong?
failing to properly delimit the <number> by which you wish
to increment \letternumber; try instead:
\def\newletter{Letter \global \advance\letternumber by 1 \the\letternumber}
^ ^
note \global note space
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 07:58:10 +0000
From: doumont%be.ac.ucl.pcpm@uk.ac.earn-relay
Subject: ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry
"! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [main memory size=65535]
If you really absolutely need more capacity,
you can ask a wizard to enlarge me."
I do really absolutely need more capacity. How can I enlarge TeX?
I'm using TeXtures 1.4 on the macintosh (and simply reserving more space
for the application won't help, of course).
Thanks in advance,
- --JL
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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 08:13:54 +0000
From: Malcolm Clark <malcolmc@uk.ac.pcl.sun>
Subject: Re: ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry
um, this is usually untrue, and since textures 1.4
uses a sort of virtual memory hack (i.e. uses the
disk space as real memory) you may have run out of
an awful lot of memory (assuming your disk isn't full).
what were the tracing stats? maybe it is something
simple? you could always upgrade from 1.4 to 1.5.
if you are using lightning 1.4, the upgrade is free
(see your friendly neighborhood textures dealer).
i suspect soemthing obscure but simple.
malcolm
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