<tt><font size=2>Dear Stefano,</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2><br>
> I'm Stefano Pascolutti, a Phd Student in math, and I'm writing my
PhD<br>
> thesys. I used a lot xy pic in my previuous works and I really would
like to<br>
> thank you for all the effort you put into this. This is a very fundamental<br>
> package for every LaTeX user!</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>Thanks: please do rate Xy-pic on </font></tt><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/xy-pic/"><tt><font size=2>http://sourceforge.net/projects/xy-pic/</font></tt></a><tt><font size=2>
!</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2><br>
> Well, today I installed the new version of XYpic (3.8.3 - 07/07/10)
and I<br>
> got some problem. Well, it's not really an issue, since the pdf file
is<br>
> readeable, but here it is:<br>
> <br>
> Process started<br>
> <br>
> Running miktex-makemf.exe... miktex-makemf: The xyluat source file
could not<br>
> be found. Running hbf2gf.exe...</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>The xyluat font is provided as metafont sources at
three different sizes (xyluat10.mf, xyluat11.mf, xyluat12.mf) and as PostScript/PDF
Type 1 fonts (xyluat10.pfb, xyluat11.pfb, xyluat12.pfb). It looks like
you installation cannot find these - did you install them where such files
are expected by MikTeX? Some users report that one must use the 'updmap'
utility to update the installation to see new fonts but I do not know if
this is the case with MikTeX or whether MikTeX has a similar setup.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2><br>
> hbf2gf (CJK ver. 4.8.0) Couldn't find `xyluat.cfg' miktex-maketfm:
No<br>
> creation rule for font xyluat10.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>Xy-pic never contained any ".cfg" files
in the standard release so those must be MikTeX specific.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2><br>
> Running miktex-makemf.exe... miktex-makemf: The xylubt source file
could not<br>
> be found. Running hbf2gf.exe...<br>
> <br>
> hbf2gf (CJK ver. 4.8.0) Couldn't find `xylubt.cfg' miktex-maketfm:
No<br>
> creation rule for font xylubt10.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>This looks like the same problem except with the "xylubt"
family of tips.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2><br>
> This is what I obtain when i try to compile the file attached. Well,
I use<br>
> MikTex2.8 and TeXMaker, and I'm trying to compile using PDFLaTeX.
I don't<br>
> know if that's just a warning message, since the PDF file seems ok.
What<br>
> should I do? I'm pretty sure I installed everything (I did the whole<br>
> procedure 5 times) and I still don't understand what is missing. And
in the<br>
> path<br>
> <br>
> C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.8\fonts\tfm\public\xypic<br>
> <br>
> there's the required file.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>With "the whole procedure" I assume you
followed the directions in the INSTALL file? When you did, where did you
install the files in steps 4, 6, and 9?</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2><br>
> I forgot to mention: with the previous version of XYpic, everything
was<br>
> fine, this very file gave no problem.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>The problem must be with your setup as your file does
not actually use the Lucida arrow tips (xy-lu-at/bt) anywhere. My guess
would be that you get the same errors with *any* Xy-pic file?</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>Either way: your file works fine for me with a standard
TeX Live installation. Except for one surprise: you have</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2> \usepackage[All]{xy}</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>which does not work: it should be</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2> \usepackage[all]{xy}</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>(notice the change of case). With that change the
file works just fine for me with 3.8.3 using pdflatex; I have attached
the result (the StefanoPascolutti1.* files).</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2><br>
> As for a more general question: as you can see in the tex file I sent
you,<br>
> I'm trying to define braids operations. The problem is that the aligment
of<br>
> the xymatrix in the second example is "wrong" since the
other symbols (\circ<br>
> and =) are aligned in the wrong way, on the top. Is that a know issue?
Is<br>
> there an easy way to center the symbols respect to the xymatrix?</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>\xymatrix is defined to build a TeX "box"
with the same reference point as the top left entry, which results in the
spacing you get. If you wish to change that all you need to do is wrap
it in a suitable box to recenter it. I have done this in the attached StefanoPascolutti2.*
files, where you may find the spacing nicer.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2><br>
> Thank you very much in advance for the time you'll spend helping me
:-) And<br>
> thank you again for all this wonderful work!</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>You are welcome: I hope you'll find out what to do
to fix the MikTeX setup; once you do then *please* post your findings to
this list so others can avoid similar problems and I can include appropriate
notices in the INSTALL file for the next version. As a first step it would
be god with an account of how precisely you followed the INSTALL file and
installed Xy-pic, as mentioned above.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Enjoy,</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> Kris</font></tt>
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