Subject: Re: lyx (was word-processors)
To: Ken and Masami Nakata <masami@fa2.so-net.or.jp>
From: xiamin <ingerrn@cris.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/09/1997 20:41:35
On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Ken and Masami Nakata wrote:
> What's "it"?  X server or lyx?  It is conceivable that X server dumps
> core in attempt to render type1 fonts, if your machine does not have a
> hardware FPU.  FPE does not implement all the 68881/2 instructions,
> nor does it implement very well even some of the ones implemented.
> And rendering type1 probably is floating-point bound operation...
> 
> I have hopes to completely rewrite FPE in one of those days, but it
> hasn't happened for the time being.
lyx dumps core. and besides, i havee a full 040 in a quadra 
650...shouldnt have fpu problems...
-xiamin