[tex-live] Re: glyphlist.txt

[Eddie Kohler]

Hi Werner,

This seems reasonable.  I've updated my sources to install a base glyphlist.txt 
and an extension file, texglyphlist.txt  (note the name).  The files are found 
with kpathsea's kpse_fontmap_format.

Eddie


Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> At least the lcdftools programs and dvipdfmx need Adobe's
> glyphlist.txt at run-time.  For good cooperation with TeX fonts it is
> necessary to extend this file, namely, to add a bunch of glyph names
> which are used in already existing TeX fonts.
> 
> This raises two problems.
> 
>   . It is a waste of space to have multiple instances of
>     glyphlist.txt.  For instance, this file can be currently found
>     five times on TeXLive (three times in the texmf trees, two times
>     in the source tree), and at least one version is out of date.
> 
>   . I consider it problematic to touch the original file.  It makes it
>     more difficult to update to a newer version, and to maintain
>     extensions to it.
> 
> I suggest the following -- not for this TeXLive distribution, but for
> the next one due to our proposed deadline.
> 
>   . Put the unmodified glyphlist.txt file into
> 
>       texmf-dist/fonts/map/AGL
> 
>     Consequently, use the TEXFONTMAPS variable to locate it.
> 
>   . Put extensions to this file into, say,
> 
>       texmf-dist/fonts/map/AGL/glyphlist.ext
> 
>   . Modify all programs which need this data to first read
>     glyphlist.txt, then glyphlist.ext.
> 
>   . Make all programs accept the slightly extended format as
>     implemented in lcdftools to provide more than a single mapping:
> 
>       <glyphname>;<mapping1>[;<mapping2>;...]
> 
>     Example:
> 
>       Delta;2206;0394
> 
> 
>          Werner