Re: Re: Compiling stops with ...

[David Arnold <darnold@northcoast.com>]

Taco,

Yes.

ncntrsbk $ pwd
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/afm/urw/ncntrsbk
ncntrsbk $

What if I deleted all of the --ro=TEXMFMAIN switches from type- 
tmf.dat? Would texfont then search on its own for the right place?

data $ 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,TEXMFDIST)

This seems to say it would search on its own, so I am curious as to  
why the --ro=TEXMFMAIN switches are in type-tmf.dat.

Thanks for the help. Learning a lot. :-)

On Nov 20, 2005, at 12:00 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

> David Arnold wrote:
>
>> Taco,
>> This is great help. It almost worked.
>> share $ TEXMFMAIN=/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex
>> share $ export TEXMFMAIN
>> data $ texfont --encoding=texnansi --batch type-tmf.dat
>> TeXFont 2.2.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 2000-2004
>>           slant factor : 0.167
>>          checking root : TEXMFMAIN
>>     processing aborted : unknown subpath ../fonts/afm/urw/ncntrsbk
>>                 --help : show some more info
>> data $
>> Is it trying to back up a directory? How come.
>>
>
> The error reporting is being somewhat silly, I think.
> It assumedly is talking about
>
>   /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/afm/urw/ncntrsbk
>
> Does that folder exist?
>
> Taco
>
>
>
>> On Nov 20, 2005, at 11:39 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
>>
>>> David Arnold wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Gerben, Taco,
>>>> OK, I am using Gerben's Context Updated with a beta, so I  
>>>> think   what's running is the context in texmf.local. I have two  
>>>> type- tmf.dat.
>>>> lm $ locate type-tmf.dat
>>>> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/data/type-tmf.dat
>>>> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/context/data/type-tmf.dat
>>>> lm $
>>>> Does it matter which of these I use?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Take the one in texmf.local. It should not make a lot of difference,
>>> but that one is the latest, and also it belongs to the ConTeXt you
>>> are running.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Before I run "texfont --encoding=texnansi --batch type- 
>>>> tmf.dat,"  two  things:
>>>> 1. How do I figure out whether to set TEXMFMAIN or TEXMFDIST?   
>>>> That  is, how can I tell where these environment variables point?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>   kpsewhich --expand-var \$TEXMFMAIN
>>>
>>> expands the variable TEXMFMAIN (on the terminal). I'm not sure
>>> which one you need, because I am not familiar with gwTeX. You  
>>> need the
>>> one that contains the afm files, like uhvr8a.afm. For me that  
>>> file is
>>> in:
>>>
>>>   /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/urw/helvetic/ 
>>> uhvr8a.afm
>>>
>>> so I needed the tree that starts with
>>>
>>>   /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-dist
>>>
>>> Assuming a (ba)sh command line shell, this should do it (three  
>>> lines):
>>>
>>>   lm $ TEXMFMAIN=/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-dist
>>>   lm $ export TEXMFMAIN
>>>   lm $ texfont ....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> 2. I could cut and paste in type-tmf.dat, but can I do it with   
>>>> one  line in the file type-tmf.dat somehow? What would be the  
>>>> line  I would  add near the top of the file?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> To answer the question anyway: I do not believe that is possible.
>>> But with the solution above, there is no need to edit type-tmf.dat.
>>>
>>> (I hope I'm not confusing you, but I am on Linux and teTeX so being
>>> precise is hard)
>>>
>>> Cheers, Taco
>>>
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