[OS X TeX] MF display variable

[Alan Munn]

At 4:21 PM -0400 8/4/07, Steve Peter wrote:
>I'm back in my periodic MetaFont interest phase, 
>but on a different machine from the last time. 
>Now, on my MacBook Pro, when I attempt to run 
>mf, I get
>
>hrothgar:~/Documents/Art/FontDevelopment/MetaFont speter$ mf io
>This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.6)
>(io.mf
>The letter O [79]Error: Can't open display:
>
>What do I need to set and where?

mf needs X11 to run.  So make sure you have 
installed X11 and run the command from within an 
xterm. If you haven't installed X11 it's in the 
optional installs folder of your original DVD).

Alan

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