texk/web2c/mft.web

26 \def\title{MFT}
32   \centerline{\titlefont The {\ttitlefont MFT} processor}
68 \.{MFT} to produce a certain result.
72 introduces a change in \.{MFT}'s formatting rules; all tokens after the first
79 in boldface type. (Without such reformatting commands, \.{MFT} would treat
85 will be translated by \.{MFT} as if it were not in a comment. For example,
90 in a row. Comments to \.{MFT} can follow `\.{\%\%\%\%}'.
93 Beside the normal input file, \.{MFT} also looks for a change file
97 verbatim instructions to compensate for the fact that \.{MFT} cannot
102 formatting commands that are necessary to tune \.{MFT} to a particular
105 The output of \.{MFT} should be accompanied by the macros in a small
114 @ \.{MFT} uses a few features of the local \PASCAL\ compiler that may
124 of \.{MFT} can be identified by looking at the entries for `system
128 The ``banner line'' defined here should be changed whenever \.{MFT}
131 @d banner=='This is MFT, Version 2.0'
144 program MFT(@!mf_file,@!change_file,@!style_file,@!tex_file);
217 Modern fonts, so they should be sufficient for most applications of \.{MFT}.
250 \.{MFT} works internally with ASCII codes, like all other programs
265 so the present specification of \.{MFT} has been written under the assumption
270 \.{MFT} can be configured to work with them too.
297 @ The \.{MFT} processor converts between ASCII code and
311 changes. On the other hand, it is possible to implement \.{MFT} with
415 to more than 94 printing characters.  If \.{MFT} is being used
421 However, other settings of |xchr| will make \.{MFT} more friendly on
423 like `\.^^Z' instead of `\.{<>}', and so that \.{MFT} can echo the
426 characters the users of \.{MFT} are allowed to have in their input files.
427 Appropriate changes to \.{MFT}'s |char_class| table should then be made.
593 in \.{MFT}. It is used when no recovery from a particular error has
611 and \.{MFT} prints an error message that is really for the \.{MFT}
618 @ An overflow stop occurs if \.{MFT}'s tables aren't large enough.
850 \.{MFT} puts token names
862 @ \.{MFT} has been designed to avoid the need for indices that are more
903 Because of the way \.{MFT}'s scanning mechanism works, it is most convenient
985 Each token read by \.{MFT} is recognized as belonging to one of the
1029 simplest way to do this is to insert them every time \.{MFT} is run.
1164 @ (Does anybody out there remember the commercials that went \.{LS-MFT}?)
1348 used in \.{MFT}'s translation to \TeX\ code.
1394 \.{MFT}'s lexical scanning routine is called |get_next|. This procedure
1433 @d end_line_class=21 {end of an input line (\.{MFT} only)}
1440 essentially the same in \.{MFT} as in \MF. However, \.{MFT} has an additional
1596 @ \.{MFT} calls |flush_buffer(out_ptr,false)| before it has input
1708 The main work of \.{MFT} is accomplished by a routine that translates
1943 Let's put it all together now: \.{MFT} starts and ends here.
1972 that are necessary to make \.{MFT} work at a particular installation.