Re: fonts / proposal

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 11:22 AM 8/6/2001 +0200, siep@elvenkind.com wrote:

>For me, it is a frequent source of confusion when Context does things
>its own way. Filesearching deviating from kpsewhich filesearch was one
>example; mapfile loading different from what dvips and pdftex do on
>their own would be another.

actually, file searching is not that different, since the only filetype 
supported by kpsewhich in tex itself are "tex" and "tfm"; i only block 
system wide searches for certain cases by forcing local searches, an dmost 
can be configured; global searches screw up any project with similar file 
names; context is meant for usage is highly structered projects' if you 
refer to figure inclusion, well this is messy anyway between tex's and apps -)

concerning map files: dvips and pdftex already live in a world on their 
own, also, mapfiles can be highly conflicting [try to include a pdf graphic 
while using the default pdfonts.map and there is a reasonable change that 
you run into troubles due to naming conflicts]; also, many fonts in the map 
files are either not on any system, or in different names, etc etc. 
Actually, pdftex should be capable of using a format specific cfg file.

I try to adapt as much as possible to anything standard, but esp with 
regards to fonts, less is standardized that one wishes, and i want once and 
for all to get rid of missing glyphs depending on what cd i mounted.

Actually, it would already help a lot if mapfiles would be structured, 
properly named, etc

Hans
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