Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 19:58:24 +0000 (   )
From: "Gurunandan R. Bhat" <grbhat AT unigoa DOT ernet DOT in>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Cc: Jim Chapman <jim DOT chapman AT sympatico DOT ca>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Tex
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On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Jim Chapman wrote:
> 
> > When I run dvilj2p the program mf.exe can't find some files. Is there
> > anything wrong with the lj2p fonts or should I re-install and try again.

> So if the problem exists, it should exist for every device, not just
> for LJ2P.  

In addition to that, you must remember to delete any environment 
variables set for your previous tex installation. This is particularly so 
if you were using emtex, since emtex uses very similar variable names. 

> Btw, I would be glad if people who are knowledgeable about TeX fonts
> would recommend what missing fonts are used a lot and should therefore
> be added to the standard distribution.

I am not knowledgeable but have worked on many tex installations and I
find the djgpp web2c font support perfectly adequate by latex209
standards. Since LaTeX2e came, the font selection scheme has been updated
(new font selection scheme (nfss)) and our port would do with the addition
of the new encoding files (.enc). Also useful would be the psnfss
distribution and the "35 postscript fonts" distribution. 

I must emphasise that all these can be painlessly downlaoaded from the
CTAN archives which makes the case for bundling a bit weak.