From - Wed May 1 00:39:27 2002 Return-Path: Received: from nika.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu (nika.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu [137.229.94.16]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g3UMdGa93184 for ; Wed, 1 May 2002 00:39:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: by nika.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu (Postfix, from userid 1112) id DCC5C14115; Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:39:25 -0800 (AKDT) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:39:25 -0800 From: Christopher Swingley To: metafont@ens.fr Message-Id: <20020430223925.GA24146@iarc.uaf.edu> Mail-Followup-To: metafont@ens.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Url: [http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/] X-Editor: VIM 6.1 [http://www.vim.org] X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 535 Precedence: list Subject: [metafont] Metapost font problem Hello! I'm trying to use metapost to generate a figure which I will include in a TeX document to be run through pdftex. In order to do so, I need to convert the metapost figure that is generated into a PDF file. I use epstopdf for this, which (I believe) uses Ghostscript to perform the conversion. If I create a simple metapost file: beginfig(5); boxit.box(btex foobar etex); drawboxed(box); endfig; end and then do: $ mpost foo $ epstopdf foo.5 I get "Error: /undefined in cmr10" and a bunch more output from Ghostscript (AFPL 7.04). I've tried adding: prologues:=2; to the beginning of the metapost file, but when I do this, the font in the file (EPS and PDF) isn't Computer Modern Roman, but looks something like Courier. Do I have an installation problem? Is this not possible using metapost? Any other suggestions? Thanks, Chris -- Christopher S. Swingley phone: 907-474-2689 Computer Systems Manager email: cswingle@iarc.uaf.edu IARC -- Frontier Program GPG and PGP keys at my web page: University of Alaska Fairbanks www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle From - Wed May 1 01:33:06 2002 Return-Path: Received: from sphere.niddk.nih.gov (sphere.niddk.nih.gov [128.231.4.194]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g3UNWwa99722 for ; Wed, 1 May 2002 01:32:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from lipman@localhost) by sphere.niddk.nih.gov (8.10.2+Sun/8.10.2) id g3UNWvK10679 for metafont@ens.fr; Tue, 30 Apr 2002 19:32:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 19:32:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Everett Lipman Message-Id: <200204302332.g3UNWvK10679@sphere.niddk.nih.gov> To: metafont@ens.fr Subject: [metafont] Metapost font problem X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 536 Precedence: list Chris, You need to have dvips include the fonts for you. Try running this script on your output file. Everett Lipman #!/bin/sh # # mpps - add fonts to raw metapost output # # usage: mpps filename # # 2 September 1998 Everett Lipman # # This program is in the public domain. # TMPFILE="mpps$$" echo "" if [ "$1" = "" ] then echo "I need a filename, please." echo "" exit 1 fi if [ ! -f "${1}.1" ] then if [ ! -f "$1" ] then echo "${1}[.1]: file not found." echo "" exit 1 else filename="$1" fi else filename="${1}.1" fi vsize=`grep '%%BoundingBox:' $filename | awk '{print $5-$3}'` sed 's/^X//' << \EOF > $TMPFILE.tex X\nopagenumbers X\vbox to 10 true in X{ X\vss EOF echo "\special{psfile=$filename hoffset=-72}" >> $TMPFILE.tex sed 's/^X//' << \EOF >> $TMPFILE.tex X} X\end EOF tex $TMPFILE dvips -o $1.ps $TMPFILE rm -f $TMPFILE.* echo "" From - Wed May 1 16:03:11 2002 Return-Path: Received: from joshua.smcvt.edu (joshua.smcvt.edu [192.80.64.209]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g41E2xa97947 for ; Wed, 1 May 2002 16:02:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from jim@localhost) by joshua.smcvt.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA05545; Wed, 1 May 2002 10:02:38 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 10:02:38 -0400 Message-Id: <200205011402.KAA05545@joshua.smcvt.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: joshua.smcvt.edu: jim set sender to jim@joshua.smcvt.edu using -f From: Jim Hefferon To: cswingle@iarc.uaf.edu Cc: metafont@ens.fr In-Reply-To: <20020430223925.GA24146@iarc.uaf.edu> (message from Christopher Swingley on Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:39:25 -0800) Subject: Re: [metafont] Metapost font problem References: <20020430223925.GA24146@iarc.uaf.edu> X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 537 Precedence: list I'm trying to use metapost to generate a figure which I will include in a TeX document to be run through pdftex. In order to do so, I need to convert the metapost figure that is generated into a PDF file. Are you sure? Is there a reason why this \documentclass{article} \usepackage{graphics} \begin{document} Hello. \begin{center} \includegraphics{foo.mps} \end{center} Goodbye. \end{document} won't do for you, once you have renamed foo.5 to foo.mps? Jim Hefferon From - Wed May 1 17:02:22 2002 Return-Path: Received: from nika.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu (nika.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu [137.229.94.16]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g41F2Ea04400 for ; Wed, 1 May 2002 17:02:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: by nika.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu (Postfix, from userid 1112) id F0F3513E55; Wed, 1 May 2002 07:02:28 -0800 (AKDT) Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 07:02:28 -0800 From: Christopher Swingley To: metafont@ens.fr Subject: Re: [metafont] Metapost font problem Message-Id: <20020501150228.GB30766@iarc.uaf.edu> Mail-Followup-To: metafont@ens.fr References: <20020430223925.GA24146@iarc.uaf.edu> <200205011402.KAA05545@joshua.smcvt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200205011402.KAA05545@joshua.smcvt.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Url: [http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/] X-Editor: VIM 6.1 [http://www.vim.org] X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 538 Precedence: list * Jim Hefferon [2002-May-01 06:02 AKDT]: > I'm trying to use metapost to generate a figure which I will include > in a TeX document to be run through pdftex. In order to do so, I > need to convert the metapost figure that is generated into a PDF file. > > Are you sure? > > Is there a reason why this > > \documentclass{article} > \usepackage{graphics} > \begin{document} > Hello. > \begin{center} > \includegraphics{foo.mps} > \end{center} > Goodbye. > \end{document} > > won't do for you, once you have renamed foo.5 to foo.mps? The reason is that pdftex can't include PostScript -- all included figures need to be converted to PDF files: $ pdftex foo (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def))) [1{/usr/share/texmf /dvips/config/pdftex.map} Non-PDF special ignored!] ) It does produce a PDF file, but it doesn't contain the graphic. * Everett Lipman [2002-Apr-30 15:29 AKDT]: > You need to have dvips include the fonts for you. Try running this > script on your output file. Thanks for the script! It does work, but it doesn't help with PDF. For some reason converting the PostScript image that's produced to PDF results in a poor quality pixelated version of the font in the PDF file (as viewed on the screen), and when this graphic is embedded in a TeX document, run through pdftex, and printed, the text doesn't print at all. Chris -- Christopher S. Swingley phone: 907-474-2689 Computer Systems Manager email: cswingle@iarc.uaf.edu IARC -- Frontier Program GPG and PGP keys at my web page: University of Alaska Fairbanks www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle From - Wed May 1 17:23:26 2002 Return-Path: Received: from joshua.smcvt.edu (joshua.smcvt.edu [192.80.64.209]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g41FNCa07126 for ; Wed, 1 May 2002 17:23:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from jim@localhost) by joshua.smcvt.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA05964; Wed, 1 May 2002 11:23:01 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 11:23:01 -0400 Message-Id: <200205011523.LAA05964@joshua.smcvt.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: joshua.smcvt.edu: jim set sender to jim@joshua.smcvt.edu using -f From: Jim Hefferon To: cswingle@iarc.uaf.edu Cc: metafont@ens.fr In-Reply-To: <20020501150228.GB30766@iarc.uaf.edu> (message from Christopher Swingley on Wed, 1 May 2002 07:02:28 -0800) Subject: Re: [metafont] Metapost font problem References: <20020430223925.GA24146@iarc.uaf.edu> <200205011402.KAA05545@joshua.smcvt.edu> <20020501150228.GB30766@iarc.uaf.edu> X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 539 Precedence: list The reason is that pdftex can't include PostScript -- all included figures need to be converted to PDF files: $ pdftex foo (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def))) [1{/usr/share/texmf /dvips/config/pdftex.map} Non-PDF special ignored!] ) It does produce a PDF file, but it doesn't contain the graphic. I don't know what setup you have. I have a routine teTeX (the Unix distribution) on a Linux machine. This file test.mp ................................... verbatimtex %&latex \documentclass{book} \begin{document} etex input boxes; beginfig(5); %boxit.box(btex foobar etex); %drawboxed(box); pickup pencircle scaled 1pt; draw (0in,0in)--(1in,1in); endfig; end ............................... when run with `mpost test.mp' and followed by `cp test.5 test.mps' will produced a graphic that pdflatex knew what to do with. (I agree that pdflatex has to do something fancy with it, but it doesn't matter.) I ran test.tex ............................. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{graphics} \begin{document} Hello. \begin{center} \includegraphics{test.mps} \end{center} Goodbye. \end{document} .............................. with pdflatex it produced output that Adobe Reader rendered as including the graphic. Jim From - Wed May 1 18:25:11 2002 Return-Path: Received: from ptah.u.arizona.edu (ptah.u.Arizona.EDU [128.196.133.224]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g41GP0a14063 for ; Wed, 1 May 2002 18:25:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from mcquaid@localhost) by ptah.u.arizona.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.10.2) id g41GOjI22884; Wed, 1 May 2002 09:24:45 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 09:24:45 -0700 From: Mick McQuaid To: Jim Hefferon Cc: cswingle@iarc.uaf.edu, metafont@ens.fr Subject: Re: [metafont] Metapost font problem Message-Id: <20020501092445.A19973@U.Arizona.EDU> References: <20020430223925.GA24146@iarc.uaf.edu> <200205011402.KAA05545@joshua.smcvt.edu> <20020501150228.GB30766@iarc.uaf.edu> <200205011523.LAA05964@joshua.smcvt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200205011523.LAA05964@joshua.smcvt.edu>; from jim@joshua.smcvt.edu on Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:23:01AM -0400 X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 540 Precedence: list After I process a mp file, file.mp, it produces outputs like file.1, file.2, etc. I include each of these in a pdflatex doc using the macro convertMPtoPDF, which is defined in pdftex.def, and available in many packages, including graphics.sty, making it available to the poster below. Looking at the file pdftex.def, it looks like it is invoked automatically if I rename my metapost file with extension .mps, instead of .1, .2, .3, or whatever. Here is an example of how I invoke it manually, having first loaded a package, such as pdfscreen.sty, color.sty, or graphics.sty, that includes it: \begin{figure} \begin{center} \hfil\convertMPtoPDF{nixondiamonds.1}{1.00}{1.00}\hfil \end{center} \caption{part-whole and generalization relationships} \label{fig:marriage01} \end{figure} If I rename the metapost file to nixondiamonds.mps, I can say instead: \begin{figure} \begin{center} \hfil\includegraphics{nixondiamonds.mps}{1.00}{1.00}\hfil \end{center} \caption{part-whole and generalization relationships} \label{fig:marriage01} \end{figure} A possibly better alternative is to do what it says in m-metapo.tex. I quote a comment from that file here. I think it may solve some font problems, but have no more time to look at it today! %D An example of using this module is given below: %D %D \starttypen %D \documentclass[10pt]{article} %D %D \usepackage{graphicx} %D \usepackage{m-metapo} %D %D \begin{document} %D \includeMPgraphics{somefile.1} %D \includeMPgraphics[angle=90]{somefile.2} %D \end{document} %D \stoptypen %D %D This module needs \type {supp-mps} and \type %{supp-mis}, %D that both are present in the \CONTEXT\ path. %D %D Pleas do not forget to say \type {prologues:=2} %at the %D top of the metapost file! %D %D For non \LATEX\ (and \CONTEXT) users we provide %an %D alternative inclusion macro. This one has no %optional %D arguments. ... regarding a message from Jim Hefferon on May 01: > > The reason is that pdftex can't include PostScript -- all included > figures need to be converted to PDF files: > > $ pdftex foo > (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def))) > [1{/usr/share/texmf /dvips/config/pdftex.map} > Non-PDF special ignored!] ) > > It does produce a PDF file, but it doesn't contain the graphic. > > I don't know what setup you have. I have a routine teTeX (the Unix > distribution) on a Linux machine. This file test.mp > ................................... > verbatimtex > %&latex > \documentclass{book} > \begin{document} > etex > > input boxes; > > beginfig(5); > %boxit.box(btex foobar etex); > %drawboxed(box); > pickup pencircle scaled 1pt; > draw (0in,0in)--(1in,1in); > > endfig; > end > ............................... > when run with `mpost test.mp' and followed by `cp test.5 test.mps' > will produced a graphic that pdflatex knew what to do with. > (I agree that pdflatex has to do something fancy with it, but it > doesn't matter.) I ran test.tex > ............................. > \documentclass{article} > \usepackage{graphics} > \begin{document} > Hello. > \begin{center} > \includegraphics{test.mps} > \end{center} > Goodbye. > \end{document} > .............................. > with pdflatex it produced output that Adobe Reader rendered > as including the graphic. > > Jim > -- Mick McQuaid, mcquaid@u.arizona.edu 520-621-4074 office / voice mail From - Wed May 1 18:55:47 2002 Return-Path: Received: from nika.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu (nika.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu [137.229.94.16]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g41GtYa17196 for ; Wed, 1 May 2002 18:55:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: by nika.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu (Postfix, from userid 1112) id B5A9C13E55; Wed, 1 May 2002 08:55:46 -0800 (AKDT) Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 08:55:46 -0800 From: Christopher Swingley To: metafont@ens.fr Subject: Re: [metafont] Metapost font problem Message-Id: <20020501165546.GA31654@iarc.uaf.edu> Mail-Followup-To: metafont@ens.fr References: <20020430223925.GA24146@iarc.uaf.edu> <200205011402.KAA05545@joshua.smcvt.edu> <20020501150228.GB30766@iarc.uaf.edu> <200205011523.LAA05964@joshua.smcvt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200205011523.LAA05964@joshua.smcvt.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Url: [http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/] X-Editor: VIM 6.1 [http://www.vim.org] X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 541 Precedence: list * Jim Hefferon [2002-May-01 07:23 AKDT]: > with pdflatex it produced output that Adobe Reader rendered > as including the graphic. You're right. pdflatex does seem to work here. I think it's because of this magic: loading : Context Support Macros / PDF) [MP to PDF test.mps] unfortunately, when I use pdftex instead, the magic doesn't happen and I get 'Non-PDF special ignored!'. But I figure out the trick: \input supp-pdf Hello. \convertMPtoPDF{test.mps}{1}{1} Goodbye. \vfill\eject\bye Thanks for all the replies! Chris -- Christopher S. Swingley phone: 907-474-2689 Computer Systems Manager email: cswingle@iarc.uaf.edu IARC -- Frontier Program GPG and PGP keys at my web page: University of Alaska Fairbanks www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle From - Thu May 2 17:34:25 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mail.uark.edu (mail.uark.edu [130.184.5.107]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g42FYFa87366 for ; Thu, 2 May 2002 17:34:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from comp.uark.edu ([130.184.5.197]) by mail.uark.edu (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GVHPWU00.U82 for ; Thu, 2 May 2002 10:34:06 -0500 Received: (from luecking@localhost) by comp.uark.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g42FVfl20288; Thu, 2 May 2002 10:31:41 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 10:31:41 -0500 (CDT) From: "Daniel Luecking" To: Christopher Swingley Cc: Subject: Re: [metafont] Metapost font problem In-Reply-To: <20020501165546.GA31654@iarc.uaf.edu> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 542 Precedence: list On Wed, 1 May 2002, Christopher Swingley wrote: > * Jim Hefferon [2002-May-01 07:23 AKDT]: > > with pdflatex it produced output that Adobe Reader rendered > > as including the graphic. > > You're right. pdflatex does seem to work here. I think it's because of > this magic: > > loading : Context Support Macros / PDF) [MP to PDF test.mps] > > unfortunately, when I use pdftex instead, the magic doesn't happen and I > get 'Non-PDF special ignored!'. But I figure out the trick: > > \input supp-pdf > Hello. > > \convertMPtoPDF{test.mps}{1}{1} > > Goodbye. > \vfill\eject\bye > It would seem you were originally using the plain TeX graphics bundle from David Carlisle. (You really should reveal such info at some point.) The problem with that is it's use of dvips as the default driver. You can see in the .log file where dvips.def is being input: $ pdftex foo (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def))) [1{/usr/share/texmf /dvips/config/pdftex.map} Non-PDF special ignored!] ) This comes from the following line in graphicx.tex: \def\Gin@driver{dvips.def} You can delete this line and rely on graphics.cfg to select the correct driver definitions, or you can wrap it with some conditional code and select yourself: \input ifpdf.sty \ifpdf \def\Gin@driver{pdftex.def} \else \def\Gin@driver{dvips.def} \fi The file graphics.cfg does something similar if properly written. This fix presumes that one has a fairly recent pdftex.def, since older versions were incompatable with the file miniltx.tex input by Carlisle's graphicx.tex. -- Dan Luecking Dept. of Mathematical Sciences luecking@uark.edu University of Arkansas http://comp.uark.edu/~luecking/ Fayetteville, AR 72101 From - Fri May 3 18:55:59 2002 Return-Path: Received: from filemon.mecanica.upm.es (filemon.mecanica.upm.es [138.100.66.1]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g43Gtpa49361 for ; Fri, 3 May 2002 18:55:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [138.100.66.105] (helo=simux.mecanica.upm.es) by filemon.mecanica.upm.es with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 173gLV-00018s-00; Fri, 03 May 2002 18:55:49 +0200 From: SMuelas To: metagraf@eGroups.com Cc: metafont@ens.fr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.2-5mdk Date: 03 May 2002 18:56:48 +0200 Message-Id: <1020445008.29407.10.camel@simux.mecanica.upm.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mime-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by nef.ens.fr id g43Gtpa49361 X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 543 Precedence: list Subject: [metafont] New and first stable release of MG - Nueva y primera versión stable de MG Today a new release of METAGRAF has been made available for downloading in the validate page: http://w3.mecanica.upm.es/metapost/metagraf.php This is the first stable version ( 1.2 ) and will remain unchanged during the next six months. It includes the User's Manual in English and the all new "geometrically-attached" objects that will be a most in the future. --------- A partir de este momento está disponible en la página de METAGRAF que se señala arriba, la última versión con "vocación" de version estable y número 1.2. Incluye el Manual completo en Inglés y los nuevos objetos recién desarrollados para los que se preservan las relaciones geométricas elegidas y que se ampliarán de forma importante en el futuro. -- Santiago Muelas (Depto. de Mecánica) http://w3.mecanica.upm.es/~smuelas ETSI de Caminos, Canales y Puertos (U.P.M) smuelas@mecanica.upm.es Dr.Aranguren s/n - Ciudad Universitaria Tf. 91 336 6659 MADRID 28040 From - Sat May 4 01:30:14 2002 Return-Path: Received: from lorraine.loria.fr (lorraine.loria.fr [152.81.1.17]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g43NU4a92604 for ; Sat, 4 May 2002 01:30:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from bar.loria.fr (bar.loria.fr [152.81.2.13]) by lorraine.loria.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3/8.9.3/JCG-DG) with ESMTP id BAA03067; Sat, 4 May 2002 01:30:03 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from roegel@localhost) by bar.loria.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3/8.9.3-client/JCG) id BAA21970; Sat, 4 May 2002 01:30:02 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 01:30:02 +0200 From: "Denis B. Roegel" To: SMuelas Cc: metagraf@eGroups.com, metafont@ens.fr, "Denis B. Roegel" Subject: Re: [metafont] New and first stable release of MG - Nueva y primera versión stable de MG Message-Id: <20020504013002.A21654@bar.loria.fr> References: <1020445008.29407.10.camel@simux.mecanica.upm.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.1i In-Reply-To: <1020445008.29407.10.camel@simux.mecanica.upm.es>; from smuelas@mecanica.upm.es on Fri, May 03, 2002 at 06:56:48PM +0200 X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 544 Precedence: list On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 06:56:48PM +0200, SMuelas wrote: > Today a new release of METAGRAF has been made available for downloading > in the validate page: http://w3.mecanica.upm.es/metapost/metagraf.php > This is the first stable version ( 1.2 ) and will remain unchanged > during the next six months. It includes the User's Manual in English and > the all new "geometrically-attached" objects that will be a most in the > future. Hi, can you provide a link towards a PS or PDF version of your manual on your web page? I think it is important that one can browse the documentation without having to download the whole package. Thanks, Denis Roegel From - Sun May 5 19:07:11 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mail.solcon.nl (mail.solcon.nl [212.45.33.11]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g45H6xH18253 for ; Sun, 5 May 2002 19:06:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from server-1.pragma-ade.nl ([212.45.58.16]) by mail.solcon.nl (8.11.2/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g45H6l212225; Sun, 5 May 2002 19:06:47 +0200 Received: from laptop-2.wxs.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server-1.pragma-ade.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g45H6q230318; Sun, 5 May 2002 19:06:52 +0200 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.1.20020502095835.0371cad8@remote-1> X-Sender: hagen@remote-1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 10:00:06 +0200 To: Christopher Swingley From: Hans Hagen Subject: Re: [metafont] Metapost font problem Cc: metafont@ens.fr In-Reply-To: <20020501165546.GA31654@iarc.uaf.edu> References: <200205011523.LAA05964@joshua.smcvt.edu> <20020430223925.GA24146@iarc.uaf.edu> <200205011402.KAA05545@joshua.smcvt.edu> <20020501150228.GB30766@iarc.uaf.edu> <200205011523.LAA05964@joshua.smcvt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Ravmilter-Version: 8.3.0(snapshot 20010925) (mail.solcon.nl) X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 545 Precedence: list At 08:55 AM 5/1/2002 -0800, Christopher Swingley wrote: >* Jim Hefferon [2002-May-01 07:23 AKDT]: > > with pdflatex it produced output that Adobe Reader rendered > > as including the graphic. > >You're right. pdflatex does seem to work here. I think it's because of >this magic: > > loading : Context Support Macros / PDF) [MP to PDF test.mps] > >unfortunately, when I use pdftex instead, the magic doesn't happen and I >get 'Non-PDF special ignored!'. But I figure out the trick: > > \input supp-pdf > Hello. > > \convertMPtoPDF{test.mps}{1}{1} > > Goodbye. > \vfill\eject\bye > >Thanks for all the replies! In the context distribution (and on tex live) there is the special mptopdf format, which uses supp-pdf to convert mp graphics into pdf; an added bonus is that it supports the metafun macros that handle things like graphic inclusion in mp, shading, transparency, cmyk color spaces and alike (see www.pragma-ade.com -> big picture -> showcase -> manuals -> metafun / mptopdf Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From - Mon May 13 00:33:22 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mel-rto4.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-4.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.23]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g4CMXDH52085 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 00:33:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mel-rta10.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.193) by mel-rto4.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3CDBAB2D0010D676 for metafont@ens.fr; Mon, 13 May 2002 00:33:12 +0200 Received: from localhost (80.14.224.53) by mel-rta10.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3CD0C9A7005782EA for metafont@ens.fr; Mon, 13 May 2002 00:33:12 +0200 Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 00:34:15 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v481) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: Kenneth Beesley To: metafont Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <63A6D00B-65F8-11D6-AA2D-000393454058@wanadoo.fr> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.481) X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 546 Precedence: list Subject: [metafont] Force (La)TeX to use edited font?? Background: METAFONT beginner. Working on Mac TiBook with 'mf' distributed with teTeX for OS X. Working mostly from the Xfree86/WindowMaker environment. I managed, I think, to define a mode for my printer (Epson Stylus Photo 895), put it in local.mf (which started as modes.mf), and inimf my installation. Managed to define a new font for the Deseret Alphabet (a non-roman phonemic alphabet). I can view the proofs in proof mode. Using my new mode, I can generate gf, pk and .tfm files, and install the pk and tfm files where they are seen. I defined a desalph.sty file, new XXXenc.def file, etc., modeled mostly on tipa.sty. In my latex source document, I can now do \usepackage{desalph} ... \begin{document} ... \begin{DA} encodings for Deseret characters here, based on the shortcut entry characters in the TIPA package \end{DA} I can create simple LaTeX files and, using pdflatex, produce .pdf documents that contain sections in my new font. I can even print them. Using 'latex', I can produce .dvi and .ps files. So far so good. Problem: I'm still modifying the new font. If I now modify my .mf files, and re-generate and re-install the Deseret Alphabet pk and .tfm files, pdflatex seems to ignore the new versions. It's like it has generated its own versions/modification of the fonts somewhere, cached them, and ignores the new files. Am I doing something obviously wrong? How can I force latex/pdflatex to use the modified pk and .tfm files? Thanks, Ken ken.beesley@xrce.xerox.com beesley@wanadoo.fr From - Mon May 13 03:06:19 2002 Return-Path: Received: from salmon.maths.tcd.ie (salmon.maths.tcd.ie [134.226.81.11]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with SMTP id g4D167H69312 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 03:06:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: from boole.maths.tcd.ie by salmon.maths.tcd.ie with SMTP id ; 13 May 2002 02:06:07 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 02:06:06 +0100 From: Timothy Murphy To: metafont@ens.fr Subject: Re: [metafont] Force (La)TeX to use edited font?? Message-Id: <20020513010606.GA33543@boole.maths.tcd.ie> References: <63A6D00B-65F8-11D6-AA2D-000393454058@wanadoo.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <63A6D00B-65F8-11D6-AA2D-000393454058@wanadoo.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Sender: tim@maths.tcd.ie X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 547 Precedence: list On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 12:34:15AM +0200, Kenneth Beesley wrote: > How can I force latex/pdflatex to use the modified pk and .tfm files? I don't know, but you could try saying kpsewhich foo.tfm to see where LaTeX/pdfLaTeX finds foo.tfm . If that doesn't help you could say kpsewhich --debug=-1 foo.tfm to see where it looks for it. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: tim@maths.tcd.ie tel: 086-233 6090 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland From - Mon May 13 07:13:49 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mail.uark.edu (mail.uark.edu [130.184.5.107]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g4D5DfH96787 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 07:13:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from comp.uark.edu ([130.184.5.197]) by mail.uark.edu (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GW1AIS00.901 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 00:13:40 -0500 Received: (from luecking@localhost) by comp.uark.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g4D5Dd405027; Mon, 13 May 2002 00:13:39 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 00:13:39 -0500 (CDT) From: "Daniel Luecking" To: metafont Subject: Re: [metafont] Force (La)TeX to use edited font?? In-Reply-To: <63A6D00B-65F8-11D6-AA2D-000393454058@wanadoo.fr> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 548 Precedence: list On Mon, 13 May 2002, Kenneth Beesley wrote: > > So far so good. > > Problem: I'm still modifying the new font. If I now modify my .mf > files, and re-generate > and re-install the Deseret Alphabet pk and .tfm files, pdflatex seems > to ignore the new versions. > It's like it has generated its own versions/modification of the fonts > somewhere, cached them, and > ignores the new files. I don't know how pdflatex might do things on teTeX, but in MiKTeX, it seeks fonts as follows: It first checks pdftex.cfg for a pk_resolution value. If it fails to find one, it assumes 72dpi. If it finds one, it uses that value (mine says "pk_resolution 600"). If it encounters a font that doesn't exist in scalable form (PS type1 or TrueType font) or that does exist but isn't in one of its .map files, it attempts to find a .pk font at the above resolution. If that doesn't exist, it does indeed generate it and store it away. The odd thing is (in MiKTeX at least) it assumes the mf mode "ljfour" (this seems to be compiled in and there is no documented way to change it). The .pk files, therefore, are stored in $TEXMF/fonts/pk/ljfour/.../dpi72 (or dpi600, or whatever value pk_resolution was). And your own carefully prepared mode is ignored. On the plus side, pdflatex does seem to check the current directory for .pk files and does not seem to care what mode was used to prepare them (or at what dpi). When I am still in the process of tweaking a font, I keep the .pk files in the current directory and make sure to test only one magnification at a time since the extension used in MiKTeX (.pk) doesn't reflect the resolution. I also only use plain latex, since it doesn't care about .pk files and dvips is much more well behaved (i.e., is configurable) in its use of .pk files. -- Dan Luecking Dept. of Mathematical Sciences luecking@uark.edu University of Arkansas http://comp.uark.edu/~luecking/ Fayetteville, AR 72101 From - Mon May 13 09:58:09 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mel-rto1.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-1.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.188]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g4D7w2H38344 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 09:58:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mel-rta7.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.61) by mel-rto1.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3CD6B879001A586E; Mon, 13 May 2002 09:58:01 +0200 Received: from localhost (80.14.224.53) by mel-rta7.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3CD0C97C005612D9; Mon, 13 May 2002 09:58:01 +0200 Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 09:59:04 +0200 Subject: Re: [metafont] Force (La)TeX to use edited font?? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v481) From: Kenneth Beesley To: "Daniel Luecking" , metafont , home Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <4B919CC6-6647-11D6-9429-000393454058@wanadoo.fr> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.481) X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 549 Precedence: list On Monday, May 13, 2002, at 07:13 , Daniel Luecking wrote: > On Mon, 13 May 2002, Kenneth Beesley wrote: > >> >> So far so good. >> >> Problem: I'm still modifying the new font. If I now modify my .mf >> files, and re-generate >> and re-install the Deseret Alphabet pk and .tfm files, pdflatex seems >> to ignore the new versions. >> It's like it has generated its own versions/modification of the fonts >> somewhere, cached them, and >> ignores the new files. > > I don't know how pdflatex might do things on teTeX, but in MiKTeX, it > seeks fonts as follows: > It first checks pdftex.cfg for a pk_resolution value. If it fails to > find one, it assumes 72dpi. If it finds one, it uses that value (mine > says "pk_resolution 600"). If it encounters a font that doesn't exist in > scalable form (PS type1 or TrueType font) or that does exist but isn't > in one of its .map files, it attempts to find a .pk font at the above > resolution. If that doesn't exist, it does indeed generate it and > store it away. The odd thing is (in MiKTeX at least) it assumes the > mf mode "ljfour" (this seems to be compiled in and there is no > documented way to change it). Dear Mr. Luecking, Many thanks for your reply. Each installation is different, unfortunately, and I still don't know what's crucial vs. incidental. On teTeX, the supplied modes.mf file includes a mode definition for ljfour and the line localfont := ljfour ; I _think_ that this is how ljfour is currently "wired in". But it's easily changed. As I understand things, one is supposed to 'localize' one's mf installation, including: copying modes.mf to local.mf adding to local.mf any new mode_defs necessary for your local printer(s) taking out any mode_defs that are not needed (I found it wise to take out just mode_defs, not any of the other definitions) change the value of localfont; In my case, I defined a new mode epsspenf for my Epson Stylus Photo 895 (1440 x 720 dpi) and set localfont := epsspenf Initialization using the new local.mf file: inimf 'plain; input local; dump; bye' This creates a plain.base file that I installed as ~/Library/texmf/web2c/mf.base In this same directory I created safety pointers plain.base -> mf.base mfw.base -> mf.base for flavors of (La)TeX that might look for the base file under another name. My desalph.mf source files reside in ~/Library/texmf/fonts/sources/desalph/* The ~/Library/texmf/ area is active under teTeX and is searched before the texmf.local, texmf.macosx, and standard texmf directories. ~/Library/texmf/ is the texmf for private additions. Now I generate real fonts for my printer with the command mf '\mode=localfont; input desalph24' and it dutifully produces fonts at 1440 dpi desalph24.1440gf (from which I produce desalph24.1440pk) and desalph24.tfm. And these new files got used, when I first invoked pdflatex on my testfiles. > The .pk files, therefore, are stored in $TEXMF/fonts/pk/ljfour/.../dpi72 > (or dpi600, or whatever value pk_resolution was). And your own carefully > prepared mode is ignored. I think that my mode is not being ignored. After producing my new fonts, I then 'install' desalph24.1440pk in ~/Library/texmf/fonts/pk/desalph/ and desalph24.tfm in ~/Library/texmf/fonts/tfm/desalph/ kpsewhich shows that they are indeed being found there. > On the plus side, pdflatex does seem to check > the current directory for .pk files and does not seem to care what mode > was used to prepare them (or at what dpi). When I am still in the > process of tweaking a font, I keep the .pk files in the current > directory and make sure to test only one magnification at a time since > the extension used in MiKTeX (.pk) doesn't reflect the resolution. > > I also only use plain latex, since it doesn't care about .pk files and > dvips is much more well behaved (i.e., is configurable) in its use of > .pk files. I'm not sure that I understand this. In any case, my problem is that if I now re-edit the desalph.mf files, and reinstall desalph24.1440pk and desalph24.tfm, kpsewhich finds the new files, but they don't seem to be used. My tests get generated with the older version of the fonts, as if pdflatex had generated and cached some other kind of font. (What kind of font does pdflatex use?) I somehow need to tell pdflatex to start all over, re-generating any files it needs directly from the new desalph24.1440pk and desalph24.tfm. Sorry if I sound confused. I'm still quite new at this. Ken Beesley ken.beesley@xrce.xerox.com beesley@wanadoo.fr From - Mon May 13 14:26:33 2002 Return-Path: Received: from sunshine.math.utah.edu (sunshine.math.utah.edu [128.110.198.2]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g4DCQMH11652 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 14:26:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from plot79.math.utah.edu (IDENT:pHNzlWDFEdvWzIb5JfmxBIhqWGDKygWv@plot79.math.utah.edu [128.110.198.20]) by sunshine.math.utah.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA07491; Mon, 13 May 2002 06:26:19 -0600 (MDT) Received: (from beebe@localhost) by plot79.math.utah.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id GAA11335; Mon, 13 May 2002 06:26:19 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 06:26:19 -0600 (MDT) From: "Nelson H. F. Beebe" To: metafont Cc: beebe@math.utah.edu X-Us-Mail: "Center for Scientific Computing, Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB, University of Utah, 155 S 1400 E RM 233, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090, USA" X-Telephone: +1 801 581 5254 X-Fax: +1 801 585 1640, +1 801 581 4148 X-Url: http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe Subject: Re: [metafont] Force (La)TeX to use edited font?? Message-Id: X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 550 Precedence: list Ken Beesley asks about why after generating a new .mf file, pdftex still used old fonts. The explanation is quite simple: there is no make-like facility in this process. In particular, TeXware does not know about file dependencies, and makes no attempt to update a dependent file when the source from which it is derived is newer. The one exception to this is that DVI drivers often run MakeTeXPK or mktexpk to attempt to create a .pk file from some other source (.mf or .pfa or .pfb), but they do that only when the font cannot be found, NOT when it is out-of-date with respect to the file from which it is derived. In Ken's case, a new .mf file should produce a new .gf file, and then gftopk should produce a new .pk file, and that should be installed in some directory in the TEXFONTS path, replacing any older version. If Ken is working on a system with a make utility, the solution is straightforward: create Makefile rules that regenerate the .pk file when the .mf file is changed, and an install target that removes any existing such system files, and the copies the .pk file into the system font directory. Here is an example, which I tested on my system by making deseret.mf a copy of cmr10.mf; run it the usual GNU way: make all check install Clean up afterward with make clean ------------------------------------------------------------------------ % cat Makefile FONTDIR = /usr/local/lib/tex/fonts/pk RM = /bin/rm -f all: deseret.600pk check: clean: -$(RM) deseret.*gf deseret.*pk deseret.*log deseret.tfm deseret.600pk: deseret.600gf GFFONTS=. gftopk $? deseret.600gf: deseret.mf mf "\mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; scrollmode; input deseret" install: all uninstall cp deseret.600pk $(FONTDIR)/600dpi/ chmod 664 $(FONTDIR)/600dpi/deseret.600pk cp deseret.tfm $(FONTDIR)/tfms/ chmod 664 $(FONTDIR)/tfms/deseret.tfm uninstall: -$(RM) $(FONTDIR)/*/deseret.*pk $(FONTDIR)/tfms/deseret.tfm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Nelson H. F. Beebe Tel: +1 801 581 5254 - - Center for Scientific Computing FAX: +1 801 585 1640, +1 801 581 4148 - - University of Utah Internet e-mail: beebe@math.utah.edu - - Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB beebe@acm.org beebe@computer.org - - 155 S 1400 E RM 233 beebe@ieee.org - - Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090, USA URL: http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From - Mon May 13 17:26:09 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mail.uark.edu (mail.uark.edu [130.184.5.107]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g4DFPuH49467 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 17:25:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from comp.uark.edu ([130.184.5.197]) by mail.uark.edu (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GW22V701.W71 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 10:25:55 -0500 Received: (from luecking@localhost) by comp.uark.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g4DFPt315585; Mon, 13 May 2002 10:25:55 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 10:25:55 -0500 (CDT) From: "Daniel Luecking" To: metafont Subject: Re: [metafont] Force (La)TeX to use edited font?? In-Reply-To: <4B919CC6-6647-11D6-9429-000393454058@wanadoo.fr> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 551 Precedence: list On Mon, 13 May 2002, Kenneth Beesley wrote: > > On Monday, May 13, 2002, at 07:13 , Daniel Luecking wrote: > > > store it away. The odd thing is (in MiKTeX at least) it assumes the > > mf mode "ljfour" (this seems to be compiled in and there is no > > documented way to change it). > > Dear Mr. Luecking, > > Many thanks for your reply. Each installation is different, > unfortunately, > and I still don't know what's crucial vs. incidental. On teTeX, the > supplied > modes.mf file includes a mode definition for ljfour and the line > > localfont := ljfour ; > > I _think_ that this is how ljfour is currently "wired in". But it's No. My modes.mf has a different localfont that is recognized by metafont. What I was talking about is the mode passed to makepk. Normally, when a driver (like xdvi or dvips) needs a .pk font it calls makepk (or mktexpk or maketexpk or some similarly named program) and passes a mf mode. pdftex does the same thing, except there seems to be no documented way to get it to pass my mode (I do not know if pdftex sends ljfour or if makepk makes that call). If it is makepk, then on some systems (not MiKTeX unfortunately) it can be configured. > I think that my mode is not being ignored. After producing my new > fonts, I then 'install' > desalph24.1440pk in ~/Library/texmf/fonts/pk/desalph/ > and > desalph24.tfm in ~/Library/texmf/fonts/tfm/desalph/ > > kpsewhich shows that they are indeed being found there. > But I think pdflatek may be seeking desalph24.600pk or even desalph24.72pk. What does your pdftex.cfg say about pk_resolution? Does there exist a directory ljfour under fonts/pk. with copies of desalph24.*pk? > as if pdflatex had generated and cached some other kind of font. (What > kind of > font does pdflatex use?) It tries to find a scalable font (.pfb or .ttf) and if that fails, it makes and stores (NOT hidden away, but in a directory like the one I described) a .pk file AT THE resolution given by pk_resolution, or 72dpi if no resolution is set. > I somehow need to tell pdflatex to start all over, re-generating any > files it needs > directly from the new desalph24.1440pk and desalph24.tfm. Chances are it's not even looking for desalph24.1440pk, but it should find and use the .tfm file. For it to make and use new .pk files, you have to delete the old ones (not necessarily desalph24.1440pk, but the ones it actually uses, based on the pk_resolution (as described before). -- Dan Luecking Dept. of Mathematical Sciences luecking@uark.edu University of Arkansas http://comp.uark.edu/~luecking/ Fayetteville, AR 72101 From - Tue May 14 01:31:31 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mel-rto6.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-6.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.25]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g4DNVNH28637 for ; Tue, 14 May 2002 01:31:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mel-rta10.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.193) by mel-rto6.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3CDF9D4E000760C9; Tue, 14 May 2002 01:31:22 +0200 Received: from localhost (80.14.224.50) by mel-rta10.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3CD0C9A700637D62; Tue, 14 May 2002 01:31:22 +0200 Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 01:32:26 +0200 Subject: Re: [metafont] Force (La)TeX to use edited font?? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v481) From: Kenneth Beesley To: "Daniel Luecking" , metafont , home Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.481) X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 552 Precedence: list On Monday, May 13, 2002, at 05:25 , Daniel Luecking wrote: > On Mon, 13 May 2002, Kenneth Beesley wrote: > >> >> On Monday, May 13, 2002, at 07:13 , Daniel Luecking wrote: >> >>> store it away. The odd thing is (in MiKTeX at least) it assumes the >>> mf mode "ljfour" (this seems to be compiled in and there is no >>> documented way to change it). >> >> On teTeX, the >> supplied >> modes.mf file includes a mode definition for ljfour and the line >> >> localfont := ljfour ; >> >> I _think_ that this is how ljfour is currently "wired in". But it's > > No. My modes.mf has a different localfont that is recognized by > metafont. What I was talking about is the mode passed to makepk. > Normally, when a driver (like xdvi or dvips) needs a .pk font it calls > makepk (or mktexpk or maketexpk or some similarly named program) and > passes a mf mode. pdftex does the same thing, except there seems to be > no documented way to get it to pass my mode (I do not know if pdftex > sends ljfour or if makepk makes that call). If it is makepk, then on > some systems (not MiKTeX unfortunately) it can be configured. Dear Dr Luecking, Many thanks for your patience. You were right, and I'm making progress again. >> I think that my mode is not being ignored. After producing my new >> fonts, I then 'install' >> desalph24.1440pk in ~/Library/texmf/fonts/pk/desalph/ >> and >> desalph24.tfm in ~/Library/texmf/fonts/tfm/desalph/ >> >> kpsewhich shows that they are indeed being found there. >> > > But I think pdflatek may be seeking desalph24.600pk or even > desalph24.72pk. What does your pdftex.cfg say about pk_resolution? I can't find a file named pdftex.cfg or pdflatex.cfg in teTeX. There is a texmf.cnf configuration file, but it doesn't seem to specify a resolution anywhere. lt does include the following six lines % Make fonts when unavailable (not all fonts are available for pdf directly) % Useful when using non-pdf-available fonts and going the tex->dvi->ps->pdf route MKTEXPK.pdftex = 1 MKTEXPK.pdflatex = 1 MKTEXPK.pdfetex = 1 MKTEXPK.pdfelatex = 1 Perhaps in teTeX both the mode ljfour and the resolution(s) are wired in. > Does there exist a directory ljfour under fonts/pk. with copies of > desalph24.*pk? Yes. You're right! This is the key: ~/Library/texmf/fonts/pk/ now contains two subdirectories desalph/ which I created myself and ljfour/ which got created magically behind my back desalph/ contains just one pk file, desalph24.1440pk, which I created myself (and which my makefile updates automatically whenever I change and recompile my desalph.mf files). It reflects the 1440x720 dpi mode that I defined for my printer. ljfour/ contains just one subdirectory desalph/ which in turn contains the following six pk files: desalph24.300pk desalph24.420pk desalph24.519pk desalph24.360pk desalph24.432pk desalph24.600pk All these pk files got created behind my back, using (as you wrote) what appears to be a wired-in ljfour mode. When I change my .mf files, and update and reinstall the .1440pk and .tfm files, it's probably these fonts/pk/ljfour/desalph/desalph24.*pk files that are not getting re-generated. ... Yes. All I have to do, along with modifying and recompiling my .mf files, is to delete these automatically generated pk files, and then they get regenerated reflecting my modified font. >> as if pdflatex had generated and cached some other kind of font. (What >> kind of >> font does pdflatex use?) > > It tries to find a scalable font (.pfb or .ttf) and if that fails, it > makes and stores (NOT hidden away, but in a directory like the one I > described) a .pk file AT THE resolution given by pk_resolution, or 72dpi > if no resolution is set. Well, if not _hidden_, the whole process is a bit obscure and suspicious. > >> I somehow need to tell pdflatex to start all over, re-generating any >> files it needs >> directly from the new desalph24.1440pk and desalph24.tfm. > > Chances are it's not even looking for desalph24.1440pk, but it should > find and use the .tfm file. For it to make and use new .pk files, you > have to delete the old ones (not necessarily desalph24.1440pk, but the > ones it actually uses, based on the pk_resolution (as described before). Yes. That's the key. I just needed to add one line to my makefile. Thank you so much for your help and your patience. I'm back in business. Ken **************PS********For Future Reference**************** Here are some of the screen messages generated when the pk fonts are being generated automatically: kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 0+420/600 --dpi 420 desalph24 mktexpk: Running mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=0+420/600; nonstopmode; input desalph24 This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.3.7) Font metrics written on desalph24.tfm. Output written on desalph24.420gf (80 characters, 22564 bytes). Transcript written on desalph24.log. mktexpk: /Users/beesley/Library/texmf/fonts/pk/ljfour/desalph/desalph24.420pk: successfully generated. (see the transcript file for additional information) kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 desalph24 mktexpk: Running mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1+0/600; nonstopmode; input desalph24 This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.3.7) Font metrics written on desalph24.tfm. Output written on desalph24.600gf (80 characters, 31552 bytes). Transcript written on desalph24.log. mktexpk: /Users/beesley/Library/texmf/fonts/pk/ljfour/desalph/desalph24.600pk: successfully generated. From - Wed May 15 01:11:12 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mel-rto3.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-3.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.233]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g4ENB3H50213 for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 01:11:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mel-rta9.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.69) by mel-rto3.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3CDF9C7E00129F3B; Wed, 15 May 2002 01:01:58 +0200 Received: from localhost (80.14.224.119) by mel-rta9.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3CDF7CA4001414E3; Wed, 15 May 2002 01:01:58 +0200 Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 01:03:04 +0200 Subject: Re: [metafont] Force (La)TeX to use edited font?? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v481) From: Kenneth Beesley To: SMuelas , metafont In-Reply-To: <1021364879.6853.19.camel@simux.mecanica.upm.es> Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.481) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mime-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by nef.ens.fr id g4ENB3H50213 X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 553 Precedence: list On Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at 10:27 , SMuelas wrote: >> I can't find a file named pdftex.cfg or pdflatex.cfg in teTeX. There >> is >> a texmf.cnf configuration > > Look in > > /usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cnf > > >> Gracias por su ajuda. Usted tiene razon. There is a file (in teTeX) /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg where I see the line pk_resolution 600 In the file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/dvips/config/config.ps which I assume is some kind of configuration file for dvips, the mode is set to 'ljfour', and the line R 300 600 is commented to state "Also look for this list of resolutions". In /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/xdvi/ I find yet another file, in yet another format, stating XDvi*mfMode: ljfour XDvi*pixelsPerInch: 600 XDvi*shrinkFactor: 8 XDvi*paper: a4 XDvi*wwwBrowser: netscape XDvi*thorough: true There seem to be configuration files, in various formats, lurking everywhere. As originally downloaded, the mode for mf font generation was also set as "ljfour". I followed the instructions in METAFONT: Guide Pratique to localize that; but it seems like there's a lot more localization that needs to be done for pdftex, dvips, xdvi or whatever other tools are getting used in the process. This is all very forbidding. Ken > -- > Santiago Muelas (Depto. de Mecánica) > http://w3.mecanica.upm.es/~smuelas > ETSI de Caminos, Canales y Puertos (U.P.M) smuelas@mecanica.upm.es > Dr.Aranguren s/n - Ciudad Universitaria Tf. 91 336 6659 > MADRID 28040 > From - Wed May 15 09:42:09 2002 Return-Path: Received: from smarthost1.mail.easynet.fr (smarthost1.mail.easynet.fr [212.180.1.68]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g4F7g0H09361 for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 09:42:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from adsl-2-5.adsl.easynet.fr ([212.11.31.5] helo=easyconnect.fr) by smarthost1.mail.easynet.fr with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 177tQ8-0003gv-00 for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 09:42:00 +0200 Message-Id: <3CE210E2.3DAEF396@easyconnect.fr> Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 09:40:18 +0200 From: Bernard Desgraupes Reply-To: bdesgraupes@easyconnect.fr X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [fr] (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: fr,pdf Mime-Version: 1.0 To: metafont Subject: Re: [metafont] Force (La)TeX to use edited font?? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 554 Precedence: list > There seem to be configuration files, in various formats, lurking > everywhere. > > As originally downloaded, the mode for mf font generation was also set as > "ljfour". I followed the instructions in METAFONT: Guide Pratique to > localize > that; but it seems like there's a lot more localization that needs to be > done for > pdftex, dvips, xdvi or whatever other tools are getting used in the > process. > > This is true. Metafont as a standalone program reads the info it needs in modes.mf, Dvips in config.ps, pdftex in pdftex.cfg and xdvi in xdvi.cfg etc. With CMacTeX on Mac, dvipreview has a preview.cfg file. All the locations you mention are correct. They have different syntaxes, well... they are different programs written by different authors. At Metafont level, you are not obliged to use localfont. If you know the mode of your printer, it is safer (no risk of confusion) to indicate the mode directly on the command line: mf \mode = desalpha ; input myfile.mf Cheers Bernard