Re: ConTeXt installtion and Debian

[Ralf Stubner <ralf.stubner@physik.uni-erlangen.de>]

Norbert Preining wrote:
> Another thing Taco wrote was:
> 
>> * TEXFONTMAPS is also wrong: it makes pdftex (and dvipdfmx as well,
>>    I guess) find the mapfiles for dvips before their own mapfiles
>>    (those are shipped with ConTeXt).
>> 
>>    I have:
>> 
>>    TEXFONTMAPS.dvipdfm  = .;$TEXMF/fonts/map/{dvipdfm,dvips,}//
>>    TEXFONTMAPS.dvipdfmx = .;$TEXMF/fonts/map/{dvipdfm,dvips,}//
>>    TEXFONTMAPS.pdftex   = .;$TEXMF/fonts/map/{pdftex,dvips,}//
>>    TEXFONTMAPS.pdfetex  = .;$TEXMF/fonts/map/{pdftex,dvips,}//
>>    TEXFONTMAPS.xetex    = .;$TEXMF/fonts/map/{xetex,pdftex,dvips,}//
>>    TEXFONTMAPS.dvips    = .;$TEXMF/fonts/map/{dvips,pdftex,}//
>>    TEXFONTMAPS =.;$TEXMF/fonts/map/{$progname,pdftex,dvips,}//;\
>>                            $TEXMF/{$progname,pdftex,dvips}/{config,}//
>> 
>>    this works fine (but it is perhaps a bit too verbose).
> 
> Debian currently has:
> TEXFONTMAPS = .;$TEXMF/{fonts/,}map//;$TEXMF/dvips//

It is worth noting that upstream teTeX (and probably TeX Live) uses

TEXFONTMAPS = .;$TEXMF/{fonts/map,}/{$progname,pdftex,dvips,}//

IMO it would be best if we would go back to this path. Note that it does
include the old path TEXMF/dvips. It also includes most of the specific
things Taco mentioned.

cheerio
ralf