Response from Berthold Horn, Re: Configuring Y & Y for Windows XP

[Murray Eisenberg]

I happily ran ATM Deluxe on Windows 2000 with Y&Y TeX.  No problem
except for the one font noted elsewhere.

Frank Ganz wrote:

> It is my understanding that one must not run any version of ATM on Windows 2000. Could that be the problem? I have the same fonts like the Lucida with 32 characters length and experience no problem whatsoever (Windows 2000 Pro -5.00.2195- Service Pack 4).
>
> Thanks,
> Frank
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Murray Eisenberg [mailto:murray at math.umass.edu]
>>Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 3:18 PM
>>To: Techsupport at yandy.com
>>Subject: Re: Response from Berthold Horn, Re: Configuring Y & Y for
>>Windows XP
>>
>>
>>Well, I have had a similar issue with some of the Mathematica fonts:
>>Windows has no trouble distinguishing among them, but ATM Deluxe 4.1
>>(with the ATMFIX.EXE applied) does: the names (the ones
>>internal to the
>>files, I think it is) just seem to be too long for ATM to
>>distinguish them.
>>
>>Mike Prager wrote:
>>
>>>At 12:53 PM 1/28/2004, you wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>>>I think the incompatibility is with Windows itself.  The font that
>>>causes the problem in my installation is Lucida Sans
>>
>>Typewriter, bold
>>
>>>italic.  In my opinion, the name change should go on the
>>
>>list of items
>>
>>>to be fixed by Y&Y as soon as possible.  It should be easy
>>
>>and cheap to
>>
>>>fix.
>>
>>--
>>Murray Eisenberg                     murray at math.umass.edu
>>Mathematics & Statistics Dept.
>>Lederle Graduate Research Tower      phone 413 549-1020 (H)
>>University of Massachusetts                413 545-2859 (W)
>>710 North Pleasant Street            fax   413 545-1801
>>Amherst, MA 01003-9305
>>
>>
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Murray Eisenberg                     murray at math.umass.edu
Mathematics & Statistics Dept.
Lederle Graduate Research Tower      phone 413 549-1020 (H)
University of Massachusetts                413 545-2859 (W)
710 North Pleasant Street            fax   413 545-1801
Amherst, MA 01003-9305