[pdftex] TeXtrace!

[Berthold Crysmann]

Sherlock Holmes wrote:

> According to the README
>
> > 2e. What are TeXtrace's drawbacks and limitations?
> > """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
> > -- the newest pdftex (3.14159-14f-released-20000525 (Web2C 7.3.1))
> >    cannot read the .pfb
> >    files produced by TeXtrace. This is considered a serious limitation
> > and
> >    will be fixed in a early July 2001. There is _no_ problem with older
> >    pdftex's (including 3.14159-13d (Web2C 7.3.1)) and _any_ other font
> > utilities
>
> Is this still true for pdftex 14h?

So far, I haven't experienced any problem with 0.14h.


>
>
> Also: according to freshmeat the version is 0.50. But the .tar.gz
> expands to textrace-0.42.
>
> Is there a 'real' 0.50 version?
>

Don't think so.

>
> Thanks,
>
> SH
>
> On Tuesday, May 29, 2001, at 03:00 AM, Frank Boehme wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > There was just this *very* interesting announcement on freshmeat:
> >
> >   http://freshmeat.net/projects/textrace/
> >
> > I believe Pter Szab, the author, will soon himself post to this list.
> > He has written a tracer that converts TeXfonts into Type 1 fonts. He
> > reports that it works for the EC fonts!
> >
> >
> >
> > Frank
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dr Frank Boehme                      | Email: f.boehme at cs.ucc.ie
> > National University of Ireland, Cork | phone: +353-21-4903163
> > Dept of Computer Science             |   fax: +353-21-4903113
> > Cork, Ireland                        |
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