Re: Where to store typescripts ?

[Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>]

Am 04.06.2009 um 16:44 schrieb Nicolas Girard:

> Wow. Now, I'm lost -- and i still can't make it work anyway.
> Could you explain right from the start ?
>
> Let's assume (as it is the case on my system) that the Delicious fonts
> are properly installed *and* the font database knows about it.
> Let's assume context = LuaTeX mkiv
>
> Now,
>
> 1. if I want to create a typescript file supporting some XX fonts, do
> I need to name the file type-XX.some_extension, or is it only a
> convention and the file could also be named XX.some_extension or even
> whatever.some_extension ?

You can use <whatever>.tex for the name of the file but the convention  
is
to name it type-<whatever>.tex.

> 2. what should be the extension for mkiv ? .mkiv ? .tex ? Are both  
> allowed ?

You could write extra files to follow the different naming conventions
for XeTeX and LuaTeX and name the files type-<whatever>.mkii/mkiv and
load it in the type-<...>.tex file with \loadmarkfile{type-<...>}.

> 3. Assuming I properly install such
> http://bitbucket.org/wolfs/typescripts/src/7050bb6918bb/type-exljbris.mkiv
> file, should I load it using
>  \usetypescriptfile[type-exljbris]
> or
>  \usetypescriptfile[exljbris]
> ?

You load in your document type-exljbris.tex, the mkii/mkiv files are
loaded from type-exljbris.tex dependend what engine you use and never
by yourself.

> 4. What is the relationship between type-exljbris.mkiv and
> type-exljbris.tex ? Is type-exljbris.tex necessary when using mkiv ?

See above.

> 5. In order to install one or several typescript files, I should first
> copy them, either in
>    tex/texmf-fonts/tex/context/user
> or in
>    tex/texmf-project/tex/context/user
> right ?

Yes but I can create a package with all files you can the load from
the modules section or with the minimals updater.

> But then,
> what is it necessary to run ?
> - context --generate ?
> - mtxrun --script fonts --reload ?
> - both ?

When you saved the typescript files (tex + mkii/mkiv) in the above  
folder
call 'context --generate' to let ConTeXt know there are new files  
available.

The second command 'mtxrun --script fonts --reload' is used to let  
ConTeXt
look for new fonts but this normally happen by default when you request
a new font which is unknown to ConTeXt. The only case (I know at the  
moment)
when you need the command is when you have install a new font which  
has the
same name as a old one but a different file extension, did not happen  
very
often a few fonts are available in TT and OT format.

> 6. How comes ConTeXt can silently substitute my fonts, without even
> outputting any error message ?
> How to change this behaviour ?
> How to disable font substitution ?

This happens only when the font you requested is not available
or you try to load not existing typescripts.

Wolfgang

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