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On 2003-11-09 23:22:47 +0100, Hartmut Henkel wrote:
With the patch, there are now the following options:
* \pdfmapfile(mapfile.map) starts fresh map set (only at start).
* \pdfmapfile(+mapfile.map) appends map, warns about duplicate entries and then ignores them.
New:
* \pdfmapfile(++mapfile.map) replaces former map line entries for all matching fonts, which are not yet in use.
I remember a syntax we discussed in Bremen with + and - ... I suggest replacing "++" with "=" -- this should also be easier to parse.
In principle, it should also be possible with a little work (but not implemented yet) to say \pdfmapfile{-mapfile.map}, which would _remove_ all entries matching those in this file, if not already in use. Any application for this? Also possible (but not yet implemented) should be something like:
\pdfmapfile{*++phvr8r Helvetica-Down "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont"...}
Any need for such a direct map-line registering?
I'm sure Hans or Heiko would love this as you could then generate your font mappings via TeX programming on the fly. :-)
You find a .tgz-file with the experimental patch (mostly diffs) at:
http://www.circuitwizard.de/pdftex/patch2/pdftex-avlpatch2-20031109.tgz
Small print: This is an experimental patch, in a rather early phase, and buggy. No warranty whatsoever! It just happens to run over the few test files I have here :-) Much more testing is needed. Particularily dark corners are extended fonts...
Anyway, my current feeling is, that these AVL-trees would really help in quite a few corners of pdftex, to improve organization, versatility, and speed.
Is there anybody out there who would like to help with debugging?
Hans and Heiko are the font experts. Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, ms@artcom-gmbh.de ArtCom GmbH, Lise-Meitner-Str 5, 28359 Bremen, Germany Voice +49 421 20419-44 / Fax +49 421 20419-10 http://www.artcom-gmbh.de