troff2lj bug
Pim Zandbergen
pim at ctisbv.UUCP
Sat Aug 6 04:55:22 AEST 1988
This is from the README2 file:
>You might have problems using the Courier and Line Printer typefaces
>which are built into the LaserJets, particularly if (like me) you have
>an Elite font cartridge installed. I think this is because troff2lj is
>set up for proportionally spaced fonts, and thus ignores pitch
>selection. You could use the standard troff /usr/lib/font/ftCW file as
>the width table and make fiXX (HPfontinfo) files by hand, but because
>of the order that font attributes are checked to determine font
>selection, you might get the wrong font. If you have problems, you
>could use nroff instead.
This is probarbly because of a bug in select.c
select.c only reads the first four bytes of the fontinfo files.
The fifth byte tells the Laserjet which typeface to use.
This is the bugfix:
*** select.c.orig Fri Aug 5 18:24:55 1988
--- select.c Fri Aug 5 18:22:36 1988
***************
*** 40,46 ****
fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", prog_name);
perror(path);
} else {
! if (fread(info, sizeof(info), 1, fp) != 1)
fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s is corrupt\n", prog_name, path);
fclose(fp);
}
--- 40,46 ----
fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", prog_name);
perror(path);
} else {
! if (fread(info, sizeof(struct hpfontinfo), 1, fp) != 1)
fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s is corrupt\n", prog_name, path);
fclose(fp);
}
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