[OS X TeX] magnification

[juan tolosa]

Hi Herb,

Yes, I am using plain TeX. I have just tried the following minimal example in the PC at work, and the \magstep1 is ignored. I tried the same file in the mac at home, and the \magstep1 works. In the PC I am using Te works within MikTeX 2.9.

Thank you,
                         Juan

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\def\rect#1#2{\leavevmode\vbox{\hrule \hbox{\vrule
height#1 \hskip#2 \vrule} \hrule}}
\parindent=0pt
\def \gradebox{\rightline{\rlap{\quad \rect{0.3in}{0.3in}}}}
\def\samepage{\vfill\gradebox\smallskip\hrule height0.5pt\medskip}

\magnification\magstep1

\centerline{\bf Minimal example of ``magstep one.''}

\medskip
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{\bf 1.}
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Prove that the function
$$ f(x, y) = {x^2 \over x^2 + y^2} $$
has no limit as $(x, y) \to (0,0)$.
%
Provide a {\it clear and complete argument}.

 \samepage
%________________________________________________________________

{\bf 2.} 
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Compute $f_{xx} + f_{yy}$ for the function $f$ given by the formula 
$$ f(x, y) = {1 \over x^2 + y} . $$
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Provide clear, complete, and neat calculations. 

{\vfill\gradebox\eject\end}

\bye




On Feb 27, 2014, at 8:19 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

> 
> On Feb 26, 2014, at 8:49 PM, juan tolosa <juantolo at me.com> wrote:
> 
>> Sometimes I use \magnification\magstep1 to get larger printouts for quizzes and tests. This works very well in TexShop, in my mac. At work, however, I use a PC running mictex. Then the \magnification command is totally ignored, and I get a reduced size output, as compared to the one in the mac. Any suggestions on how to "force" mixtex to execute the \magnification command?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>>              Juan Tolosa
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> I assume you are using TeX to typeset your document rather than LaTeX. Are you sure that you are using TeX when using MikTeX?
> 
> Could you supply a minimal but compilable example so we can actually see what you are doing?
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
> 
> 
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