Bug#351525: dvipdfmx: how to properly implement map files support for dvipdfmx

2006-02-11 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Hi, > >> > > I've told the dvipdfmx people, that some programs from dvipdfm are > > missing, like ebb. I didn't got an answer until now: i.e. if it will > > be implemented or if it is available as dvipdfmx command line switch > > or else. > > I am confident that ebb doesn't need any special "ebb

Bug#351525: dvipdfmx: how to properly implement map files support for dvipdfmx

2006-02-07 Thread Frank Küster
Ralf Stubner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course, all this is way beyond the scope of Debian packaging. Which is why I suggested in my first post to bring together dvipdfmx and texlive (i.e. updmap's) upstream developers. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein F

Bug#351525: dvipdfmx: how to properly implement map files support for dvipdfmx

2006-02-07 Thread Ralf Stubner
Frank Küster wrote: > Why not simply extend this behavior to not include lines for fonts that > have this "how-to-generate-slanted" feature, or instead to keep only the > information for the base font? I thought updmap supports the different slanting syntax of different drivers, but this seems no

Bug#351525: dvipdfmx: how to properly implement map files support for dvipdfmx

2006-02-07 Thread Frank Küster
Hilmar Preusse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 07.02.06 Frank Küster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> "A Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > >> > If updmap-sys is used to for such fonts, it MUST NOT modify the >> > map file of dvipdfm because dvipdfmx also read it. >> >> Therefore it would mak

Bug#351525: dvipdfmx: how to properly implement map files support for dvipdfmx

2006-02-07 Thread Hilmar Preusse
On 07.02.06 Frank Küster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > "A Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, > > If updmap-sys is used to for such fonts, it MUST NOT modify the > > map file of dvipdfm because dvipdfmx also read it. > > Therefore it would make things much easier if upstream (i.e. the > TeXlive p

Bug#351525: dvipdfmx: how to properly implement map files support for dvipdfmx

2006-02-07 Thread Frank Küster
"A Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If updmap-sys is used to for such fonts, it MUST NOT modify the map file of > dvipdfm because dvipdfmx also read it. Therefore it would make things much easier if upstream (i.e. the TeXlive people and Thomas Esser) would decide to drop the unmaintained dvipdf

Bug#351525: dvipdfmx: how to properly implement map files support for dvipdfmx

2006-02-06 Thread A Lee
> > 1. updmap-sys should handle dvipdfmx map files > > (can't it do that? I need confirmation on this) > > It has no special treatment for dvipdfmx, and therefore it cannot handle > the entries with @ properly. We would need a different output file for > dvipdfmx and a special treatment of the

Bug#351525: dvipdfmx: how to properly implement map files support for dvipdfmx

2006-02-06 Thread Frank Küster
Junichi Uekawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The ideal situation is: > > 1. updmap-sys should handle dvipdfmx map files > (can't it do that? I need confirmation on this) It has no special treatment for dvipdfmx, and therefore it cannot handle the entries with @ properly. We would need a differ

Bug#351525: dvipdfmx: how to properly implement map files support for dvipdfmx

2006-02-05 Thread A Lee
> 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/ I think update-dvipdfmx have to create /etc/texmf/dvipdfm/dvipdfmx.cfg file by merging configuration file

Bug#351525: dvipdfmx: how to properly implement map files support for dvipdfmx

2006-02-05 Thread A Lee
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 prov

Bug#351525: dvipdfmx: how to properly implement map files support for dvipdfmx

2006-02-05 Thread Junichi Uekawa
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 ad