[tex-k] 'updmap' 2.0 and lcdf-typetools

Eddie Kohler kohler at cs.ucla.edu
Sat Aug 21 19:00:45 CEST 2004


Thomas Esser wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 12:04:37PM -0400, Karl Berry wrote:
> 
>>    (2) The new updmap is quite slow, which is a bummer.  Should otftotfm 
>>    run "TEXMF/dvips/updmap" if it exists, and the global "updmap" 
>>    otherwise?
>>
>>I don't know.  I didn't know there were two updmap's.  I'm confused.  Thomas?
> 
> 
> The old one comes with teTeX-1.x, the other one with teTeX-2.x. I have
> never made a release with both versions. Since the new one is much much
> better, I'd recommend to run only the new one if it exists.

I'll put it on the list to run global "updmap" if "TEXMF/dvips/updmap" doesn't 
exist.  (I don't agree with checking for the new one first because 1, it's slow, 
and 2, as a global, it's not easily overridden.)

E



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