PostScript Files

[Christina Thiele]

Neil A Weiss writes:
>
> Thanks, Christina, for the information. I should have mentioned that
> we haven't installed any version of ATM, nor had we planned to.
> My understanding is that ATM is *not* required for running Y&Y
> under Windows XP. Is that correct or have I misunderstood?

It's not! ATM for Win2000/XP machines only serves as a font manager,
keeping the number of active fonts per application down to reasonable
numbers (which can affect the machine's running speed and available
memory).

But you know -- I'm pretty sure the past queries were also from people
using XP ...

So no, don't go installing ATM just yet.

Hmmm ... so now that really does beg the question. If ATM is not
installed, who the heck is invoking ATMREG.ATM?! DVIPSONE?

Ch.

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> Thanks again,

Well ... I don't think I've been all that helpful, now that you say
that ATM is not part of your installation. Any out there have anything
more pertinent for Neil?

> Neil
>
> Neil A. Weiss, Ph.D.
> Voice: 928-541-1112
> Email: neil.a.weiss at juno.com
>
> On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 13:42:30 -0500 (EST) Christina Thiele
> <cthiele at ccs.carleton.ca> writes:
> > Neil A Weiss writes:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Our computer runs Windows XP. We recently installed Y&Y
> > successfully.
> > > However, we are concerned about the following. As others have
> > mentioned,
> > > when executing dvipsone, we get the message
> > >                             "Warning: no ATMREG.ATM."
> > > The dvi file is, however, processed to a ps file. We use these ps
> > files
> > > for
> > > books, so it is very  important for us to know whether the ps
> > files are
> > > perfectly okay or whether they are corrupted in some way. Can
> > anyone
> > > shed some light on this?
> > >
> > > Thanks and ...
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Neil
> > >
> > > Neil A. Weiss, Ph.D.
> > > Voice: 928-541-1112
> > > Email: neil.a.weiss at juno.com
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > This question has turned up a few times in the past half year:
> >
> >    George Monahan       Mon, 28 Jul 2003
> >    Sue (LMS journals)   Fri, 26 Sep 2003
> >    Neil (first time)    Sat, 15 Nov 2003
> >
> > If you've kept your back copies of techsupport mail, you can read
> > the
> > suggestions and follow-ups. The three main messages of interest and
> > help seem to be these:
> >
> >
> > 1. From Murray Eisenberg   Sep 15, 03
> >
> > At least for ATM Deluxe, I believe the message means trouble:
> > ATMREG.ATM is the file that contains the information about what
> > fonts
> > have been installed -- and which under the direct control of ATM
> > (i.e., in the ATM Fonts subdirectory of Windows' Fonts directory)
> > --
> > and in what sets.  It belongs in your Windows (or WINNT, etc.)
> > directory and is created as part of the installation and/or
> > configuration of ATM Deluxe.
> >
> > ===
> >
> > 2. From Larry Tseng        Tue, 16 Sep 2003
> >
> > Just to add my 2 cents to the mix -
> >
> > 1. We've not had any real problems using ATM 4.1 Lite in our shop
> > on
> > our WinNT and WinXP machines. (This doesn't mean that you won't, of
> > course. ;-)
> >
> > 2. For 4.1 Lite, the installed font information resides in
> > Atmreg.atm
> > located either in the Windows folder (for XP) or WinNt folder (for
> > NT).
> >
> > ===
> >
> > 3. From Herb Gintis        Fri, 26 Sep 2003 (two messages)
> >
> > a. I had this problem a couple of months ago, and I solved it by
> >    reinstalling Y &Y TeX. I have no idea why it worked. I tried
> > every
> >    other trick suggested to me. Reinstalling took about 15 minutes.
> >
> > b. I saved a copy of dviwindo.ini as dviwindo.bak, and then copied
> > it
> >    back after the installation. I can't remember doing anything
> > else.
> >    ...
> >    Not at all. My system got corrupted somehow. Of course, I'm not
> >    sure this will work for you, since my problem did not relate to
> >    newly installed fonts.
> >
> > =====
> >
> > So it would seem the first thing to try is just re-do the
> > installation. I'd be inclined to start from the very top, and re-do
> > the font installation and then re-do Y&YTeX.
> >
> > ==========================
> >
> > Perhaps others on this list have additional comments, experiences,
> > and
> > explanations since the above messages were posted.
> >
> > This ATMREG.ATM problem does sound like a potential FAQ, so maybe
> > we
> > should try to gather as much info as we can and do up a draft A to
> > the
> > (FA)Q ;-)
> >
> > Ch.
> >
> >
> >
>