Re: Bug#86056: musixtex: workaround for mf bug
Nice, but shouldn't Metafont itself be fixed instead?
Is it easy to fix?
On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 12:28:24PM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> Package: musixtex
> Version: 0.99-1
>
> Please apply the following patch to the xslhz.mf font file, to
> workaround a bug in the current version of Metafont. (Metafont dies
> when trying to make xslhz20 in ljfzzz mode; this patch fixes the
> problem by rounding the coordinates before autorounding gets to see
> them.)
>
> --- xslhz.mf.orig Thu Jun 25 08:01:00 1998
> +++ xslhz.mf Thu Feb 15 12:20:37 2001
> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
>
> for i=1 upto 100:
> beginchar((i-1),0,0,0);
> - x3=-x1=.5i*stepwidth; x2=y1=y3=0; y2=slope*i*stepwidth;
> + x3=-x1=good.x(.5i*stepwidth); x2=y1=y3=0; y2=slope*i*stepwidth;
> penpos1(thick,90); penpos2(thick,90); penpos3(thick,90);
> penstroke z1e..z2e..z3e;
> %
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