[OS X TeX] TeX i-Package released

[Peter Pagin]

Dear Gerben,
first of all, a heartfelt thanks to the work you and others are doing. I 
switched from FrameMaker to LaTeX this fall, and my only regret is that 
I didn't switch earlier. I have used it now for a number of files, up to 
more than 40 pages long, with great results.

Now my wife wants to migrate to LaTeX as well, and during these last few 
days we have been trying to install.  This evening, after your TeX 
installation package became available, we installed TeX, apparently 
successfully.

However, running a miminal test file did not produce a good pdf output. 
The transcript has a warning that the font file map pdftex.map cannot be 
opened:

-------------
[1


Warning: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdflatex 
(file pdfte
x.map): cannot open font map file
]
---------------------------------------------

The missing file seems to be located at

    /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map


Have I done something wrong, or can I fix this myself somehow?

best wishes
Peter

Gerben Wierda wrote:

> The TeX i-Package has seen a new release (somewhat earlier than 
> planned after my accidental releae a few days ago and sthe following 
> blocking of the repositories). This is a major milestone as it marks 
> the move from a TeX Live 2003 structure to a different and 
> incompatible TeX live 2004 structure. The TeX Live 2003 structure is 
> still available for those that need it (though it is not 100% pure, 
> but close enough) as an option during install. Also available, the 
> first development snapshot for TeX Live 2005 with the latest pdfTeX.
>
>     This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20b-rc5-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3)
>
> Anyway, there has been a fair bit of testing over the last months and 
> it seems that it is stable enough. However, the switch from TeX Live 
> 2003 to TeX Live 2004 may unearth problems on systems (e.g. if you 
> rely on old style stuff in your ~/Library/texmf tree the reordering of 
> that is still on my todo list. On the command line it goes like this:
>
>     /usr/bin/ruby 
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/scripts/context/ruby/textools.rb 
> --fixtexmftrees --force ~/Library/texmf
>
> ).  Other hidden problems can also be unearthed by this upgrade, so be 
> warned and there is no way around them if you want to remain at the 
> forefront of TeX developments.
>
> In case of problems:
>     - Send me a report of the install (view menu - report, recreate 
> report, mail it to me)
>     - Send me an example file that exhibits the problem and te log of 
> the compile that has the problems
>     - Tel me how you run TeX (e.g. TeXShop or command line etc.)
>     - If you use the command line, make sure you send me the output of 
> the 'env' command
>
> Most poblems will probably concerns font mappings (as this is what 
> changed the most).
>
> I'll try to help as much as I can within limits of resources I must 
> add. Do not update if you are finalizing your PhD thesis now. And make 
> a backup of /usr/local/teTeX before you do.
>
> G
>
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Peter Pagin
Professor
Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
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