<tt><font size=2>Dear Gabriele,</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2><br>
> I am by no means an xy-pic expert, so: apologies if am missing some<br>
> blatant point.<br>
> <br>
> I am a chemist and have been using xy-pic for years, mainly for<br>
> chemical formulas: and found it really great!</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>Thanks: if you can send us back some fancy examples
for our collections then that'd be great! (Like, with more than one
C6.)</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2><br>
> [...] after 3.7 --> 3.8.1 upgrade, both the postscript and pdf<br>
> converted outputs show a row of q's and M's (I mean: a row of lowercase<br>
> "q" letters and a row of uppercase "M" letters)
in place of the<br>
> slanted sides of the hexagon! (Here is the pdf version:<br>
> </font></tt><a href=http://www.dsch.univ.trieste.it/~balducci/xy.d/xytest.pdf><tt><font size=2>http://www.dsch.univ.trieste.it/~balducci/xy.d/xytest.pdf</font></tt></a><tt><font size=2>).</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>That is bad, indeed.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>It seems that the xypic.map of 3.8.1 was not correctly
updated to match the updated .pfb fonts.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>I would be grateful if you can try the following:</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>1. Get the file </font></tt><a href=http://krisrose.net/xypic.map><tt><font size=2>http://krisrose.net/xypic.map</font></tt></a><tt><font size=2>
.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>2. REPLACE your current xypic.map file with the new
one.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>3. REDO all your steps from the beginning.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>4. TELL me whether it works!</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>If so then this will become version 3.8.2...</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2><br>
> On the other hand, the dvi file is perfect, as usual.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>Thanks.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2><br>
> If I downgrade 3.8.1 --> 3.7, all works perfectly, as has always
been<br>
> the case.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>We did improve some things too, I hope...</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2><br>
> I can add that the problem might be related to the xydash10.pfb file,<br>
> which is used during the dvi->ps conversion:<br>
> <br>
> dschsun3:124> dvips -N0 xytest.dvi<br>
> This is dvips(k) 5.98 Copyright 2009 Radical Eye Software
(<br>
> </font></tt><a href=www.radicaleye.com><tt><font size=2>www.radicaleye.com</font></tt></a><tt><font size=2>)<br>
> ' TeX output 2010.06.16:1717' -> xytest.ps<br>
> </usr/local/share/texmf/dvips/base/tex.pro><br>
> </usr/local/share/texmf/dvips/base/texps.pro>.
<br>
> </usr/local/share/texmf.local/texmf/fonts/type1/bluesky/cmr10.pfb><br>
> </usr/local/share/texmf.local/texmf/fonts/type1/public/xypic/<br>
> xydash10.pfb>[1] <br>
>
<br>
> With 3.7 installed, I get the correct result, as I said. However,
if I<br>
> replace the single xydash10.pfb file of 3.7 with the one taken from
3.8.1<br>
> (all the rest unchanged), then I get again the funny plot.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>I hope the updated xypic.map file fixes the problem
- do tell! We can't have 3.8 break too many 3.7 documents.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>Cheers,</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> Kris</font></tt>
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