On Jan 20, 2008, at 12:40 AM, Mojca Miklavec wrote:

On Jan 19, 2008 6:05 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

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Is anybody using XeTeX with the latest releases? Even the most basical "Hello World" document doesn't compile with this error (both stable and beta, regardless if the document actually uses Latin Modern or not). Any hints?

The new beta has been turned into stable slightly too soon. (Hans has added support for the new filenames of LM before they were even released - in LuaTeX there are synonyms, but XeTeX is "broken" at the moment if you don't have those fonts.)

If you have rsync on your computer, the fastest way to resolve the problems would be to call rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/current/fonts/new/ fonts/opentype/public/lm/ folder-with-otf-lm and then mktexlsr.

(XeLaTeX didn't even consider those changes, I'm affraid. It's a serious problem since the changes need to be synchronized, and I'm afraid of *many* XeTeX users complainig very soon ...)

But some new LM filenames are really weird (lmromanslant10-regular.otf and others). I hope that they will change at least a few of them to something more sensible (for the sake of compatibility the best thing to do would be not changing them at all). Size feature and some grouping has been added to all of these fonts, so the names/usage in GUI applications or in XeTeX (when called by name) will change as well.

Mojca

Thanks Mojca, that worked! Now that I have your attention, may I ask another question: a couple of months ago, I was wondering about using fonts that are NOT installed on the system but are in one of the texmf- trees. In typescripts, we have the "name:" and "file:" syntax; the latter works with these fonts but seems to have some limitations (I attach a reply Taco wrote). Has anything new developed on this question? What is the canonical way of using such fonts? Thanks a lot, and all best Thomas On Aug 2, 2007, at 4:24 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

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1. The syntax [name:Minion Pro\xetexcolon mapping=tex-text;+onum;] will only work for installed fonts, not for opentype fonts that are in the texmf-tree,

correct

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My experiments suggest that these can be found via the [file:<filename>] mechanism, but I can't append any "mapping" or other specials.

almost certainly correct.

While nearly everything (except the engine-options) is supported by XeTeX's low-level interface, I expect that context would interpret such a specification as if you were asking for the file "minionpro:mapping=tex-test.otf", and it would therefore generate the wrong low-level syntax.

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2. This syntax will go away soon, so it's no use spending time on experiments.

definately correct.

Best wishes, Taco

On Jan 20, 2008, at 5:45 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote:

Yes. See type-otf.tex:

\definefontsynonym [LMRoman10-Regular] [file:lmroman10-regular] [features=default]

features=default is defined in font-ini.tex:

\definefontfeature [default] [liga=yes,kern=yes,tlig=yes,trep=yes] % texligatures=yes,texquotes=yes

tlig=yes is than mapped to \remapfontfeature tlig yes mapping=tlig

Note that "mapping=tlig" replaces "mapping=tex-text" (maybe it might make sense to call it "mapping=tex-ligatures", I don't know which one sounds better), which replaces -- with endash, --- with emdash and ' with the proper apostrophe. The rest of sligtly weird "ligatures" from tex-text is not there.

Mojca

(I somehow still miss a sligtly more simple syntax for the whole typescript, but I have no idea what that could be.)

Thanks again, Mojca! I begin to understand how things work in XeTeX (but are still a bit lost when I get font errors; I have learnt to understand what they mean in traditional TeX and will have to understand them in XeTeX and luaTeX...). All best Thomas

On Jan 19, 2008 6:40 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote:

If you have rsync on your computer, the fastest way to resolve the problems would be to call rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/current/fonts/new/fonts/opentype/public/lm/ folder-with-otf-lm and then mktexlsr.

Sorry to dig out this old thread, but I too am having weird LM problems with a fresh TexLive install on a fresh Ubuntu Gutsy. I used the repository package, and updated ConTeXt (to 2008.02.01). That rsync command doesn't work, I get: rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(1385) [receiver=2.6.9] What else can I do? Thanks! Jeff

On Feb 13, 2008 4:41 AM, Jeff Smith wrote:

On Jan 19, 2008 6:40 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote:

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If you have rsync on your computer, the fastest way to resolve the problems would be to call rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/current/fonts/new/fonts/opentype/public/lm/ folder-with-otf-lm and then mktexlsr.

Sorry to dig out this old thread, but I too am having weird LM problems with a fresh TexLive install on a fresh Ubuntu Gutsy. I used the repository package, and updated ConTeXt (to 2008.02.01).

That rsync command doesn't work, I get:

The command needs to be in a single line (it has been broken in mail). So "folder-with-otf-lm" needs to stay in the same line (and you need to replace it with the actual folder). Mojca

On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 3:24 AM, Jeff Smith wrote:

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 7:10 AM, Mojca Miklavec wrote:

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The command needs to be in a single line (it has been broken in mail). So "folder-with-otf-lm" needs to stay in the same line (and you need to replace it with the actual folder).

OK -- now it compiles fine, although the log shows this:

** WARNING ** This .map file looks like a dvips format fontmap file. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: lmbsy5 LMMathSymbols5-BoldItalic "enclmmathsy ReEncodeFont"

Is that "normal", at least for the time being?

No, it's not (I mean: it's a common problem that needs to be fixed). You also need a few map files (which are part of TeX Live 2007, but maybe not part of you distribution). However - they're now part of LM fonts as well. You need the following four files in the proper location (TDS/fonts/map/dvipdfm/lm/): http://minimals.contextgarden.net/current/fonts/common/fonts/map/dvipdfm/lm/ (accessible through rsync as well)

Also, there is one of my document where I used the footnote set 2 (asterisk, dagger, etc.) and bulleted lists (with \startitemize \stopitemize). The glyphs are missing. What more can I do?

Need to check that, but it's quete possible that the symbol set assumes glyphs at certait texanansi positions, so it needs to be fixed for XeTeX and LuaTeX. Mojca