Hi Jean, Your example works here... I'm not a font guru but it is maybe more interesting for you to use type1 fonts. Depending on which linux distro you use, you have to tell tetex to use type1. On my debian testing box, I have uncommented "Map lm.map" in /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10tetex-base.cfg and sudo update-updmap (as I remember...). I'm not sure this will solve your problem but you can try anyway since IMHO, it's better to have type1 fonts instead of bitmap... Moreover, if you want correct language settings for french, you should better write: \setupoutput[pdf] \useencoding[ffr] \mainlanguage[fr] \starttext àéèçù \oe \"a \stoptext Cordialement ;) Renaud Jean Magnan de Bornier a écrit :

Hi all, On a fresh installed done following (very exactly)

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TeTeX_3.0_installation,

I get the following message with this : ............................. \starttext àéèçù \oe \"a \stoptext .............................

kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 ec-lmr12 mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr12. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. xdvi: Can't find pixel font ec-lmr12; using cmr10 instead at 600 dpi. xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 224 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 233 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 232 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 231 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 249 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 247 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 228 not defined in font cmr10

Something's obviously missing in my install ... but what? tia

22->2:3 us->ec:ec->23->2:3 agr->agr:agr->24->2:3 da->ec:ec->25->2:3 sv->ec:ec- 26->2:3 af->ec:ec->27->2:3 no->ec:ec->28->2:3 deo->ec:ec->29->2:3 es->ec:ec->3 0->2:3 ca->ec:ec->31->2:3 la->ec:ec->32->2:3 ro->ec:ec->33->2:3

Sorry for my first post, I have misunderstood the problem... I have checked your example with texexec --dvi + viewing it in xdvi: no problem at all... The complete log to see what happened: _______________________________________________________ renaud@rescue:~/ConTeXt/temp$ texexec --dvi test TeXExec | processing document 'test' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file test.top TeXExec | tex engine: pdfetex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en TeXExec | progname: context This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.6-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) \write18 enabled. (/home/renaud/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./test.tex ConTeXt ver: 2006.05.18 20:03 fmt: 2006.5.23 int: english mes: english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/home/renaud/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex color : palette rollover is available ) system : cont-old loaded (/home/renaud/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/home/renaud/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (/home/renaud/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex (/home/renaud/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/home/renaud/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/home/renaud/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/home/renaud/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/home/renaud/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/home/renaud/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/home/renaud/texmf/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns nl->texnansi:texnansi->1->2:3 nl->ec:ec->2->2:3 fr-> texnansi:texnansi->3->2:3 fr->ec:ec->4->2:3 de->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 de->e c:ec->6->2:3 it->texnansi:texnansi->7->2:3 it->ec:ec->8->2:3 pt->texnansi:texna nsi->9->2:3 pt->ec:ec->10->2:3 hr->ec:ec->11->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->12->2:3 pl->ec:e c->13->2:3 pl->qx:qx->14->2:3 cz->il2:il2->15->2:3 cz->ec:ec->16->2:3 sk->il2:i l2->17->2:3 sk->ec:ec->18->2:3 sl->ec:ec->19->2:3 en->ec:ec->21->2:3 uk->ec:ec- tr->ec:ec->34-> 2:3 fi->ec:ec->36->2:3 hu->ec:ec->37->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : test.top loaded (./test.top specials : loading definition file dvi (/home/renaud/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-dvi.tex) specials : tex loaded specials : loading definition file ps (/home/renaud/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-ps.tex) specials : tex,postscript loaded specials : loading definition file tr (/home/renaud/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-tr.tex) specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded ) systems : system commands are enabled (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) systems : begin file test at line 5 fonts : resetting map file list fonts : using map file: original-base fonts : using map file: ec-public-lm fonts : using map file: ec-base fonts : using map file: 8r-base fonts : using map file: t5-base fonts : using map file: original-ams-base fonts : using map file: original-public-lm [1.1] systems : end file test at line 8 ) Output written on test.dvi (1 page, 396 bytes). Transcript written on test.log. TeXUtil | parsing file test.tui TeXUtil | shortcuts : 0 TeXUtil | expansions: 0 TeXUtil | reductions: 0 TeXUtil | divisions : 0 TeXUtil | loaded files: 1 TeXUtil | commands: 17 TeXUtil | programs: 0 TeXUtil | tuo file saved This is dvips(k) 5.95a Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) ' TeX output 2006.05.31:1339' -> test.ps . [1] TeXExec | runtime: 0.805801 _______________________________________________________ xdvi does't complain about pk fonts at all... but I cannot say more about xdvi since I don't use it... I've just found that http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/t1mapper.1.html => xdvi can use t1 fonts ;) Hans Hagen a écrit :

Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote:

...

Hi all, On a fresh installed done following (very exactly)

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TeTeX_3.0_installation,

I get the following message with this : ............................. \starttext ����� \oe \"a \stoptext .............................

kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 ec-lmr12 mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr12. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. xdvi: Can't find pixel font ec-lmr12; using cmr10 instead at 600 dpi. xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 224 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 233 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 232 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 231 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 249 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 247 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 228 not defined in font cmr10

Something's obviously missing in my install ... but what? tia

i dunno where xdvi gets its info from, but it should use latin modern instead of cmr but then, there are no mf sources of latin modern; can xdvi use type 1 fonts?

(is there a reason why you use xdvi?)

Hans

Can you upload the pdf on a website (instead of the ML)? IMHO, problems with accentuated chars can come from the use of heterogeneous encodings (emacs unicode + context ec for example as I experienced). Check the encoding of your input file with "file test.tex", if you get something like "ISO-8859 text" and you use ec or texnansi in cont-sys.tex, the problem is not encoding-related. ... It can help if you send the output messages of texexec... Jean Magnan de Bornier a écrit :

(just a viewer for dvi files, does it matter?)

Well, since the first post I ran updmap-sys, and then suddenly the dvi file is as expected; but with the pdf option I get something unexpected: instead of blank for accented letters (when I posted first) there are now sometimes other characters than those I type (I'll send the pdf file if it can help).

Thanks Renaud and Hans,

There is apparently a big problem in your installation but you already known that... I have not used http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TeTeX_3.0_installation since I use debian (apt-get rules). Consequently, we are on the bounds of my knowledge on this problem... I assume you need LaTeX (like me :( ), if this is wrong, you'd better use the standalone ConTeXt for linux. If you are on debian, I know that http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Debian_installation works very well (+some tricks with updmap to use t1 fonts)... Reinstallation is the worst case, so maybe a ConTeXt guru can help... Sorry... Jean Magnan de Bornier a écrit :

Le 31 mai à 14:30:33 Jean Magnan de Bornier écrit notamment:

| but with the pdf option I get something unexpected:

And here's what texexec says about that: .......................... Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `fmvr8x': font file missing

Same message for:

`xycmat11' `xycmbt11' `xyeuat11' `xyeubt11' `xycmat12' `xycmbt12' `xyeuat12' `xyeubt12' ..........................

Also missing, from /original-ams-base.map): `lcircle10' `lcirclew10'

Also missing, from `cmbsy6' `cmbsy8' `cmbsy9' `cmex7' `cmex8' `cmex9' `cmmib6' `cmmib8' `cmmib9'

So, what could/should I do? (you have noticed I understand nothing to fonts, haven't you?) tia,

Le 31 mai à 19:09:41 nico écrit notamment: | On Wed, 31 May 2006 15:21:15 +0200, Jean Magnan de Bornier | wrote:

| > Le 31 mai à 14:30:33 Jean Magnan de Bornier écrit | > notamment: | > | > | but with the pdf option I get something unexpected: | > | > And here's what texexec says about that: | > .......................... | > Warning: pdfetex (file | > /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con | > text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `fmvr8x': font file missing

| I had the same trouble. As Hans said:

| your texmf.cnf file should contain:

| TEXFONTMAPS = | .;$TEXMF/fonts/map/{$progname,pdftex,dvips,}//;$TEXMF/{$progname,pdftex,dvips}/{config,}//

| Maybe something should be written on wiki about these dvipdfm font | troubles that cover many threads now. [...] Yes, that was it, thanks a lot!! You're quite right about putting this in the howto, it should be done, and maybe also add something about the files texexec.ini and cont-sys.tex. Renaud: I looked at the page about a debian install, it should be easy to adapt this to other distros, like gentoo for instance which has up to date tetex versions. Thx to all -- Jean

Le 31 mai à 23:51:44 Renaud AUBIN écrit notamment: | I don't know well gentoo but I believe that this distro is based on | debian stable => tetex 2 Hmm, no: gentoo is distro where every package is optimally *compiled* by your machine, and tetex version right now is " 3.0_p1-r3" cheers -- Jean

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

On Jun 1, 2006, at 5:52 AM, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote:

That's not quite right: if you run the stable gentoo branch, you get version 2.0.2-r8.

As we have seen in BachoTeX this year, for ConTeXt users this is simply worthless. Taco

On Jun 1, 2006, at 11:15 AM, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote:

Yes, there has been an interesting piece of information on this point:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/38615

Thanks, that was a very interesting read! Personally, if it weren't for the really bad tex installation, I would favor gentoo over most other linux distros I have tried (the new SUSE 10.1 is a disaster, IMHO), so this sounds really exciting. I sure hope they'll figure out a way to compile binaries for ppc, which is not one of the default architectures for TeXLive. Best Thomas

Le 01 juin à 13:44:33 Hans Hagen écrit notamment: [...]

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...

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/38615

Thanks, that was a very interesting read! Personally, if it weren't for the really bad tex installation, I would favor gentoo over most other linux distros I have tried (the new SUSE 10.1 is a disaster,

hm, i could install 10.1 ok here (but i never take tex's from linux distributions; one can always download tex live, so i actually wonder why there are derived tex distributions in linxu anyway)

Does this mean you would recommend TeXLive as a basis for ConTeXt (and if so, how)? -- jean

On 6/1/06, Hans Hagen wrote:

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

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Thanks, that was a very interesting read! Personally, if it weren't for the really bad tex installation, I would favor gentoo over most other linux distros I have tried (the new SUSE 10.1 is a disaster,

hm, i could install 10.1 ok here (but i never take tex's from linux distributions; one can always download tex live, so i actually wonder why there are derived tex distributions in linxu anyway)

Many packages need TeX for their documentation. For that you want a compact, stable, very robust TeX package with support for many languages. Red Hat uses teTeX (with Japanese support, e.g., ptex added). Distros will want all the libraries dynamically linked to save space and so that security updates to thinks like libpng and libtiff don't require new TeX binaries. Distros will want to use the Type1 fonts from the system for space and because they have added glyphs for more languages. -- George N. White III Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia