On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 11:31:28PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> Package: dvipdfmx
> Version: 1:20050831-0.2
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm opening a fresh bugreport.
> 
> I'd like to discuss how to properly implement support for multiple map
> files with dvipdfmx.  Current situation is :
> 
> 1. dvipdfmx provides cid-x.map file containing most of the basic info
> 
> 2. if other packages want to add new fonts to dvipdfmx, it writes to
> /etc/texmf/dvipdfm/fontmapsx file, which is not under dpkg control.
> (cf. ptex-jisfonts implementation.)
> 
> 
> The ideal situation is:
> 
> 1. updmap-sys should handle dvipdfmx map files 
>   (can't it do that? I need confirmation on this)

updmap-sys add configurations to dvips, pdftex, xdvi, ps2pk, gsftopk and
dvipdfm at a time. But most of them does not support CJK TrueType font.
The current version of updmap-sys can't handle dvipdfmx's map file.

> 2. have a directory of configuration files that dvipdfmx can
>    read. (doesn't it already do that? need to check)

No. It doesn't yet.

> 3. or failing that, implement update-dvipdfmx, which does something similar 
> to what ptex-jisfonts is trying to do. It should probably write to /var/lib/ 
> rather than /etc/texmf/dvipdfm/
> 
> 
> regards,
>       junichi
> -- 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED],netfort.gr.jp}   Debian Project
> 
> 

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