On Sat, 8 Jun 2013 22:02:35 +0200 luigi scarso wrote:

On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 8:45 PM, john Culleton wrote:

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After fiddling with some unrelated issues involving a python program called makehuman my well behaved context mkiv job is acting up. It finds all kinds of unrelated modules but no longer can find the OTF fonts I use in /usr/share/fonts/OTF.

here is a brief sample of some of the output I get now: --------------------------------------------------- kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/wavelet.xml" in xdgdata-mime kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/x-ogm+ogg.xml" in xdgdata-mime kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/x-anim.xml" in xdgdata-mime kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/ogg.xml" in xdgdata-mime kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/x-ms-wmp.xml" in xdgdata-mime kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/mp4.xml" in xdgdata-mime kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/vnd.rn-realvideo.xml" in xdgdata-mime kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/x-matroska.xml" in xdgdata-mime kbuildsycoca4(2398) KBuildSycoca::createEntry: modified: "video/mp2t.xml" in xdgdata-mime ---------------------------------------

no cluecontext

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I have added some python things. Does MKIV use python in any way?

no, as far I know.

The directory is not a standard one, so I presume you have modified some variables. What does mtxrun --variables say ?

Maybe you have forgotten mtxrun --generate

I solved the wierd messages by a brute force method. I created a fresh slackware partition and whatever I did wrong was eliminated. Now, down to the fonts; the directory /usr/share/fonts and its subdirectories is a standard place to put fonts on a Linux system. Most of my other programs (Inkscape, Scribus) find those fonts without difficulty. I checked my permissions in that directory and subdirectories and they are not restrictive. I will link those fonts to a directory that Context searches. I just wonder why it worked before and not now. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

On Sun, 9 Jun 2013 14:41:50 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

Am 09.06.2013 um 14:24 schrieb john Culleton :

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I solved the wierd messages by a brute force method. I created a fresh slackware partition and whatever I did wrong was eliminated. Now, down to the fonts; the directory /usr/share/fonts and its subdirectories is a standard place to put fonts on a Linux system. Most of my other programs (Inkscape, Scribus) find those fonts without difficulty. I checked my permissions in that directory and subdirectories and they are not restrictive. I will link those fonts to a directory that Context searches. I just wonder why it worked before and not now.

You have set the directories with the OSFONTDIR variable: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX#Building_the_font_database

Wolfgang

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That worked! still don't know why I lost access to those fonts but no matter. And after some mtxrun executions the weird messages went away too. So I can revert to my original partition which saves a lot of labor. Most sincere thanks to all who answered. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html