\noindent This is a list of all corrections made to {\sl Computers \&
Typesetting}, Volumes A--E\null, between the date of publication
(May, 1986) and 15~June 1987.
It also includes corrections made to
the softcover version of {\sl The \TeX book}, beginning with the
sixth printing (January 1986); these are the same as corrections to
Volume~A\null. Corrections to the softcover version of {\sl The
\slMF\kern1ptbook\/} are the same as corrections to Volume~C\null.
% volume A
\bugonpage A7, fourth line from the bottom (6/28/86)
\tenpoint\line{%
since control sequences of the second kind always have exactly one
symbol after}
\bugonpage A35, second-last line (1/31/87)
\rightline{\eightssi He may run who reads.}
\smallskip
\rightline{\eightss--- HABAKKUK 2\thinspace:\thinspace2 (c.~600 B.C.)}
\smallskip
\rightline{\eightssi He that runs may read.}
\bugonpage A43, lines 8--9 (8/23/86)
\tenpoint\noindent
of Appendix B\null, which defines |%| to be a special kind of symbol so that you
can use it for comments, defines the control sequence |\%| to mean
a percent sign.
\bugonpage A45, lines 10--13 (8/23/86)
\ninepoint\noindent
\TeX\ adds~64. Hence
code 127 can be typed |^^?|, and
the dangerous bend sign can be obtained by saying
|{\manual^^?}|. However, you must change the category code of character
127 before using it, since this character ordinarily has category~15
(^{invalid}); say, e.g., |\catcode`\^^?=12|.
The |^^| notation is different from |\char|, because |^^|\cutpar
\bugonpage A76, line 7 (8/23/86)
\ninepoint
\noindent
and extra space; for example, these quantities are
$3.33333\pt$, $1.66666\pt$, $1.11111\pt$,\cutpar
\bugonpage A83, bottom line (5/19/87)
\tenpoint\noindent[This line should be flush right.]
\ninepoint
if $b=10000$ and $-10000<p<10000$ and $q<10000$;
\bugonpage A117, second-last line (6/10/87)
\eightpoint
marks; sometimes also |$\|\||$| ($\Vert$).
You can say, e.g., `|\footnote\dag{...}|'.
\bugonpage A124, lines 6--11 (2/26/87)
\begingroup \def\n{\thinspace$n$}
\ninepoint\noindent
of insertion; an additional `|\penalty-10000|' item is assumed
to be present at the end of the vertical list, to ensure that a legal
breakpoint exists.) \ Let $u$ be the natural height plus depth of that
least-cost box, and let $r$ be the penalty associated with the optimum
breakpoint. Decrease $g$ by~$uf$, and increase $q$ by~$r$. \ (If
|\tracingpages||=1|, the log file should now get a cryptic message that says
`|% split|\n\ |to| $v$|,|$u$ |p=|$r$'. For~example,
\begintt
% split254 to 180.2,175.3 p=100
\endtt
\endgroup
\bugonpage A158, lines 6--8 (2/20/87)
\ninepoint\noindent the
second atom, which has subscript~$i$; the superscripts are empty except for the
last atom, whose superscript is~$\overline{n+1}$. This superscript is
itself a math list consisting of one atom, whose nucleus is~$n+1$; and that
nucleus is a math list consisting of three atoms.
\bugonpage A171, line 20 (1/26/86)
\ninepoint\line{%
will be surrounded by more space than there would be
if that subformula were enclosed}
\bugonpage A176, line 1 (8/23/86)
\ninepoint
You can insert `|\noalign||{|$\langle$vertical mode
material$\rangle$|}|' just after any \kern-1pt|\cr| within\cutpar
\bugonpage A248, line 17 (6/17/86)
\ninepoint
`|&|' or `|\span|' or `|\cr|', it needs some way to decide which
alignment is involved.\cutpar
\bugonpage A249, line 20 (6/17/86)
\ninepoint\noindent
line (see Chapter~8).
If you don't want a~|\cr| at the end of a certain line,
just type\cutpar
\bugonpage A276, line 19 (1/27/86)
\ninepoint\vskip-3pt
\beginsyntax
\alt^|\font|<control sequence><equals><file name><at clause>
\alt<global assignment>
\endsyntax
[The bottom line of p.~276 will now move to the top of p.~277.]
\ninepoint\noindent
|\sfcode| table as described in Chapter~12; characters numbered 128
to~255 set the\cutpar
\bugonpage A287, line 19 (2/15/87)
\ninepoint
\textindent{$\bull$}|\-|.\enskip
This ``discretionary hyphen'' command is defined in Appendix H.
\bugonpage A292, lines 9--10 (2/15/87)
\ninepoint
\textindent{$\bull$}|\-|.\enskip
This command is usually equivalent to `|\discretionary{-}{}{}|'; the `|-|' is
therefore interpreted as a ^{hyphen}, not as a minus sign.
\ (See Appendix~H.)
\ninepoint
\ansno12.11: The interline glue will be zero, and the natural height is
$1+1-3+2=1\pt$ (because the depth of\/ |\box2| isn't included in the natural
height); so the glue will ultimately become |\vskip-1pt| when it's set.
Thus, |\box3| is $3\pt$ high, $2\pt$ deep, $4\pt$ wide. Its reference
point coincides with that of\/ |\box2|; to get to the reference point
of\/ |\box1| you go up $2\pt$ and right $3\pt$.
\bugonpage A312, line 21 (8/23/86)
\ninepoint\noindent
up $4\pt$ to get to the upper left corner of
|\box4|; then down $-1.6\pt$, i.e., up $1.6\pt$, to\cutpar
\bugonpage A319, line 20 (31/3/87)
\ninepoint\noindent
make ordinary periods act like |\cdot| symbols: Just define
|\mathcode`.| to be |"0201|,\cutpar
\bugonpage A328, lines 18--19 (5/14/87)
\ninepoint\noindent
not performed
while the expansion is taking place, and the control sequences following
|\def| are expanded; so the result is an infinite string
\begintt
A\def A\def A\def A\def A\def A\def A\def A\def A...
\endtt
\bugonpage A329, lines 14--15 (8/23/86)
\ninepoint
\ansno20.5: The |##| feature is indispensable when the replacement text of
a definition contains other definitions. For example, consider
\ninepoint\noindent
|\def\fmtname{plain}\def\fmtversion{2.3} % identifies the current format|
\bugonpage A368, bottom line (2/26/86)
\ninepoint
\line{that includes the symbols
{\tentex\char'30},~{\tentex\char1}, {\tentex\char'32}, {\tentex\char'34},
and~{\tentex\char'35}, and he finds that this makes it much more}
\ninepoint\noindent
|\font\titlefont=cmssdc10 at 40pt % titles in chapter openings|
\bugonpage A427, line 7 (2/23/86)
\ninepoint\noindent
the author's book
{\sl Computer Modern Typefaces}.)
\bugonpage A428, lines 18--20 (6/15/87)
\tenpoint\noindent
The first eight of these all have essentially the same layout;
but |cmr5| needs no ligatures, and many of the symbols of |cmti10|
have different shapes.
For example, the ^{ampersand} becomes an `^{E.T.}', and the
^{dollar} changes to ^{pound} ^{sterling}:
\bugonpage A434, lines 25--28 (8/17/86)
\tenpoint\noindent
from |\nu|~($\nu$). Similarly,
|\varsigma|~($\varsigma$) should not be confused with |\zeta|~($\zeta$).
It turns out that |\varsigma| and |\upsilon| are almost never used in
math formulas; they are included in plain \TeX\ primarily because they are
sometimes needed in short Greek citations (cf.~Appendix~J).
\bugonpage A447, line 32 (6/1/87)
\ninepoint\noindent
ters
also affect mathematical typesetting:
dimension parameters
\hbox{|\delimitershortfall|}\cutpar
\bugonpage A455, new paragraph to follow line 9 (2/15/87)
\begingroup
\hyphenpenalty=-1000 \pretolerance=-1 \tolerance=1000
\doublehyphendemerits=-100000 \finalhyphendemerits=-100000
\ddanger The control sequence ^|\-| is equivalent to
|\discretionary{\char|$\,h$|}{}{}|, where $h$ is the
^|\hyphenchar| of the current font, provided that $h$ lies
between 0 and~255. Otherwise |\-| is equivalent to |\discretionary{}{}{}|.
\endgroup % end the special hyphenation conventions
\bugonpage A457, left column, fifth-last line (2/17/87)
\bugonpage A458, left column, near the bottom (5/19/87)
\eightpoint {\tt!} (exclamation point), 51,
{\it 72}, 73, 75, {\it 169}.
\nobreak\medskip\noindent[This saves a line that otherwise would make
the index too long on page 481!]
\bugonpage A471, entry for Mozart, second line (3/19/86)
\eightpoint \indent\qquad Gottlieb (= Theophilus = Amadeus), 409.
\bugonpage A472, the entry for {\tt\char`\\not} (2/12/87)
\eightpoint\noindent
[The overprinting here is intentional, since {\tt\char`\\not} is a
character of width zero. More than a dozen people have reported this
as an error, but it is not!]
\bugonpage A477, entry for {\tt\char`\\span} (5/3/87)
% volume B
\hsize=35pc
\def\\#1{\hbox{\it#1\/\kern.05em}} % italic type for identifiers
\def\to{\mathrel{.\,.}} % double dot, used only in math mode
\buginvol B, in general (7/28/86)
\tenpoint\noindent
[A number of entries were mistakenly omitted from the mini-indexes
on the right-hand pages. Here is a combined list of all the missing
items; you can mount it inside the back cover, say, as a secondary mini-index
when the first one fails\dots\ ]
\tenpoint\noindent[The percent signs in all the comments (for example,
on pages 7 and 50) are in the wrong font! Change `{\tt\%}' to `\%'.]
\bugonpage Bvi, bottom line, and top line of next page (10/12/86)
{\hsize=29pc
\tenpoint\noindent
puter Science Report 1097 (Stanford, California, April 1986), 146~pp.
\ {\it The {\sltt WEB} programs for four utility programs that are
often used with \TeX: {\sltt POOLtype}, {\sltt TFtoPL},
{\sltt PLtoTF}, and {\sltt DVItype}.}
\par}
\bugonpage B2, line 32 (4/22/87)
\ninepoint\noindent\hskip10pt
{\bf define} $\\{banner}\equiv\hbox{\tt\char'23}$%
{\tt This\]is\]TeX,\]Version\]2.2\char'23}\quad
$\{\,$printed when \TeX\ starts$\,\}$
\tenpoint\noindent
The `\\{name}' parameter, which is of type `{\bf packed array
$[\langle\\{any}\rangle]$ of \\{char}}', stands for the name of
the external file that is being opened for input or output.
Blank spaces that might appear in \\{name} are ignored.
\bugonpage B14, line 30 (4/7/87)
\tenpoint\noindent
{\bf 31.\quad}%
The \\{input\_ln} function brings the next line of input from the specified
file into available\cutpar
\bugonpage B18, line 30 (5/22/86)
\ninepoint\noindent
\\{str\_ptr}: \\{str\_number};\quad
$\{\,$number of the current string being created$\,\}$
\bugonpage B21, first line of mini-index, right column (6/14/87)
\tenpoint\noindent
to delete a token, and/or if some fatal error
occurs while \TeX\ is trying to fix a non-fatal one. But such recursion
is never more than two levels deep.
\bugonpage B55, lines 12--13 (4/21/87)
\ninepoint\noindent\hskip10pt
{\bf if} $r=p$ {\bf then if} $\\{rlink}(p)\ne p$ {\bf then}
$\langle\,$Allocate entire node $p$ and {\bf goto} \\{found}%
{\sevenrm\kern.5em129}$\,\rangle$;
\bugonpage B57, lines 25--28 (6/14/87)
\tenpoint\noindent
The first of these has $\\{font}=\\{font\_base}$, and its \\{link}
points to the second;
the second identifies the font and the character dimensions.
The saving feature about oriental characters is that most of them have
the same box dimensions. The \\{character} field of the first \\{char\_node}
is a ``\\{charext}'' that distinguishes between graphic symbols whose
dimensions are identical for typesetting purposes. (See the \MF\ manual.)
Such an extension of \TeX\ would not be difficult; further details are
left to the reader.
\bugonpage B58, second line of section 136 (7/23/86)
\tenpoint\noindent
the values corresponding to `|\hbox{}|'. The \\{subtype} field is set to
\\{min\_quarterword}, since that's\cutpar
\bugonpage B66, lines 2--8 (4/21/87)
\tenpoint\noindent
location is
more efficient than dynamic allocation when we can get away with it. For
example, locations \\{mem\_bot} to $\\{mem\_bot}+3$ are always used to store the
specification for glue that is `\hbox{\tt 0pt plus 0pt minus 0pt}'. The
following macro definitions accomplish the static allocation by giving
symbolic names to the fixed positions. Static variable-size nodes appear
in locations \\{mem\_bot} through \\{lo\_mem\_stat\_max}, and static
single-word nodes appear in locations \\{hi\_mem\_stat\_min} through
\\{mem\_top}, inclusive. It is harmless to let \\{lig\_trick} and
\\{garbage} share the same location of \\{mem}.
\bugonpage B67, line 23 (4/13/87)
\ninepoint\noindent\hskip30pt
$\{\,$previous \\{mem\_end}, \\{lo\_mem\_max}, and \\{hi\_mem\_min}$\,\}$
\bugonpage B71, line 17 (4/15/87)
\ninepoint\noindent\hskip10pt
{\bf begin while} $p>\\{mem\_min}$ {\bf do}
\smallskip\eightpoint\noindent[Now \\{null} can be removed from the mini-index.]
\bugonpage B74, line 24 (4/15/87)
\ninepoint\noindent
{\bf procedure} \\{show\_node\_list}($p\;{:}\;\\{integer}$);\quad
$\{\,$prints a node list symbolically$\,\}$
\bugonpage B86, third line of section 210 (8/23/86)
\tenpoint\noindent
that their special nature is easily discernible.
The ``expandable'' commands come first.
\bugonpage B88, line 23 (5/22/86)
\ninepoint\noindent
{\bf procedure\/}\ $\\{print\_mode}(m:\\{integer})$;\quad
$\{\,$prints the mode represented by $m\,\}$
\bugonpage B93, lines 3--4 (8/17/86)
{\tenpoint\parindent=1em
In the first region we have 128 equivalents for ``active characters'' that
act as control sequences, followed by 128 equivalents for single-character
control sequences.
\par}
\bugonpage B130, ninth-last line (5/7/87)
\tenpoint\noindent
This variable has six possible values:
\bugonpage B151, line 9 (4/22/87)
\ninepoint\noindent\hskip20pt
{\bf begin if} $(\\{end\_line\_char}<0)\lor(\\{end\_line\_char}>127)$
{\bf then} \\{incr}(\\{limit});\par\noindent\hskip20pt
{\bf if} $\\{limit}=\\{start}$ {\bf then}\quad
$\{\,$previous line was empty$\,\}$
\bugonpage B160, lines 17--20 (7/28/86)
\tenpoint\noindent
{\bf 389.\quad}%
After parameter scanning is complete, the parameters are moved to the
\\{param\_stack}. Then the macro body is fed to the scanner; in other words,
\\{macro\_call} places the defined text of the control sequence at the
top of\/ \TeX's input stack, so that \\{get\_next} will proceed to read it
next.
\bugonpage B200, top line (5/5/87)
\tenpoint\noindent{\bf 495.\quad}%
When we begin to process a new {\tt\char`\\if}, we set
$\\{if\_limit}\gets\\{if\_code}$; then
if\/ {\tt\char`\\or} or {\tt\char`\\else} or {\tt\char`\\fi}\cutpar
\bugonpage B217, lines 15--16 (6/14/87)
\tenpoint\noindent
|DVI| format.
\bugonpage B224, lines 4--7 of section 560 (10/22/86)
\tenpoint\noindent
name and area strings \\{nom} and \\{aire}, and the
``at'' size~$s$. If $s$~is negative, it's the negative of a scale factor
to be applied to the design size; $s=-1000$ is the normal case.
Otherwise $s$ will be substituted for the design size; in this
case, $s$ must be positive and less than $2048\rm\,pt$
(i.e., it must be less than $2^{27}$ when considered as an integer).
\tenpoint\noindent\hskip10pt
In the case of \\{c\_leaders} (centered leaders), we want to increase \\{cur\_h}
by half of the excess space not occupied by the leaders; and in the
case of \\{x\_leaders} (expanded leaders) we increase\cutpar
\bugonpage B267, mini-index at the bottom (4/15/87)
\tenpoint\noindent
which will be ignored in the calculations
because it is a highly negative number.
\bugonpage B285, lines 23 and 24 (5/4/87)
\tenpoint\noindent
the current string would be `{\tt.\char`\^.\char`\_/}'
if $p$ points to the \\{ord\_noad} for $x$ in the (ridiculous) formula
`{\tt\char`\$\char`\\sqrt\char`\{a\char`\^\char`\{\char`\\mathinner\char`\{%
b\char`\_\char`\{c\char`\\over x+y\char`\}\char`\}\char`\}\char`\}\char`\$}'.
\bugonpage B296, lines 3--5 (5/8/87)
\tenpoint\noindent
box~$b$ and
changes it so that the new box is centered in a box of width~$w$.
The centering is done by putting {\tt\char`\\hss} glue at the left and right
of the list inside $b$, then packaging the new box; thus, the
actual box might not really be centered, if it already contains
infinite glue.
\bugonpage B346, line 19 (5/19/87)
\ninepoint\noindent
\\{pass\_number}: \\{halfword};\quad
$\{\,$the number of passive nodes allocated on this pass$\,\}$
\bugonpage B350, lines 36 and 37 (1/28/87)
\ninepoint\noindent
$v$: \\{pointer};\quad
$\{\,$points to a glue specification or a node ahead of \\{cur\_p}$\,\}$
\par\noindent
$t$: \\{integer};\quad
$\{\,$node count, if \\{cur\_p} is a discretionary node$\,\}$
\bugonpage B353, lines 8--22 (1/28/87)
\ninepoint
\noindent\hskip10pt$s\gets\\{cur\_p}$;\par
\noindent\hskip10pt{\bf if} $\\{break\_type}>\\{unhyphenated}$ {\bf then}
{\bf if} $\\{cur\_p}\ne\\{null}$ {\bf then}\par
\noindent\hskip30pt$\langle\,$Compute the discretionary
\\{break\_width} values{\sevenrm\kern.5em840}$\,\rangle$;\par
\noindent\hskip10pt{\bf while} $s\ne\\{null}$ {\bf do}\par
\noindent\hskip30pt\vdots\hskip30pt [as before, but indented one less notch]\par
\noindent\hskip10pt{\bf end};
\bugonpage B354, line 6 (1/28/87)
\tenpoint\noindent
will be the background plus $l_1$, so the length from \\{cur\_p} to \\{cur\_p}
should be $\gamma+l_0+l_1-l$,
minus the length of nodes that will be discarded after the discretionary break.
\bugonpage B354, lines 12--18 (1/28/87)
\ninepoint
\noindent\hskip10pt{\bf begin} $t\gets\\{replace\_count}(\\{cur\_p})$;\kern5pt
$v\gets\\{cur\_p}$;\kern5pt $s\gets\\{post\_break}(\\{cur\_p})$;\par
\noindent\hskip10pt{\bf while} $t>0$ {\bf do}\par
\noindent\hskip20pt{\bf begin} $\\{decr}(t)$;\kern5pt
$v\gets\\{link}(v)$;\kern5pt
$\langle\,$Subtract the width of node $v$ from \\{break\_width}%
{\sevenrm\kern.5em841}$\,\rangle$;\par
\noindent\hskip20pt{\bf end};\par
\noindent\hskip10pt{\bf while} $s\ne\\{null}$ {\bf do}\par
\noindent\hskip20pt{\bf begin} $\langle\,$Add the width of
node $s$ to \\{break\_width} and increase $t$, unless it's
discardable{\sevenrm\kern.5em842}$\,\rangle$;\par
\bugonpage B354, new line after line 21 (1/28/87)
\ninepoint\noindent\hskip10pt
{\bf if} $t=0$ {\bf then} $s\gets\\{link}(v)$;\quad
$\{\,$more nodes may also be discardable after the break$\,\}$
\bugonpage B354, lines 26--34 (1/28/87)
\ninepoint\noindent
[Change `$s$' to `$v$' throughout this section (8 times).]
\bugonpage B354, line 9 from the bottom (1/28/87)
\tenpoint\noindent{\bf 842.\quad}%
\ninepoint$\langle\,$Add the width of
node $s$ to \\{break\_width} and increase $t$, unless it's
discardable{\sevenrm\kern.5em842}$\,\rangle\equiv$
\ninepoint
\noindent\hskip40pt$\langle\,$Change discretionary to compulsory
and set $\\{disc\_break}\gets\\{true}${\sevenrm\kern.5em882}$\,\rangle$\par
\noindent\hskip30pt{\bf else if\/} $(\\{type}(q)=\\{math\_node})\lor
(\\{type}(q)=\\{kern\_node})$ {\bf then} $\\{width}(q)\gets0$;
\bugonpage B380, fifth-last line (5/7/87)
\begingroup\tenpoint\noindent\def\!{\kern-1pt}\def\.#1{\hbox{\tt#1}}
\.b and \.c, the two patterns with and without hyphenation are
$\.a\,\.b\,\.-\,\.{c\!d}\,\.{e\!f}$ and $\.a\,\.{b\!c}\,\.{d\!e}\,\.f$.
Thus the\cutpar\endgroup
\bugonpage B386, lines 2--4 (5/21/87)
\tenpoint\noindent
hyphenation,
\TeX\ first looks to see if it is in the user's exception dictionary. If not,
hyphens are inserted based on patterns that appear within the given word,
using an algorithm due to Frank~M. Liang.
\bugonpage B397, line 28 (5/21/87)
\tenpoint\noindent
$h=z-c$. It follows that location \\{trie\_max} will
never be occupied in \\{trie}, and we will have\cutpar
\bugonpage B415, the mini-index (4/6/87)
\eightpoint\noindent[Delete the spurious entry for `$c$'.]
\bugonpage B419, mini-index entry for \\{c} (4/6/87)
\eightpoint $c$: \\{integer}, \S994.
\bugonpage B422, line 24 (8/23/86)
\ninepoint\noindent
\hskip20pt\\{prev\_p}: \\{pointer};\quad
$\{\,$predecessor of $p\,\}$
\bugonpage B435, line 16 (10/12/86)
\ninepoint\noindent
\hskip20pt$\\{width}(p)\gets\\{font\_info}[k].\\{sc}$;\quad
$\{\,$that's \\{space}$(f)\,\}$\par\noindent
\hskip20pt$\\{stretch}(p)\gets\\{font\_info}[k+1].\\{sc}$;\quad
$\{\,$and \\{space\_stretch}$(f)\,\}$\par\noindent
\hskip20pt$\\{shrink}(p)\gets\\{font\_info}[k+2].\\{sc}$;\quad
$\{\,$and \\{space\_shrink}$(f)\,\}$\par
\smallskip\eightpoint\noindent
[And the mini-index gets three new entries:
$\\{space}=macro$, \S558.
$\\{space\_shrink}=macro$, \S558.
$\\{space\_stretch}=macro$, \S558.]
\bugonpage B495, lines 18 and 19 (2/15/87)
\ninepoint\noindent
[delete these lines, since the cases cannot occur]
\bugonpage B527, new line to follow line 13 (6/17/86)
{\tenpoint\parindent=1em
This program doesn't bother to close the input files that may still be open.
\par}
\bugonpage B534, fourth-last line (5/4/87)
\ninepoint\noindent\hskip10pt
{\bf define} $\\{write\_stream}(\hbox{\tt\char`\#})\equiv\\{info}(
\hbox{\tt\char`\#}+1)$\quad $\{\,$stream number (0 to 17)$\,\}$
\eightpoint\noindent
[Delete the entry for `{\tt Undefined font code}'.]
\bugonpage B576, line 2 (1/28/87)
\ninepoint\noindent
$\langle\,$Add the width of
node $s$ to \\{break\_width} and increase $t$, unless it's
discardable{\sevenrm\kern.5em842}$\,\rangle$\par
\noindent\qquad {\eightpoint Used in section 840.}
\bugonpage B591, line 6 from the bottom (1/28/87)
\ninepoint\noindent
$\langle\,$Subtract the width of node $v$ from \\{break\_width}%
{\sevenrm\kern.5em841}$\,\rangle$\quad
{\eightpoint Used in section 840.}
% volume C
\hsize=29pc
\def\\#1{\hbox{\it#1\/\kern.05em}} % italic type for identifiers
\bugonpage C14, top two lines (3/16/87)
\danger The recursive midpoint rule for curve-drawing was discovered in 1959
by Paul de Casteljau, who showed that the curve could be described
algebraically by the remarkably simple formula
\bugonpage C54, sixth-last to fourth-last lines (10/13/86)
\ninepoint Jonathan H. Quick (a student) used `|a.plus1|' as the name
of a variable at the beginning of his program; later he said `|let|
|plus=+|'. How could he refer to the variable `|a.plus1|' after that?
\bugonpage C76, line 14 (10/13/86)
\tenpoint
\newdimen\longesteq
\setbox0=\hbox{\indent$z_{12}-z_{11}=z_{14}-z_{13}$\quad}
\longesteq=\wd0
\noindent\hbox to \longesteq{\indent
$x_4=w-.01\\{in}$\hfil}%
Point 4 should be one-hundredth of an inch inside\cutpar
\ninepoint
The vertical line just to the right of the italic left parenthesis
shows the italic\cutpar
\bugonpage C113, lines 20--27 (8/23/86)
{\catcode`\@=\active
\def@#1@{\begingroup\def\_{\kern.04em
\vbox{\hrule width.3em height .6pt}\kern.08em}%
\ifmmode\mathop{\bf#1}\else\hbox{\bf#1\/}\fi\endgroup}
\danger The command `@erase@ @fill@ $c$' is an abbreviation for
`@cullit@; @unfill@~$c$; @cullit@'; this zeros out the pixel values inside
the cyclic path~$c$, and sets other pixel values to~1 if they were positive
before erasing took place. \ (It works because the initial @cullit@ makes
all the values 0 or~1, then the @unfill@ changes the values inside~$c$
to 0 or negative. The final @cullit@ gets rid of the negative values,
so that they won't detract from future filling and drawing.) \ You can
also use `@draw@', `@filldraw@', or `@drawdot@' with `@erase@'; for example,
`@erase@ @draw@~$p$' is an abbreviation for `@cullit@; @undraw@~$p$;
@cullit@', which uses the currently-picked-up pen as if it were an
eraser applied to path~$p$.
\ninepoint\noindent
one column of white
pixels, if the character is $2a$ pixels wide, because the right edge of
black pixels is specified here to have the $x$~coordinate $2a-1$.
\bugonpage C247, lines 23--25 (11/27/86)
\ninepoint
\ansno 16.2:
`{\bf pencircle} scaled 1.06060' is the diamond but
`{\bf pencircle} scaled 1.06061' is~the square. \ (This assumes that
$\\{fillin}=0$. If, for example, $\\{fillin}=.1$, the change doesn't
occur until the diameter is 1.20204.) \ The next change is at diameter
1.5, which\cutpar
\bugonpage C262, lines 1--4 (7/28/86)
\ninepoint
When we come to macros whose use has not yet been explained---for
example, somehow |softjoin| and |stop| never made it
into Chapters 1 through~27---we shall consider them from a user's
viewpoint. But most of the comments that follow are addressed to a
potential base-file designer.
\bugonpage C266, line 16 (8/17/86)
\ninepoint\noindent
variables; they have the side effect of changing the variable's value.
\bugonpage C276, line 26 (6/23/86)
\ninepoint
\noindent
| if charic<>0: r((w+charic*hppp,h.o_),(w+charic*hppp,.5h.o_)); fi|
\bugonpage C286, lines 24--26 (10/13/86)
\ninepoint\noindent
but \MF\ won't let you. And even if this had worked, it wouldn't have
solved the problem; it would simply have put |ENDFOR| into the
replacement text of |ast|, because expansion is inhibited when the
replacement text is being read.
\bugonpage C290, line 1 (8/23/86)
\ninepoint \noindent{\it 2.\enspace Fortuitous loops.\enspace}%
The `^{max}' and `^{min}' macros in Appendix~B make use of the fact\cutpar
\ninepoint\noindent
example,
`|(some| |charht| |values| |had| |to| |be| |adjusted| |by| |as| |much|
|as| |0.12pt)|' means that~you had too many different nonzero heights, but
\MF\ found a way to reduce the number to at most~15 by changing some of
them; none of them had to be\cutpar
\bugonpage C319, line 3 (8/23/86)
\ninepoint\noindent
specified by saying, e.g.,
\bugonpage C321, line 6 (7/28/86)
\ninepoint\noindent
| special "identifier " & font_identifier_;|
\rightline{\eightssi
the precise needs of a precise but limited intellectual goal.}
\bugonpage C346, 2nd line of entry for `{\tt;}' (1/12/87)
\eightpoint
\qquad 217, 223--224, 263, 312.
\bugonpage C348, line 6 (6/17/86)
\eightpoint
concatenation, of paths, {\eightit 70--71}, {\eightit 123}, 127,
\bugonpage C348, just before `debugging' (3/16/87)
\eightpoint
de Casteljau, Paul de Faget, 14.
\bugonpage C348, right column (3/16/87)
\eightpoint\noindent
[The entry for `|define_whole_vertical_blacker_pixels|' should be moved up
before the entry for `|define_whole_vertical_pixels|'.]
\bugonpage C355, 2nd line of entry for `semicolons' (1/12/87)
\eightpoint
\qquad 217, 223--224, 263, 312.
\bugonpage C356, full names for the Stanfords (4/10/86)
\eightpoint
Stanford, Amasa Leland, 340.
Stanford, Jane Elizabeth Lathrop, 340.
% Volume D
\hsize=35pc
\def\\#1{\hbox{\it#1\/\kern.05em}} % italic type for identifiers
\def\to{\mathrel{.\,.}} % double dot, used only in math mode
\buginvol D, in general (7/28/86)
\tenpoint\noindent
[A number of entries were mistakenly omitted from the mini-indexes
on the right-hand pages. Here is a combined list of all the missing
items; you can mount it inside the back cover, say, as a secondary mini-index
when the first one fails\dots\ ]
\tenpoint\noindent
to delete a token, and/or if some fatal error
occurs while \MF\ is trying to fix a non-fatal one. But such recursion
is never more than two levels deep.
\bugonpage D63, lines 13--14 (5/5/87)
\ninepoint\noindent
[These two lines can be eliminated, since the variable \\{temp\_ptr}
is no longer used! If you delete them, also remove \S158 from the
list of sections where global variables are declared (pages D7 and D552),
and remove \\{temp\_ptr} from the index on page D540.]
\tenpoint\noindent
controlled
growth helps to keep the \\{mem} usage consecutive when \MF\ is
implemented on ``virtual memory'' systems.
\bugonpage D67, lines 7--8 (4/21/87)
\ninepoint\noindent\hskip10pt
{\bf if} $r=p$ {\bf then if} $\\{rlink}(p)\ne p$ {\bf then}
$\langle\,$Allocate entire node $p$ and {\bf goto} \\{found}%
{\sevenrm\kern.5em171}$\,\rangle$;
\bugonpage D86, second line of section 198 (2/27/87)
\noindent
Individual class numbers have no semantic
or syntactic significance, except in a few instances\cutpar
\bugonpage D101, line 2 (3/16/86)
\tenpoint\line{%
like `{\tt x}', or they can
combine the structural properties of arrays and records, like `{\tt x20a.b}'.
A}
\bugonpage D102, line 24 (3/16/86)
\tenpoint\line{\kern10pt
In other words, variables have a hierarchical structure that includes
enough threads running}
\bugonpage D127, line 10 (5/5/87)
\ninepoint\noindent
[Variable $r$ can be eliminated, since it is not
used in this procedure! If you delete it, also remove $\underline{280}$
from the corresponding index entry on page D536.]
\bugonpage D129, line 15 (5/5/87)
\ninepoint\noindent
[This line can be eliminated, since \\{sine} and \\{cosine} are not
used in this procedure! If you delete them, also remove $\underline{284}$
from the corresponding index entries on pages D538 and D521.]
\bugonpage D142, line 23 (4/24/87)
\tenpoint\noindent
$(7-\sqrt{28}\,)/12$; the worst case
occurs for polynomials like $B(0,28-4\sqrt{28},14-5\sqrt{28},42;t)$.)
\bugonpage D178, third-last line (7/30/86)
\tenpoint\line{\quad
The following code maintains the invariant relations
$0\le \\{x0}<\max(\\{x1},\\{x1}+\\{x2})$, $\vert\\{x1}\vert<2^{30}$,}
\smallskip\eightpoint\noindent
The mini-index at the bottom of the next page should also receive the following
new entry:
\smallskip\indent
$\\{fraction\_half}={\rm macro}$, \S105.
\bugonpage D228, 10th-last line (5/5/87)
\ninepoint\noindent\hskip20pt
{\bf begin} $\\{right\_type}(p)\gets k$;
\smallskip
\noindent[Also eliminate `$q,$' seven lines above this, and delete
$\underline{497}$ from the index entry for \\{q} on page D536.]
\tenpoint\noindent
instead of \\{false}, the other routines will simply log the fact
that they have been called; they won't\cutpar
\bugonpage D268, line 2 (4/28/87)
\tenpoint\noindent
Given the number~$k$ of an open window, the pixels of positive
weight in \\{cur\_edges} will be shown\cutpar
\bugonpage D301, line 6 of section 652 (5/5/87)
\ninepoint\noindent
[This line can be eliminated, since variable $s$ is not
used in this procedure! If you delete it, also remove $\underline{652}$
from the corresponding index entry on page D537; remove 652 from
the index entries for \\{param\_size} and \\{param\_start} on page D534;
and remove \\{param\_size} from the mini-index on page D301.]
\bugonpage D376, lines 17 and 18 (11/14/86)
\tenpoint\noindent
[these two mysterious lines should be deleted]
\bugonpage D380, line 11 (5/5/87)
\ninepoint\noindent
[Variables $q$ and $r$ can be eliminated, since they are not
used in this procedure! If you delete them, also remove $\underline{862}$
from the corresponding index entries on page D536.]
\bugonpage D429, line 14 (5/5/87)
\ninepoint\noindent\hskip10pt
{\bf begin} $p\gets\\{cur\_exp}$;
\smallskip
\noindent[Also eliminate line 12, and delete $\underline{985}$ from the
index entry for \\{vv} on page D543.]
\bugonpage D455, line 5 (5/5/87)
\ninepoint\noindent
[This line can be eliminated, since variable $t$ is not
used in this procedure! If you delete it, also remove $\underline{1059}$
from the corresponding index entry on page D540; remove 1059 from
the index entries for \\{small\_number} and \\{with\_option} on pages D539
and D544; and remove \\{with\_option} from the mini-index on page D455.]
\smallskip\eightpoint\noindent
The mini-index at the bottom of this page should also receive the following
new entry:
\smallskip\indent
\\{print\_char}: {\bf procedure}, \S58.
\bugonpage D510, new line to follow line 5 (6/17/86)
{\tenpoint\parindent=1em
This program doesn't bother to close the input files that may still be open.
\par}
\bugonpage D510, just before the fifth-last line (8/5/86)
\ninepoint\noindent\hskip30pt$\\{internal}[\\{fontmaking}]\gets0$;\quad
$\{\,$avoid loop in case of fatal error$\,\}$
\ninepoint\noindent
[These lines, and the top two on the next page, should move down
so that they appear in alphabetical order just before `Compute
test coefficients'.]
% volume E
\hsize=29pc
\def\dashto{\mathrel{\hbox{-\kern-.05em}\mkern3.9mu\hbox{-\kern-.05em}}}
\bugonpage Exiii, lines 1--2 (7/28/86)
\tenpoint\noindent
February 11--13, 1984), 49.
\ {\it An example meta-character of the Devanagari alphabet, worked out
``online'' with the help of Matthew Carter.}
\bugonpage Exiii, line 6 (7/28/86)
\tenpoint\noindent
{\it and western alphabets work also for Devanagari and Tamil.}
\bugonpage E12, lines 15 and 19 (7/23/86)
\tenpoint\noindent[change `17.32' to `17.28' in both places]
\bugonpage E12, third-last line (12/18/86)
\tenpoint\noindent[change `41' to `40']
\bugonpage E13, lines 3, 4, and 20 (12/18/86)
\tenpoint\noindent[change `40' to `41', `48' to `47', `17' to `7']
\bugonpage E18, line 20 (7/23/86)
\tenpoint\noindent[change `17.32' to `17.28']
\bugonpage E18, line 29 (12/9/86)
\tenpoint\noindent[change `236' to `212' in the {\tt cmss9} column]
\bugonpage E170, top illustration (11/2/86)
\tenpoint\noindent[There should be no ``dish'' or depression in the
vicinity of point {\tt 3r}; the top edge of the character should be
straight. This error appears also in the other uses of `\\{no\_dish\_serif}'
throughout the book, since the illustrations were made before
`\\{no\_dish\_serif}' was added to the program. See page
E180~(twice at the top), E370~(twice), E374~(twice), E376~(twice), E378~(top),
E390~(bottom), E398~(top), E402~(top), E406~(top), E453~(twice).]
\bugonpage E179, new line to be inserted after line 6 (10/13/86)
\ninepoint\noindent[The letters will change slightly because of the
corrections to {\tt cmr17} noted on pages 12 and 13.]
\bugonpage E561, line 3 (12/9/86)
\ninepoint\noindent[The numerals should be `\thinspace
{\niness 0123456789}\thinspace' (i.e., 2/3 point less tall)
because of the correction made to page 18.]
\bugonpage E562, line 9 (12/9/86)
\ninepoint\noindent[The numerals should be `\thinspace
{\ninessi 0123456789\/}\thinspace' (i.e., 2/3 point less tall)
because of the correction made to page 18.]
\bugonpage E572, entry for {\it breadth} (10/13/86)