Aargh! Font problems again: after not using ConTeXt for a while, I installed the December 6 package today, generated formats, copied cont-sys.rme and texexec.rme, and so on. Since I recently upgraded my teTeX installation, I also edited pdftex.cfg, adding a bunch of map +foo lines--though I guess that's not strictly necessary, since I have \autoloadmapfilestrue in cont-sys.tex. All my fonts and typescripts are in the same places they were before, and it seems they are being found; however, pdfetex seems to be unable to use regular TeX fonts (e.g. Computer Modern) because it can't find the map files installed by ConTeXt. There are a number error messages that look like this (representing all the ConTeXt map files, I think): Warning: pdfetex (file original-public-vnr.map): \ cannot open font map file The files exist and are world-readable, so the above must mean that pdfetex just can't find them. Now, I did one important thing differently from before: I installed ConTeXt under $TEXMFLOCAL, which on my system is /usr/local/share/texmf. So the map files in question are in /usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ And I *think* my texmf.cnf is set up correctly: TEXMFLOCAL = /usr/local/share/texmf TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN} TEXFONTMAPS = .;$TEXMF/fontname;$TEXMF/fonts/map// % also TEXFONTMAPS.pdftex and TEXFONTMAPS.pdfetex w/ same values TEXINPUTS.pdftex = .;$TEXMF/{pdftex,tex}/{plain,generic,context,}// TEXINPUTS.pdfetex = \ .;$TEXMF/{pdfetex,pdftex,etex,tex}/{plain,generic,context,}// TEXINPUTS.context = \ .;$TEXMF/{pdftex,etex,tex}/{context,plain,generic,}// ... and so on. So, anyone have an idea what I might have missed? -- Matt Gushee Englewood, CO, USA
Hello Matt, make sure you got your cont-sys. updated. Also have a look at http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.tetex.general (the tetex mailing list archive). I had font problems, too, although different ones. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net
Patrick Gundlach wrote:
make sure you got your cont-sys. updated.
If by that you mean simply installing the latest version, I'm pretty sure I did--since I ripped out all the context/ directories under /usr/share/texmf (which is where I had always installed ConTeXt before) and installed the latest package under /usr/local/share/texmf. But I'll double-check it. Do you happen to know the date of the correct version?
Also have a look at http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.tetex.general (the tetex mailing list archive). I had font problems, too, although different ones.
Do you mean your exchange with Thomas Esser near the top of the list? Anyway, thanks. -- Matt Gushee Englewood, CO, USA
Hello Matt,
make sure you got your cont-sys. updated.
If by that you mean simply installing the latest version, I'm pretty sure I did--since I ripped out all the context/ directories under /usr/share/texmf (which is where I had always installed ConTeXt before) and installed the latest package under /usr/local/share/texmf.
The cont-sys.tex is not installed by default. You have to copy cont-sys.ori or cont-sys.rme to cont-sys.tex.
But I'll double-check it. Do you happen to know the date of the correct version?
well, I use the one from tetex: /opt/tetex/20041128/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme except for: \usetypescript[adobekb] [\defaultencoding] \setupoutput[pdftex] \pdfoptionpdfminorversion=4 in my cont-sys.tex.
Also have a look at http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.tetex.general (the tetex mailing list archive). I had font problems, too, although different ones.
Do you mean your exchange with Thomas Esser near the top of the list?
Right. I think it was named something like "tetex issues". Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net
Patrick Gundlach wrote:
The cont-sys.tex is not installed by default. You have to copy cont-sys.ori or cont-sys.rme to cont-sys.tex.
Yes, I know that. Of course, I could have forgotten, but I didn't this time: $ find /usr/local/share/texmf -name cont-sys.tex /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-sys.tex $ kpsewhich cont-sys.tex /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-sys.tex $ grep mapfiles /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-sys.tex \autoloadmapfilestrue % \resetmapfiles \usetypescript [map] [base] [all] \resetmapfiles So, unfortunately, the answer is not quite that simple. I notice in your post on the teTeX list that your cont-sys.tex explicitly loads a couple of map files. At first glance that doesn't seem related, but do you think it might be? You know, I have a feeling this is really a problem with pdftex--either an error in my texmf.cnf or a software bug. I have previously had problems with pdftex failing to find resources in $TEXMFLOCAL; in the past I have worked around this by moving files into $TEXMFMAIN, but I want to avoid that if at all possible--I use the teTeX package from my Linux distribution, and I'm tired of having my changes overwritten every time I upgrade. So, I appreciate your help so far. Still looking for a solution ... -- Matt Gushee Englewood, CO, USA
Matt Gushee wrote:
Warning: pdfetex (file original-public-vnr.map): \ cannot open font map file
The files exist and are world-readable, so the above must mean that pdfetex just can't find them.
Thomas Esser has explained that pdfetex uses $TEXPSHEADERS (or maybe $PSHEADERS) as the search path for map files. So I added $TEXMF/fonts/map// to TEXPSHEADERS in my texmf.cnf, and now everything works fine. It seems a little strange that pdf(e)tex doesn't use TEXFONTMAPS. Maybe it will in the future? Perhaps Hans can comment on that. Thanks to all. -- Matt Gushee Englewood, CO, USA
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