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Tables of Contents for Metafont
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
16
The character set
17
7
Input and output
24
13
String handling
37
17
On-line and off-line printing
54
13
Reporting errors
67
28
Arithmetic with scaled numbers
95
25
Algebraic and transcendental functions
120
33
Packed data
153
5
Dynamic memory allocation
158
17
Memory layout
175
11
The command codes
186
14
The hash table
200
14
Token lists
214
14
Data structures for variables
228
22
Saving and restoring equivalents
250
5
Data structures for paths
255
14
Choosing control points
269
34
Generating discrete moves
303
20
Edge structures
323
63
Subdivision into octants
386
74
Filling a contour
460
9
Polygonal pens
469
21
Filling an envelope
490
34
Elliptical pens
524
14
Direction and intersection times
538
26
Online graphic output
564
21
Dynamic linear equations
585
33
Dynamic nonlinear equations
618
6
Introduction to the syntactic routines
624
3
Input stacks and states
627
20
Maintaining the input stacks
647
11
Getting the next token
658
25
Scanning macro definitions
683
23
Expanding the next token
706
32
Conditional processing
738
14
Iterations
752
14
File names
766
30
Introduction to the parsing routines
796
27
Parsing primary expressions
823
39
Parsing secondary and higher expressions
862
31
Doing the operations
893
96
Statements and commands
989
31
Commands
1020
67
Font metric data
1087
55
Generic font file format
1142
7
Shipping characters out
1149
34
Dumping and undumping the tables
1183
19
The main program
1202
10
Debugging
1212
2
System-dependent changes
1214
1
Index
1215