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- From: bob@camb.com (Bob Tinkelman)
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- Subject: RE: PMDF-FAX installation and [ghostscript]fontmap.
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- Date: 21 Aug 92 17:30:22 GMT
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- > in V4.2 we'll make the installation dio what we do with things like
- > master.com: rename the previous master.com to master.old.
-
- Thanks. That'll be an improvement. But using the case of master.com
- as an analogy, there you have made changes to avoid the necessity of
- user editing of the command file. Is there a way that you could do
- the same thing here?
-
- Rough idea: Have a file called local_fontmap which is in the same
- format as fontmap. If it exists (in [ghostscript]) it is invoked
- either just before fontmap, or just after, depending on which makes
- the implementation easier. If it's invoked before, then the functions
- that are used in fontmap would have to be changed so they would do
- nothing if the named font already existed. If it's invoked after,
- then the functions could simply override prior font definitions.
-
- Every time we can eliminate something that I need to remember to do after
- running an installation, it's a *big* help.
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- Thanks for all your assistance - Bob
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