Bug#688893: texlive-binaries: Outdated information in updmap.cfg man page
Hi Norbert,
sorry if I sounded rude, I didn't mean it. It was just angry against
myself being unable to make things work, and even angrier because I felt
the man page could have helped me and it didn't.
I agree with all of your points, except:
The paragraph in the NEWS files clearly explains what is going on.
I'm sorry, but it doesn't. It says: " That means, the easiest way to
activate local fonts (in TEXMFLOCAL) by putting the respective
map lines into /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg, and
call updmap-sys once (as root)."
You can't just "put the map lines there and run updmap-sys once". You
*also* have to run mktexlsr before.
Which is nothing specific to Debian, ... I guess you should
* read the documentation of kpathsea
info kpathsea
* read the configuration files:
/etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
Agreed, but it would be so much easier if the information about
mktexlsr could be added to the manpage nonetheless. When a poor,
clueless user looks for help about updmap.conf, he probably wants a
straightforward way to have its new fonts taken into account; giving the
necessary steps explicitely cannot hurt. I propose the following
wording (feel free to improve it):
"The easiest way to activate local fonts is by putting the respective
map lines into /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg (creating the
directory if necessary), and call mktexlsr and updmap-sys once, in that
order (as root)." (And maybe another sentence about fonts installed only
for the user.)
My future self, who only needs to mess up with updmap once a year and
forgets about it in the meantime, would be very glad to find this quick
instructions in the man page next time.
Many thanks,
--
Gabriel
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