* Lars Gullik Bjønnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001-08-31 17:10] wrote:
> Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> | On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 03:18:15PM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote:
> | > what do I need to do to get the new symbols stuff working in mathed?
> |
> | Good question. I don't know ;-)
> |
> | > I have teTeX installed here. Do I need to download fonts and if so,
> | > what and where from?
> |
> | You do not need to download anything I think.
> | I copied .pfb files from a few directories like
> |
> | /usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/bluesky/symbols
> |
> | in a directory of my own, put a fonts.dir and a fonts.scale there
> | (The problem is that I can't remember where I got these from) and did
> |
> | xset +fp <dir>
> |
> | and it worked...
> |
> | > Maybe this info should go in the INSTALL?
> |
> | Probably ;-}
>
> I am getting more and more reluctant to this symbol change...
> how much manual config does the user have to do to make this work?
>
i suggest this procedure
let configure call a script linking the fonts to $LYXDIR/xfonts and making the
fonts.dir, fonts.scale (i'm working on this, should be available during weekend)
let lyx probe for a symbol font,
if not found call "xset +fp $LYXDIR/xfonts", "xset fp rehash"
probe again
if still not found fall back to ERT
but this doesn't work for X server on another machine, the user has to add the font
path manually (he has to copy the files to the X server machine or use xfs on lyx
machine)
i have one question, though
do we really want to call the fonts like "cmsy" instead of "computer modern math
symbol"?
note these fonts can appear in other applications in fonts lists, and should not be
confusing (for non TeXers)
--
ronny
