[pdftex] pdftex.map update problem

Akira Kakuto kakuto at fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp
Sat Feb 10 00:11:13 CET 2007


> I had a problem with one of my map files: "one line is wrong".
> I think the map file (mbb.map) had some offending characters coming
> from utf8 editors in Mac. I deleted the characters; saved; ran updmap
> and easy enough the shell announced "Working with mbb.map", as I wanted.
> It also said "I have updated pdftex.map".
> And yet the lines of my map file are not anywhere in my pdftex.map!

I suspect the reason may be Mac line endings in mbb.map.
Try a command in the directory where mbb.map exists

tounix mbb.map

Then line endings are changed to Unix type.
If you don't have tounix.exe, it is in txtutil.tar.gz in w32tex
distribution.

Best regards,
Akira


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