On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 09:57:28PM +0100, Magnus Ekdahl wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Re: [Texmacs-dev] Fonts in texmacs > > (Joris van der Hoeven) > ... > > >What version of TeXmacs? New versions should be shipped with > >the extra fonts package, so font generation should be less frequent. > > TeXmacs version 1.6.0(-1). I think this is not a bug in texmacs, but rather > a case where texmacs reveals a bug in mktexpk. While extra fonts solves the > problem from texmacs point of view, I will be extra happy if I can make > sure we fix the error in mktexpk also :)
Sure. > >Also, fonts are now generated in ~/.TeXmacs/fonts, because of > >problems with permissions on several systems. > > This behavior puzzles me, since you referred to redhat and fedora, which > should follow the file hierarchy standard. Do you remember what versions > that caused the problem? I think problems started with RedHat 7.3. The problem is that the place where newly generated fonts should be stored is only writeable for root. > >By the way, I recently saw TeXmacs 1.0.6 on some Debian system and > >it seemed that it did not depend on the extra-font package. > > We are investigating the how to package these fonts in a similar manner as > all the other programs in debian.[0] > > 0. > http://www.us.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-customized-programs.html#s11.8.5 > > >Ralf: do you already provide a Debian package for the extra fonts? > >You may also put them in TeXmacs-common. > > Ralf will be back from a vacation no earlier than 22/1. Meanwhile I > (comaintainer) am trying to work out how the fonts should be packaged. This > will greatly be helped if you can answer some questions :) > > Does TeXmacs in any way access type1 fonts through X protocol requests? No, never. I only rely on FreeType. > If yes: > Can you estimate what needs to be done with TeXmacs to make it use the > Type1 fonts without knowing where they are located? (i.e. sysadm should > have the freedom to put fonts at some remote location) The font selection and location problems should indeed be dealt with in a better way at a certain point, independently from the use of X/FreeType. > If no: (more non-intrusive, although perhaps uglier packaging) > Can write where the fonts are from, so we can estimate the probability > that some other program will access the same fonts through some X protocol > request in the future. All extra fonts were generated by myself from the .mf sources using the mftrace program. In the even larger Windows fonts package, I also copied the Bluesky and a few other fonts from TeTeX and MikTeX. Best wishes, Joris _______________________________________________ Texmacs-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/texmacs-dev
