6 FAQ

1. Windvi opens and closes immediately. You should check your installation:
   • did you rename the .xam files into .cnf files ?
   • have you .cnf files ?
   • what mktexnam cmr10 does report ?
   • in case of trouble, do the following:
     
       set KPATHSEA_DEBUG_OUTPUT=err.log
       mktexnam --debug=1536 cmr10

     and send the err.log file to mailto:Fabrice.Popineau@supelec.fr

2. Windvi is stuck with the hour glass cursor, displaying some font name in the status bar. Currently, when kpathsea is generating fonts, Windvi is blocked. You can't see any progress status. This is because kpathsea-based programs are inherently console mode programs and Windvi is a GUI program. If it takes too long time and the status bar doesn't change, there is the chance of an improper installation. Check with the previous question. In this case, you will need to kill Windvi by hand, and any process named mf.exe or mktexpk.exe too.
3. In any case, check in the Help -> View Log File window for any strange messages and report them.
4. I'm using MiKTeX. Can I use Windvi ? Yes. But even if the layout tree for MiKTeX is TDS-conformant, it is not quite the same as the layout for Web2C. This is what Jody Klymak mailto:jklymak@apl.washington.edu did :

   I got windvi running under Windows NT using the following steps. I'm sure the steps are very similar on a Win95 machine. They are essentially the same a Fabrice's instructions. It seems to handle fonts correctly. If anyone has a better way to do it, let me know. I'm no NT wiz.

   Cheers, Jody

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   Installing windvi under MikTeX under WinNT 4.0 Assuming you are set up like I am:

   MikTeX in c:\texmf and GSTools in c:\gstools

   • Make a directory c:\texmf\windvi
   • unpack windvi.zip in this directory
   • Put *.exe in c:\texmf\miktex\bin
   • Put render.ps in c:\texmf\dvips
   • Under the system control panel click the Environment tab and add:
     
             TEXMFCNF c:\texmf\windvi
             TEXMFMAIN c:\texmf
             path c:\gstools\gs5.10
             GS_LIB c:\gstools\gs5.10;c:\gstools\gs5.10\fonts
   • Edit c:\texmf\windvi\texmf.cnf
     • change TEXMFMAIN = c:/texmf
     • change VARTEXFONTS = c:/texmf/fonts

   Read carefully the kpathsea documentation, and try your settings with the mktexnam.exe and kpsewhich.exe programs. Report any settings needed to enhance this FAQ section.

5. How do I stop Windvi to randomly access my floppy drive ? Check the following url http://www.annoyances.org/win95/win95ann6.html. This is probably caused by some kind of anti-virus program. Try to disable it.