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From: "Mojca Miklavec" <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com>
To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: SciTE under Windows and Metapost
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:16:41 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6faad9f00709290216p3a443d90l20c81daa2518463a@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46FDFD50.5080701@wxs.nl>

On 9/29/07, Hans Hagen wrote:
> Michal Kvasnička wrote:
>
> > P.S. Hans, would it be possible to add the Metafont into the minimal
> > distribution? I like it so much I'd like to make it my major distribution
> > even in Linux, but I need the Metafont since from time to time I still use
> > some bitmapped font (like Concrete Math). Many thanks.
>
> only the binary i assume? you also have to convince mojca, the minimal
> gardener

I don't have time during the weekend and in the following days (I need
to go now), but that should not be a problem.
The goal of "ConTeXt minimals" is to be "as minimal as possible" but
if there will be a new system with a possibility to add binaries on
user's request (like modules/packages with rsync), adding metafont
should not be a problem.

What exactly is needed for metafont? "locate" returns me these:

% is that a format which needs to be generated automatically, like cont-en.fmt?
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local/web2c/metafont/mf.base

% probably all are needed
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/base/expr.mf
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/base/io.mf
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/base/mf.mf
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/base/null.mf
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/base/plain.mf

% no idea about those, but the priority is *not* to add what is not needed
% rather than adding anything that could be useful in theory
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/config/cmmf.ini
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/config/mf.ini

/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/mfpic/grafbase.mf

/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/misc/3test.mf
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/misc/6test.mf
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/misc/mode2dpi.mf
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/misc/mode2dpixy.mf
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/misc/modename.mf
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/misc/modes.mf
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/misc/ps2mfbas.mf
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/misc/rtest.mf
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/misc/test.mf
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/misc/waits.mf
/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive/metafont/misc/ztest.mf

Also:
- platform-specific binary
- mf.pool

Which ones are (not) needed? Did I forget anything? Some binaries?

The manual lists some other programs. What are those? Which ones could
theoretically be needed?
    gftopk(1), gftodvi(1), gftype(1), mft(1), pltotf(1), tftopl(1)

However, my next question before you ask it: you're probably going to
request that some fonts need to be added, right?

Mojca

PS before anyone alse asks it: no, if you want to use LaTeX, use some
other distribution instead
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-09-29  9:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-29  1:16 Michal Kvasnička
2007-09-29  7:22 ` Hans Hagen
2007-09-29  9:16   ` Mojca Miklavec [this message]
2007-09-29 13:53     ` Michal Kvasnička
2007-09-29 13:46   ` Michal Kvasnička

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