[SM-Discuss] Need advice from a TeXpert

Eric Sandall eric at sandall.us
Mon Nov 10 21:21:14 EST 2008


On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:06:46 -0600 (CST)
Kevin Monceaux <Kevin at RawFedDogs.net> wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 7 Nov 2008, Eric Sandall wrote:
> 
> > What I'd do is the following:
> > 1. Check if your entry is already in the file
> > 2. If so, touch the file (since this package should modify that
> > file). If not, append the entry to the file.
> > 3. Run any update commands (e.g. updmap-sys) in FINAL
> 
> That sounds like a plan.  For this particular spell, the following
> map entries need to be added to web2c/updmap.cfg:
> 
> Map Acorn.map
> Map AnnSton.map
> Map ArtNouvc.map
> Map ArtNouv.map
> Map Carrickc.map
> Map Eichenla.map
> Map EileenBl.map
> Map Eileen.map
> Map Elzevier.map
> Map GotIn.map
> Map GoudyIn.map
> Map Kinigcap.map
> Map Konanur.map
> Map Kramer.map
> Map MorrisIn.map
> Map Nouveaud.map
> Map Romantik.map
> Map Rothdn.map
> Map RoyalIn.map
> Map Sanremo.map
> Map Starburst.map
> Map Typocaps.map
> Map Zallman.map
> 
> Should I check for each individual entry or perhaps add a comment at
> the top with the spell name and such and just search for that?  Also,
> if the spell is dispelled, what's the safest way to remove the above
> entries.  I think this might be one area where Gentoo's modular
> approach works well. They have an /etc/texmf/updmap.d directory where
> ebuilds for TeX fonts can add separate files which then get
> concatenated together to create the web2c/updmap.cfg file.  I'm not
> sure if the utility that creates the web2c/updmap.cfg file is part of
> TeXlive or if it's something the Gentoo dev team created.  It
> certainly does simplify installing separate font packages.

I'd say add markers and add them from the spell, then on dispel remove
them and all in-between.

e.g.:
# Begin KevinMagic entries
Map Acorn.map
Map AnnSton.map
Map ArtNouvc.map
Map ArtNouv.map
# End KevinMagic entries

You'll want to replace "KevinMagic" with the spell name. :) 

Probably a Gentooism, though Debian does similar with other packages
(e.g. Apache), though some of those support includes (e.g. Apache) for
the packages to support it, rather than the distribution.

-sandalle

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