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From: neal@ctd.comsat.com (Neal Becker)
To: tex-k@cs.umb.edu
Subject: Device dependent font paths
I think it is very important to support device-dependent font paths.
Just because a font is at 300dpi does NOT mean it was built for a
CanonCX engine.
So I have installed the latest Web2c-6.0 stuff. I have:
/usr/local/lib/texmf/fonts/CanonCX
/usr/local/lib/texmf/fonts/laserjetIV
etc.
The key to make this all work together is
1) The application (xdvi, divps, etc) knows where its fonts should be
found. It should tell this to MakeTeXPK. Unfortunately, the
standard MakeTeXPK doesn't provide for this. Pity.
I recommend that MakeTeXPK be modified to allow an optional sixth
argument. This is complete path to the font file. Surely xdvi,
dvips, etc knows where it was looking for the font. It should tell
this to MakeTeXPK.
In lieu of this, here is a modification to MakeTeXPK:
---------------------
NAME=$1
DPI=$2
BDPI=$3
MAG=$4
MODE=$5
+ DESTDIR=/usr/local/lib/texmf/fonts/${MODE}
(this is not really a patch)
-----------------------
this allows the MF mode to specify the directory, which is what I am
recommending. If anyone knows a more universal way to achieve this
please let me know.
Now dvipsk can work fine with this plan. Since you can specify the
font path in the printer config file.
But I just installed xdvik, and I don't know how to fix this one.
Where do I tell it the MODE, so it can pass this to MakeTeXPK?
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