[Linux] font name database

Alan Stone

20 Sep 2008 20 Sep '08

8:04 p.m.

Hi, I'm trying to get the list of currently known fonts through mtxrun --script fonts --list under SciTE/Ubuntu and get the following message ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua:278: attempt to index field 'data' (a nil value) What's that ? -- Best, Alan

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Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy * ConTeXt ver: 2008.09.16 19:49 MKIV fmt: 2008.9.20 int: english/english * texexec --lua foo Windows XP Home SP3 * ConTeXt ver: 2008.09.16 19:49 MKIV fmt: 2008.9.20 int: english/english * texmfstart texexec --lua foo

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Hans Hagen

21 Sep 21 Sep

6:04 p.m.

Alan Stone wrote:

...

Hi,

I'm trying to get the list of currently known fonts through

mtxrun --script fonts --list

under SciTE/Ubuntu and get the following message

....text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua:278: attempt to index field 'data' (a nil value)

What's that ?

probably a failure to either save or load the database; could be anything; is there a names.tma in the cache? i'll add an error message ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

Alan Stone

10:43 p.m.

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Hans Hagen  wrote:
> Alan Stone wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to get the list of currently known fonts through
>>
>> mtxrun --script fonts --list
>>
>> under SciTE/Ubuntu and get the following message
>>
>> ....text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua:278: attempt
>> to index field 'data' (a nil value)
>>
>> What's that ?
>
> probably a failure to either save or load the database; could be
> anything; is there a names.tma in the cache?
>
> i'll add an error message

no *.tma files in /opt/context

-- 
Best,
Alan

> Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Desktop
   * ConTeXt  ver: 2008.09.16 19:49 MKIV  fmt: 2008.9.20  int:
english/english  (ConTeXt minimals installation)
   * texexec --lua foo
> Windows XP Home SP3
   * ConTeXt  ver: 2008.09.16 19:49 MKIV fmt: 2008.9.20  int:
english/english (ConTeXt minimals installation)
   * texmfstart texexec --lua foo

Hans Hagen

10:49 p.m.

Alan Stone wrote:

...

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

...
...
Hi,

I'm trying to get the list of currently known fonts through

mtxrun --script fonts --list

under SciTE/Ubuntu and get the following message

....text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua:278: attempt to index field 'data' (a nil value)

What's that ?

Alan Stone wrote: probably a failure to either save or load the database; could be anything; is there a names.tma in the cache?

i'll add an error message

no *.tma files in /opt/context

should be in the cache path, for instance on my machine ... Directory of c:\temp\luatex-cache\context\3addaf6083634dad22ef3141c83e8289\fonts\data 17-09-2008 15:31 <DIR> . 17-09-2008 15:31 <DIR> .. 17-09-2008 15:31 241.315 names.tma 17-09-2008 15:31 268.061 names.tmc you can locate the cach epath woth luatools --verbose --generate ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

Alan Stone

22 Sep 22 Sep

7:38 a.m.

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Hans Hagen  wrote:
>> no *.tma files in /opt/context
>
> should be in the cache path, for instance on my machine ...
>
>  Directory of
> c:\temp\luatex-cache\context\3addaf6083634dad22ef3141c83e8289\fonts\data
>
> 17-09-2008  15:31              .
> 17-09-2008  15:31              ..
> 17-09-2008  15:31           241.315 names.tma
> 17-09-2008  15:31           268.061 names.tmc
>
> you can locate the cach epath woth
>
> luatools --verbose --generate

Did luatools --verbose --generate, then searched for *.tma, then names
in /opt/context and the only one found was contextnames.txt

Then ran mtxrun --script fonts --list again and now there's names.tma
and names.tmc.

Thanks.

-- 
Best,
Alan

> Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron (Desktop)
 * ConTeXt ver: 2008.09.16 19:49 MKIV fmt: 2008.9.20 int:
english/english (ConTeXt minimals installation)
 * texexec --lua foo
> Windows XP Home SP3
 * ConTeXt ver: 2008.09.16 19:49 MKIV fmt: 2008.9.20 int:
english/english (ConTeXt minimals installation)
 * texmfstart texexec --lua foo

Alan Stone

3:25 p.m.

I copied some Windows ttf fonts to /opt/context/tex/texmf/fonts/truetype then did context --generate context --make mtxrun --script fonts --list and the ttf fonts don't appear in the fonts db list. What's missing ? By the way, what's the difference between... - context --generate generate file database etc. - luatools --generate generate file database -- Best, Alan * Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron (Desktop) * ConTeXt ver: 2008.09.16 19:49 MKIV fmt: 2008.9.20 int: english/english (ConTeXt minimals installation) * texexec --lua foo

Hans Hagen

5:04 p.m.

Alan Stone wrote: mtxrun --script fonts --reload

...

mtxrun --script fonts --list

Alan Stone

6:14 p.m.

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Hans Hagen  wrote:
> Alan Stone wrote:
>
> mtxrun --script fonts --reload

Thanks Hans.

I misunderstood what's mentioned in
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Running_Mark_IV#Font_name_database

-- 
Best,
Alan

> Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron (Desktop)
* ConTeXt ver: 2008.09.16 19:49 MKIV fmt: 2008.9.20 int: english/english
(ConTeXt minimals installation)
* texexec --lua foo

Alan Stone

21 Sep 21 Sep

11:03 p.m.

correction: no *.tma files in /opt/context subfolders

-- 
Best,
Alan

> Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron (Desktop)
 * ConTeXt ver: 2008.09.16 19:49 MKIV fmt: 2008.9.20 int:
english/english (ConTeXt minimals installation)
 * texexec --lua foo
> Windows XP Home SP3
 * ConTeXt ver: 2008.09.16 19:49 MKIV fmt: 2008.9.20 int:
english/english (ConTeXt minimals installation)
 * texmfstart texexec --lua foo

Piotr Kopszak

10:23 p.m.

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 08:04:46PM +0200, Alan Stone wrote:

...

Hi,

I'm trying to get the list of currently known fonts through

mtxrun --script fonts --list

under SciTE/Ubuntu and get the following message

..text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua:278: attempt to index field 'data' (a nil value)

What's that ?

-- Best, Alan

Are you using Minimals or Ubuntu installation of ConTeXt? Piotr -- Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D. Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw kle ---------------------------> http://okle.pl http://www.magnatune.com/artists/altri_stromenti

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