Re: splitting fonts in two packages
Hi Martin,
are you subscribed to debian-tetex-maint? I guess not so, this mail
might not have reached you, and I'm sending a fullquote with only a tiny
comment:
Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:
> Hi Martin!
>
> Ralf has already answered most question, but ..
>
> On Fre, 12 Mai 2006, martin f krafft wrote:
>> > How do you create the needed fonts.scale? Without that,
>> > dh_installxfonts will do nothing IIRC.
>>
>> mkfontscale, but I am unsure where to put it. in
>> usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1 or under /etc/X11/fonts/X11R7/Type1
>
> new policy, it HAS to be put into
> /etc/X11/fonts/X11R7/Type1
> to work with Xorg packages
>
>> > I don't think the dangling links are a problem. At least in sarge,
>> > dh_installxfonts doesn't look into the font directories.
>>
>> It does in the current version:
>
> Strange, then why do my packages of cm-super-x11 work? I can find the
> packages in X.
>
> I think the simplest solution would be to make a foobar package
> providing the fonts and *ONLY* depending on tex-common. Basta. And an
> -x11 package which depends in turn on the foobar package, as done with
> the cm-super packages.
>
> BUT!!!! There is one problem which you have to think about, and why it
> MAY be useful to have your version 3:
>
> THere are the fonts: .pfb
>
> There are the TeX font metric files: .tfm, together with .fd, sty etc
>
> There are the .scale and the .afm files for X11
>
> If you want 2 packages, you have to put the fonts together with either
> the tfm files and create a -x11 package, or put the fonts together with
> the .scale and the .afm files and create a -tex package.
>
> (The problem with cm-super is that the tfm files are those of cmr, so I
> have to depend on the respective tetex/texlive packages to get the tfm
> files and cannot ship them myself)
>
> So you have three options, as you already mentioned:
>
> 1) base(=tex) : pfb + tfm (+ etc)
> depending on tex-common and nothing else
> 2) x11 : pfb + afm
> depending on xfonts-utils (this is required! at least according
> to the email XXX (forgot who) sent out/bug reports about font
> transition, see the respective bug report in one of the font
> packages, eg cm-super-x11)
> 3) base = pfb, plus 2 other packages.
>
>>From the size side I would opt for the first option, because you *ONLY*
> have to depend on tex-common which is minimal, and the tfm files are
> normally aren't big.
>
> But, as you said, the cleanest solution would be 3, although maybe a bit
> "überkandidlt" as we say in german, to much for to less gain.
Östreichisch. Auf Deutsch gehört da, glaube ich, noch ein "e" rein.
>
> If I sound a bit unclear or chaotic, please excuse me, I have had a lot
> of vine, beer, prosecco, etc etc ... ;-) If something is unclear or you
> need help, I can send you a `default' package.
>
> In fact, LISTEN EVERYONE ON THE LIST, it would be good if we would
> create a package in this sense, as an example. cm-super is not a good
> example, as it hacks a lot around wiht pfb2t1c, and the tfm files are in
> other packages. And lmodern does not have the x11 split. So WHY not
> create ONE package to show how it should be done?
>
> Martin, would you mind if we put the whole stuff into the debian-tex
> repository and we make an example package from it? Is it for debian or
> internal for your place?
>
> Best wishes
>
> Norbert
>
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