* dvipdfmx/dvips and a summary
@ 2005-03-25 0:09 ishamid
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From: ishamid @ 2005-03-25 0:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
Dear folks,
The dvips/dvipdfmx problem is not limited to aleph in the latest ConTeXt:
===========test-3==========
\setupoutput[dvi]
\starttext
abc
\stoptext
===========================
gives
===========================
$>dvipdfmx test3
test3.dvi -> test3.pdf
[1** Fatal error: Could not locate a virtual or a physical font file for
'ec-lmr
12'.
** ERROR **
$>dvips test3
This is dvips(k) 5.94b Copyright 2004 Radical Eye Software
(www.radicaleye.com)
dvips: ! Couldn't find header file tex.pro
===========================
I suppose that the transition to lmr is at the root of this. Anyway, I think
my own problems have been reduced to the following 4:
1. supp-dir needs to be modified or made into an optional module (e.g.
m-xetex) (so I don't have to modify it every time I update ConTeXt);
2. aleph needs to be taught;-) to look for its format in its own subdirectory
(related: an aleph.ini should be included so that the plain aleph.fmt can be
compiled. I also think the minimal context should support plain.fmt, which
helps in testing etc. right now manfnt is missing);
3. dvips/dvipdfmx need to be taught how to find lmr (and perhaps other fonts?
a complete font torture test before every release and for users to do their
own testing is desperately needed I think. );
4. In order to use Gamma, either
i. the basic omega files (with aleph replacing omega.exe) should be included
in mswincontext.zip; or
ii. I need to know how to get the \ConTeXt tree to properly search the
\TeXLive tree for the omega files (and for other fonts like cmr, etc).
Strangely, I was able to get \TeXLive\...\texmf.cnf configured to read the
\ConTeXt tree, but I was not able to get \ConTeXt\...\texmf.cnf to be able to
read the \TeXLive tree. Any idea why?
Many many thnx to Hans for all his hard work; I look forward to a reliable
ConTeXt:-)))
Best
Idris
============================
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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