[XeTeX] Corrected installer (was: A problem with XeTeX 0.5)

[Jonathan Kew]

A corrected installer that has a better chance of putting the right 
OTFFONTS entry into texmf.cnf has now been posted, replacing the 
initial v0.5 installer. The actual XeTeX software (and version number) 
is unchanged.

There is also a small shell script available to fix the error made by 
the original installer (when attempting to add an entry to 
/usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf), for those who may have used the first 
installer and don't want to download a whole new one.

Both the new 0.5 installer and the patch script are available at:
	http://scripts.sil.org/xetex

My apologies for the inconvenience; hope it works better now.

Jonathan

On 29 Apr 2004, at 7:36 pm, Stephen Moye wrote:

> I feel rather proud of myself -- I had just determined what to do 
> given your remarks. Your email arrived just in time to confirm my plan 
> of action. Perfect. And everything works perfectly.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> On Apr 29, 2004, at 2:29 PM, Jonathan Kew wrote:
>
>> AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH! Sorry, it's a really stupid installer script 
>> error. I'll post a fixed version shortly. Surprised more people 
>> haven't been yelling at me yet!
>>
>> If you want to fix your setup, go into Terminal, and try:
>>
>> 	cd /usr/local/teTeX/
>> 	sudo pico texmf.cnf
>>
>> Move the cursor down to the end of the file. You'll find a line that 
>> says
>>
>> 	OTFFONTS = .;/fonts/otf//
>>
>> Insert $TEXMF into this line, so it reads
>>
>> 	OTFFONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/otf//
>>
>> Then type Control-O, <return>, Control-X to save the file and exit.
>>
>> My apologies; if time permits, I'll build and post a 0.51 installer 
>> this evening that corrects this one.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> On 29 Apr 2004, at 7:06 pm, Stephen Moye wrote:
>>
>>> I wish that were of more help than it is -- I really appreciate your 
>>> assistance. I'm not sure where to look for the .cnf files, nor would 
>>> I know what I was looking at nor how to fix a problem. Was there 
>>> something I missed in the i-installer TeX installation that I 
>>> shouldn't have missed?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 29, 2004, at 1:38 PM, Jonathan Kew wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 29 Apr 2004, at 5:49 pm, Stephen Moye wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> kdebug:start search(files=[cmr10.otf], must_exist=1, find_all=0, 
>>>>> path=.:/fonts/otf//).
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This seems to indicate that the OTFFONTS entry in your texmf.cnf 
>>>> file didn't get set up correctly by the XeTeX installer script. The 
>>>> path for the .otf file should normally have a lot more options than 
>>>> that.
>>>>
>>>> I'd expect to find a line like
>>>>
>>>> 	OTFFONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/otf//
>>>>
>>>> and $TEXMF is defined earlier along the lines of
>>>>
>>>> 	TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$VARTEXMF,$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN}
>>>>
>>>> (and those variables are in turn defined as various subtrees....)
>>>>
>>>> But apparently your .cnf file(s) aren't set up this way, or the 
>>>> XeTeX installer didn't get its OTFFONTS line inserted in an 
>>>> appropriate place, or something. It seems that TFMFONTS is getting 
>>>> set appropriately, though (compare the "start search" line for the 
>>>> .tfm file); so perhaps you can compare the TFMFONTS entry in your 
>>>> .cnf files to the OTFFONTS entry, and figure out what's wrong. Does 
>>>> this help you track down the problem?
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan
>>>>
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