From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/23656 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Gerben Wierda" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Getting texfont to do batch installs on gwTeX (was Re: Palatino) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:46:24 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <20969.159.46.248.233.1132767984.squirrel@mail.rna.nl> References: <66305964-DD83-4DE2-B56C-29B6AB5D3C1C@northcoast.com> <4382E4DD.7040904@elvenkind.com> <0AF48B74-1279-4D5B-8DD9-BF1E890C651D@northcoast.com> <43833A0A.9060200@wxs.nl> <86B22D08-47FD-4E99-B1E6-E008F2A0FE1A@redwoods.edu> <20051123141649.15010@mail.comp.lancs.ac.uk> <53357.159.46.248.233.1132762076.squirrel@mail.rna.nl> <43849D11.7000400@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1132768286 26733 80.91.229.2 (23 Nov 2005 17:51:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:51:26 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Nov 23 18:51:25 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eeykj-0001zD-73 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:49:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0831127B4; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:49:52 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 03515-02; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:49:52 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFC10127A0; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:46:27 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66C41127A0 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:46:26 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 03187-05 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:46:25 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from post-25.mail.nl.demon.net (post-25.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.195]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68EEC12775 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:46:25 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ii2.demon.nl ([82.161.98.36]:28840 helo=mail.rna.nl) by post-25.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1EeyhM-000CjI-RX for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:46:24 +0000 Original-Received: from mail.rna.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.rna.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79DC02E5618 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:46:24 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from 159.46.248.233 (SquirrelMail authenticated user gerben) by mail.rna.nl with HTTP; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:46:24 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <43849D11.7000400@wxs.nl> Original-To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.5 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:23656 Archived-At: > Gerben Wierda wrote: > >>texfont and/or ConTeXt seems to be keyed to a certain distribution setu= p. >>I would say that for ConTeXt that is ok (though as far as I know Hans >>himself keeps the fonts in TEXMFFONTS or so, so he needs a specialized >>type-tmf.dat as well). That the default is TeX Live also seems to be fi= ne >>to me. >> >> > the reason for a separate three texmffonts is that it permits me to > update the main tree (wipe out, copy new) and still have my installed > extra fonts > > (i tried to get a texmffonts var in the regular texmf.cnf but that was > rejected: objection "too many trees" while in the meantime we have more > trees in tl as well -) > >>The easiest way would be if you can give this as an argument to texfont= s. >> >>Another issue is that fonts can be in multiple trees. Some i-Packages m= ay >>install in texmf.local (so it can be easily uninstalled), or fonts can = be >>in texmf.tetex or texmf.gwtex). I do not know enough about texfont, but >> if >>Hans wants to work with me we can sort that out. After all, I probably >>have a good example of a non-TL multi-tree setup. BTW, there are suppor= t >>reasons why I do not use the TEXMFMAIN name or the standard texmf-dist >>directory name. >> >> > > ah, i see, so the problem is TEXMFMAIN in the dat file > > before we start hacking ... this --ro stands for --rootlist so it may b= e > a list; so > > ..... --ro=3DTEXMFMAIN,TEXMF.TETEX,TEXMF.GWTEX --ro=3DTEXMFMAIN,TEXMFTE,TEXMFGW > should work; can someone test that? Are these "write" or "read" trees? If it is write, then my guess is the default shoul dbe TEXMFLOCAL because officially that is the place where local site modifications should go. That would also survive an upgrade or install of TeX itself. G