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Article #881Re: TeX gf,pk,pxl files
From: Ken Yap
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1989 15:41
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1989 15:41
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|Considering the fact that many device drivers (dvi2ps, dvijet, dvi2ln3, |etc.) look for different types of pixel files (gf,pk,pxl), how is one |to avoid keeping a full complement of pixel files for all interesting |sizes, three times? Is there a set of drivers (for postscript and Patronize only the drivers that use pk files. |laserjet, at least) that use the same type of pixel files? Wouldn't it |be reasonable if everyone just used gf files, to avoid confusion? No. Pxl can be junked. Gf has to be retained because MF generates that and also it is easy to generate. Pk is the most compact but is complicated to decode, but the reading routines have to be written only once (borrow code from MC-TeX, or the Utah drivers).
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!rochester!ken From: ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: TeX gf,pk,pxl files Keywords: TeX,pk,pxl,gf,metafont Message-ID: <1989Sep23.154108.13738@cs.rochester.edu> Date: 23 Sep 89 15:41:08 GMT References: <251AB757.452@marob.masa.com> Reply-To: ken@cs.rochester.edu Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept, Rochester, NY 14627, (716) 275-1448 Lines: 14