[fptex] mktexpk looking for ghostscript

[ALAN A DUNWELL]

I believe that I started that thread. I am reposting my follow-up resolution 
message at the bottom of this one. Note that in that message I mention that I 
still have a problem using gv in WinEDT, this is not _really_ a problem. You 
have to ummm...ya know....have made a postscript file before WindEDT shows the 
gv icon as active. (sheesh <image here of me blushing with embarrassment>.

Alan D.
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Date sent:      	Wed, 19 Dec 2001 10:03:36 +0100
From:           	Fabrice Popineau <Fabrice.Popineau@supelec.fr>
Subject:        	Re: [fptex] mktexpk looking for ghostscript
To:             	pascal barbedor <pascal.barbedor@laposte.net>
Copies to:      	fptex@tug.org

> * pascal barbedor <pascal.barbedor@laposte.net> writes:
> 
> > the problem is described in november archive of fptex with subject
> > mktexpk looking for ghostscript when using windvi, the log window
> > mentions that mktexpk is launching and that ghostscript cant be
> > found.  there are several messages in the november archive that
> > lists the kind of messages in teh log of windvi, i have the same
> > ones
> 
> PATH=c:\gstools\gs7.03\bin
> GS_LIB=c:\gstools\gs7.03\lib;c:\gstools\fonts
> 
> should fix your problem.
> 
> > I did not understand what line to comment out in config.ps, so that
> > windvi uses normal fonts, the ones with tfm in public font subdir
> 
> TFM files are not fonts per se, they are just metrics for glyphs, pk
> files are glyphs.
> 
> Sorry I have been very busy  lately, and I haven't yet  found a fix to
> this problem. Hopefully the   future seems a bit  brighter (especially
> because of Christmas Holydays !).
> 
> Fabrice
> 
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--------------- previous resolution message -------
Date sent:      	Tue, 13 Nov 2001 11:03:17 -0700
From:           	ALAN A DUNWELL <dunwell@jila.colorado.edu>
Subject:        	[fptex] Resolved :mktexpk looking for Ghostscript--Long
To:             	Fabrice Popineau <Fabrice.Popineau@supelec.fr>
Copies to:      	fptex@tug.org
Send reply to:  	DUNWELL@jila.colorado.edu
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Just an update on the resolution of my problem.

At the suggestions of Fabrice and Jose Carlos Oliveira Santos I removed my 
existing Ghostscript and Ghostview (Oooooold versions) and reinstalled with 
gs6.5 and gv3.6 from
  mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/
Since I was not using gs7.0 I did not yet try adding the environment variable 
GS_LIB as suggested by Prof Brian D Ripley.

Now both gs and gv work from their desktop icons, however this killed gv in 
WinEDT (using the command %$('GSView'); %>"%P\%N.ps") and I have not resolved 
this new problem.

In any case, this did not fix my original problem (see previous below). I 
checked the registry and there was and entry for HKLM\\Software\\AFPL 
Ghostscript\\6.50\\GS_DLL and GS_LIB,  but there was nothing for gsftopk 
specifically althoug one assumes that the GS_LIB entry might work.

I then used Fabrice's suggestion and downloaded the latest gsftopk to the in
ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/fptex/standalone/

and reran texhash. This fixed the original problem and now it builds the fonts.
Note that there is still no registry entry for gsftopk of any type.

So I am up an running for the network at large. Any suggestions on how to get 
WinEDT to recognize GhostView appreciated.

Thanks to all who responded.
Alan Dunwell



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