Re: TEXMFMAIN problem in gwTeX (font installation)

["Adam Lindsay" <atl@comp.lancs.ac.uk>]

Gerben Wierda said this at Mon, 2 May 2005 17:10:03 +0200:

>> The problem is really in the font installation script (type-tmf.dat).
>> There the root (i.e. the source tree for the fonts) is explicitly given
>> as TEXMFMAIN. And this does not work in gwTeX, because if something is
>> given, it has to be TEXMFTE.
>
>Just for my understanding. Does texfont.pl only read in TEXMFMAIN or does
>it also write (can it be a search path or does it require for TEXMFMAIN to
>be just one directory)?

My understanding is that you can enter a comma-separated list of trees.
The default is "TEXMFFONTS,TEXMFLOCAL,TEXMFEXTRA,TEXMFMAIN".

That suggests to me that the --ro=TEXMFMAIN defaults in the type-tmf.dat
file probably should go away, as 1) they get in the way of over-rides at
the CLI, and 2) it's covered by the current default, anyway.

adam


% texfont --help                    
TeXFont 2.2.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 2000-2004

   --fontroot=path  : texmf destination font root 
            (default: /usr/local/tetex/share/texmf.local)
   --rootlist=paths : texmf source roots 
            (default: TEXMFFONTS,TEXMFLOCAL,TEXMFEXTRA,TEXMFMAIN)

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