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Re: Would like MakeTeXPK to write into texmf/fonts/public/cm/pk/..
Christopher Lott writes:
> 1. The notes on setup of postscript fonts (packages/psnfss/psnfss2e.tex)
> is somewhat out of date. You don't need to do everything mentioned
can you be specific? i'll happily remove stuff which isnt true
> there. The notes about map files for dvips are especially confusing
> because my copy of dvips came standard with a file psfonts.map that
> had everything necessary.
"my copy of dvips" covers a lot of sins. the canonical one doenst,
surely?
> 2. Fontname seems to be essentially undocumented. I found that pk
it has excellent documentation!
> It sure would have been helpful if that had been mentioned more
> clearly somewhere, such as in the kpathsea.texi file.
isnt it cross-referenced there?
> 3. Finally, a possible bug. I had (I don't know why) a directory
> texmf/tex/latex209/dvips with some config files for using ps fonts.
> Kpathsea calmly ignored that directory when using latex2e. But, after
> I created a ls-R database, kpathsea insisted on using file
> "psfonts.sty" in that directory even when using latex2e, which of
the ls-R/kpathsea algorithm does not support a mechanism for
prioritizing. if the texmf.cnf setup says that two directories are
available, and they both have "times.sty", you cant predict which one
gets foumd. so i wonder how you texmf.cnf is set up
> 4. I've really been struggling with gsftopk. This seems to suffer
> from a lack of consistent documentation as well. I think that the
> mods by Yves Arrouye for kpathsea might need some additional
> attention. I finally gave up on this one.
install teTeX; it gets it right :-}
> In general, setting TeX up for using additional fonts has been pretty
> hairy. Is it possible that I missed a very important piece of the
> documentation somewhere and just made my life unnecessarily difficult?
no, it isnt that easy. which is why i tell Unix people to install
teTeX, which packages all these things up in a single "sh install.sh",
which *works*, and lets you play with it later via "texconfig". once
you try it, you'll wonder why you ever edited those config files by
hand.
<plug> you will shortly be able to buy teTeX on CD, with ready to run
systems for about 20 Unix systems, and a huge texmf tree. the CD was
finalized on Sunday night, and is at the manufacturers now.
</plug>
sebastian