On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 3:22 AM, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:37:11 +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: >> David wrote: >>> On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:34:15 +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: >>> >>>> Andrea Valle wrote: >>>>> Hmm, with Luatex I can use system fonts like in XeTeX. Am I right? >>>> yes, if you set up OSFONTDIR >>> >>> >>> >>> I would like to set up OSFONTDIR, but I don't know how or where or when >>> to do so. I've tried setting it in my bash profile, and that seems to >>> have no effect. What is the correct procedure? (I'm on a Mac, if it >>> matters.) >> >> we can consider setting it up automatically but that can only be done >> when it's a stable location > > > Well, that would be excellent from my point of view, of course. But my > question is much more simple: I only want to know, where and when do I > type "OSFONTDIR=..."? > > I've read many times that in order to use it I need to "set it up", but > I actually don't know what "set it up" means in this situation. >
It's a system variable. Under Linux you can set it up in your /home/YOUR_NICKNAME/.bashrc file, adding : export OSFONTDIR=THE_PATH_TO_YOUR_FONT_DIR At the end of the file. There's certainly the same under Mac. Olivier. -- [Message tapé sur un clavier Bépo : http://www.clavier-dvorak.org ] Olivier [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nemolivier.blogspot.com ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
