XP reference guide ...

[Christina Thiele]

Mimi Burbank writes:
>
> On Oct14 11:33AM, Christina Thiele wrote:
> > Since I'm facing an NT --> XP upgrade some day ;-)) my eye was caught
>
> I've got one - but I can't install my CD on it...  If yours
> balks at the boites.sty being missing - it will not install...
> on Windows 2000 it chugged right along after that, but on XP
> it will not..

But ... but ... ;-) There are lots of XP installations that people
have done so perhaps it was just fatal on your machine? Well, I'll
just have to deal with it when the time comes.

> > ...
> >     Fonts displays all fonts installed in the system and allows for
> >     adding fonts (by selecting File, Install New Font) and removing
> >     fonts (by selecting the font(s) and <Delete>).
> >
> > ...
> > Any comments ... a.k.a. guidance for the/my future? ;-)
>
>
>
> just one - the number of fonts you add to this folder inreases
> the amount of memory used to "operate" your computer -  if you
> add all the Cm fonts and the Lucida fonts - plus all those
> lovely weird fonts you use in your typesetting, you'll *never*

Oh, come now! The only weirdo I have is for phonetics -- and I don't
find it at all odd ;-) But keep in mind that I actually use the unix
box and TeXLive for typesetting -- the NT machine with Y&YTeX is for
client-based consulting work. Of course, the unixbox is running TL3,
while Y&YTeX is of a far more current vintage ;-)) But I digress ...

> get any memory on your machine - it will all be tied up "reading
> fonts"   ;-)  ...

Isn't this where you then reactivate ATM (Deluxe), to control which
fonts are active and thus keep memory use down?

> of course you can buy more memory too ;-)

I think that's probably a given, since we have a bunch of other
software on the machine as well ... and assume that most of it will
work with XP ... a mighty big assumption ...

>
> mimi
>

Ch.