RE: 5 major problems with mswincontext.zip

RE: 5 major problems with mswincontext.zip

[ishamid]

>===== Original Message From Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> =====
>> 1. Zapf Chancery has disappeared (the other free fonts in showfonts.pdf
still
>> work):

>strange indeed, it looks like the files are corrupted (very small tfm/vf
files);
>  you can regenerate the metrics with:
>
>texmfstart texfont.pl type-tmf.dat --en=texnansi --ven=urw -col=zapfchan

ok, it works now:-)

Thnx
Idris

============================
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523

Re: 5 major problems with mswincontext.zip

[Hans Hagen]

ishamid wrote:
>>===== Original Message From Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> =====
>>ishamid wrote:
>>
>>
>>>2. aleph is still searching its format in the wrong directory; its format 
> 
> is
> 
>>>properly installed in
>>>\texmf-mswin/web2c/aleph/
>>
>>can you try what happens when you add the following lines to your texmf.cnf 
> 
> file
> 
>>(you can edit the file with: texmfstart --direct scite kpse:texmf.cnf)
>>
>>TEXFORMATS.xetex   = $TEXFORMATS/{xetex,}//
>>TEXFORMATS.aleph   = $TEXFORMATS/{aleph,}//
>>TEXFORMATS.pdftex  = $TEXFORMATS/{pdftex,}//
>>TEXFORMATS.pdfetex = $TEXFORMATS/{pdfetex,}//
> 
> 
> Regenerated the formats after editing 
> \texmf-local\web2c\texmf.cnf
> 
> Unfortunately it still gives the same error. Please advise;->

set the engine flat to true in texexec.ini and regenerate the formats

(there whould be subdir now under texmf-mswin/web2c)

hans

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RE: 5 major problems with mswincontext.zip

[ishamid]

>===== Original Message From Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> =====
>ishamid wrote:
>
>> 2. aleph is still searching its format in the wrong directory; its format 
is
>> properly installed in
>> \texmf-mswin/web2c/aleph/
>
>can you try what happens when you add the following lines to your texmf.cnf 
file
>
>(you can edit the file with: texmfstart --direct scite kpse:texmf.cnf)
>
>TEXFORMATS.xetex   = $TEXFORMATS/{xetex,}//
>TEXFORMATS.aleph   = $TEXFORMATS/{aleph,}//
>TEXFORMATS.pdftex  = $TEXFORMATS/{pdftex,}//
>TEXFORMATS.pdfetex = $TEXFORMATS/{pdfetex,}//

Regenerated the formats after editing 
\texmf-local\web2c\texmf.cnf

Unfortunately it still gives the same error. Please advise;->

Idris

============================
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523

Re: 5 major problems with mswincontext.zip

[Hans Hagen]

ishamid wrote:

> 2. aleph is still searching its format in the wrong directory; its format is 
> properly installed in 
> \texmf-mswin/web2c/aleph/

can you try what happens when you add the following lines to your texmf.cnf file

(you can edit the file with: texmfstart --direct scite kpse:texmf.cnf)

TEXFORMATS.xetex   = $TEXFORMATS/{xetex,}//
TEXFORMATS.aleph   = $TEXFORMATS/{aleph,}//
TEXFORMATS.pdftex  = $TEXFORMATS/{pdftex,}//
TEXFORMATS.pdfetex = $TEXFORMATS/{pdfetex,}//


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Re: 5 major problems with mswincontext.zip

[Hans Hagen]

ishamid wrote:
> Dear conglomerate,
> 
> Ok, I've installed mswincontext.zip, dated 3-16, refreshed fndb, 
> set  UseEnginePath   to  true
> and so forth.
> 
> 4 Problems:
> 
> 1. Zapf Chancery has disappeared (the other free fonts in showfonts.pdf still 
> work):
> 
> ==========================
> \definetypeface [zapf] [cg] [calligraphy] [chancery]
> \switchtotypeface [zapf] [12pt,cg]
> 
> Zapf Chancery
> 
> \input tufte.tex
> ==========================

strange indeed, it looks like the files are corrupted (very small tfm/vf files); 
  you can regenerate the metrics with:

texmfstart texfont.pl type-tmf.dat --en=texnansi --ven=urw -col=zapfchan

Hans


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Re: 5 major problems with mswincontext.zip

[ishamid]

I just checked:

Not only aleph, but pdftex does not work with (o)dvips/dvipdfmx:

===========================
\starttext

Latin Modern

\input tufte.tex

\stoptext
===========================

If I run (o)dvips from TeXLive, I get

===========================
This is dvips(k) 5.94a Copyright 2003 Radical Eye Software 
(www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2005.03.21:1943' -> lm.ps
kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfour --bdpi 8000 --mag 1+0/8000 --dpi 
8000
ec-lmr12
mktexmf: empty or non-existent rootfile!
mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr12.kpathsea: Appending 
f
ont creation commands to missfont.log.
dvips.exe: Font ec-lmr12 not found, characters will be left blank.
===========================

If I run it from  C:\ConTeXt I get

===========================
This is dvips(k) 5.94b Copyright 2004 Radical Eye Software 
(www.radicaleye.com)
dvips: ! Couldn't find header file tex.pro
===========================

Best
Idris

============================
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523

5 major problems with mswincontext.zip

[ishamid]

Dear conglomerate,

Ok, I've installed mswincontext.zip, dated 3-16, refreshed fndb, 
set  UseEnginePath   to  true
and so forth.

4 Problems:

1. Zapf Chancery has disappeared (the other free fonts in showfonts.pdf still 
work):

==========================
\definetypeface [zapf] [cg] [calligraphy] [chancery]
\switchtotypeface [zapf] [12pt,cg]

Zapf Chancery

\input tufte.tex
==========================

Log file:

===========================
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.3) (format=cont-en 
2005.3.21)  21 MAR 2005 17:38
entering extended mode
\write18 enabled.
 (c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx)
**&pdfetex/cont-en typescripts2.tex
(./typescripts2.tex

<snip>

(c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-buy.tex)
Missing character: There is no Z in font texnansi-uzcmi8a!
Missing character: There is no a in font texnansi-uzcmi8a!

<snip>

Missing character: There is no . in font texnansi-uzcmi8a!
)
fonts           : using map file: texnansi-base
fonts           : using map file: texnansi-urw-zapfchan
[1.1
Warning: pdfetex.exe (file pdftex.map): cannot open font map file

<snip>
===========================

2. aleph is still searching its format in the wrong directory; its format is 
properly installed in 
\texmf-mswin/web2c/aleph/

===========================
This is Aleph, Version 3.141592-1.15-2.1-0.0-rc4 (Web2c 7.5.3)
 \write18 enabled.
Copyright (c) 2002--2004 the Aleph task force
---! c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-mswin/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt was written by 
pdfetex
===========================

3. If I replace the pdfetex format with 
aleph.fmt, the latter works. It copiles fine on the following file, but 
neither dvips, odvips, or dvipdfm can find the fonts:

===========================
% output=aleph interface=en

\starttext

Latin Modern

\input tufte

\definetypeface [times] [rm] [serif] [times] [default] [encoding=ec]
\switchtotypeface [times] [12pt,rm]

Times

\input tufte.tex

\stoptext
===========================

Also, aleph displays the strange "HASH" message:
===========================
 TeXExec 5.2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005

Opt=HASH(0x1c44160)            executable : aleph
===========================

4. That trick with the footnotes and endnotes is interesting, but the endnotes 
still spill over the page (I double-checked that core-not was replaced and the 
format regenerated):

===========================
% output=pdftex interface=en

\starttext

\dorecurse{100}{test \footnote{test} \endnote{eee}\endgraf}

\page

\placenotes[endnote]

\stoptext
===========================

5. I'm still concerned about getting ConTeXt to search my old \TeXLive tree 
secondarily. changing

C:\ConTeXt\tex\texmf-local\web2c\texmf.cnf

does not seem to do anything (sigh  )
==

I really hope I can get everything working soon, because I've lost about a 
week's worth of deadlined writing fooling around with configuring ConTeXt  
(which is exactly what I was afraid would happen):-(

Thnx in advance, and forgive my frustration-)
Idris

============================
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523