> you are right that this happens for private .mf files.
> But in the case that I cannot put my .mf files in the
> system tree as a ordinary user it would be nice to be
> able to create the .tfm and .pk files in a certain
> directory (not necessarily the working directory; may
> be in the usual $VARTEXFONTS directory - it does not
> really disturb other users, doesn't it).
> How can I do this?
You can set environment variables to override nearly everything.
MT_DESTROOT the "root" of the directory tree, e.g. /some/texmf/fonts,
but you can even set it to '$VARTEXFONTS'
MT_PKDESTDIR destdir for pk fonts, e.g. '/my/pk/$MT_NAMEPART'
Just look at the variables in texmf/web2c/mktexnam.
Examples:
setenv MT_DESTROOT '$VARTEXFONTS' # csh, tcsh, ...
MT_DESTROOT='$VARTEXFONTS'; export MT_DESTROOT # sh, bash, ksh ...
Thomas
