Re: ascii package with Miktex (Ulrike Fischer)
"Halland, Kenneth" <[email protected]>
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Ulrike wrote:
> Run this document with pdflatex:
>
>\documentclass{article}
>\begin{document}
>abc
>\end{document}
>
>Then open the log-file. At the end it will mention a pdftex.map.
>
>Run on the command line in some folder
>
>updmap --verbose >updmap.log
>
>Open updmap.log.
>
>Check if updmap use ascii.map and check if it write the pdftex.map
>your document did use.
I did as you suggested and I saw the reference to pdftex.map in the log file.
Then, after executing the updmap command, i opened the updmap.log file. It does not contain a reference to ascii.map at all, but it does contain a reference to pdftex.map, namely
Copying "C:\Documents and Settings\hallakj\Local Settings\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.8\pdftex\config\pdftex_dl14.map"
to "C:\Documents and Settings\hallakj\Local Settings\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.8\pdftex\config\pdftex.map"...
I can see that there is a problem with the creation/reading of the ascii.map file. Maybe i have placed it (the one i downloaded) in the wrong directory?
Thanks for your trouble, Ken
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3. Re: ascii package with Miktex (Ulrike Fischer)
4. Re: MiKTeX-Users Digest, Vol 61, Issue 15 (Alan G Isaac)
5. Problem with exp13 package (Snoopy)
6. Re: Problem with exp13 package (Jos? Carlos Santos)
7. Re: Problem with exp13 package (Ulrike Fischer)
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:52:10 +0100
From: Jos? Carlos Santos <[email protected]>
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On 28-06-2011 5:42, Martha Becker wrote:
> Hi i am Mary
Funny. I thought you were Martha. :-)
> I just have install Miktex yesterday and i am using the latex manual for
> beginners but believe me it is very hard to give the math commands.They dont
> work.
> Can somebody help me
Not if you don't tell us what your problem is. Just saying that the math
commands don't work is not enough.
Best regards,
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:26 +0200
From: "Halland, Kenneth" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] ascii package with Miktex
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Thanks Ulrike
I followed the instructions in the miktex doc as you suggested, but it didn't work :-(
In particular, after undoing what i'd done before, i added my new font to psfonts.map by first editing updmap.cfg with
initexmf --edit-config-file updmap
then adding
Map ascii.map
to updmap.cfg, and then executing
initexmf --mkmaps
But the result of compiling remained exactly the same :-(
Perhaps i should give some additional information about my setup, in case i've missed something:
* I downloaded the ascii.zip file from the CTAN website
* I extracted the files and copied them to the following directories:
- ascii.map to Miktex 2.8\fonts\map\ascii\
- ASCII.tfm to Miktex 2.8\fonts\tfm\public\ascii\
- ASCII.pfb to Miktex 2.8\fonts\type1\public\ascii\
* I ignored the two additional files ascii.ins and ascii.dtx in the zip file because i didn't know where they should go.
When i compile, i still get the error message described in my original email below. Perhaps the messages in between (i.e. the "blah, blah" portion) are important:
* A Package Installation pop-up dialog appears, saying that the file ASCII.mf is missing. (Incidentally, it thinks this belongs to the malvern font package - but i'm sure this is the wrong file from the wrong package.)
* When i click on the Install button, i have to wait a long time while it attempts to locate and download the package.
* The following error messages are displayed:
- miktex-makepk.exe: A connection attempt failed ... etc
- miktex-makepk.exe: Data: connect failed in tcp_connect()
* It attempts to do the above twice and fails.
* Then the following error messages are displayed:
- miktex-makemf: The ASCII source file could not be found.
- Running ttf2pk.exe ...
(Apologies for the gory details, but i'm trying to prevent a protracted discussion.)
To make this discussion worthwhile to a broader audience, perhaps someone would care to explain what the compiler does when it encounters a request for a particular font. For example: What does it do with the .tfm file? Why does it look for a corresponding .mf file? Why does it attempt to install a package rather than create this file itself? Why does it try to create a PK font?
Any insights will be much appreciated!
Ken
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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:14:52 +0200
From: Ulrike Fischer <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] ascii package with Miktex
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Am Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:21:35 +0200 schrieb Halland, Kenneth:
> I'm trying to use the ascii.sty package for a document (in which i
> want to display a list of all ASCII codes and their corresponding
> characters) with MikTex. Working from ascii2006.pdf document, i
> obtained the necessary files and copied them to the relevant
> directories of my latex installation. (Incidentally, i couldn't
> find a copy of ASCII.afm.) The directories specified (for a Unix
> installation of Tex) do not correspond precisely to the ones in
> my MikTex distribution, but i put the files where i they seemed
> to have to go.
> However, when i compile the simplest of documents using the ascii
> package, i get the following message:
> Trying to make PK font ASCII at 600 DPI...
You haven't activated the map-file correctly.
If you have changed config.ps and pdftex.map as described in
ascii2006: undo the changes.
Then follow the instructions in the miktex documentation:
http://docs.miktex.org/2.9/manual/advanced.html#psfonts
If you want have a multiuser installation and want to install the
font for all users call initexmf with the --admin switch. If you
already have a user pdftex.map then you will have to call initexmf
without the admin switch too.
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Ulrike Fischer
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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:21:35 +0200
From: "Halland, Kenneth" <[email protected]>
Subject: [MiKTeX] ascii package with Miktex
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I'm trying to use the ascii.sty package for a document (in which i want to display a list of all ASCII codes and their corresponding characters) with MikTex. Working from ascii2006.pdf document, i obtained the necessary files and copied them to the relevant directories of my latex installation. (Incidentally, i couldn't find a copy of ASCII.afm.) The directories specified (for a Unix installation of Tex) do not correspond precisely to the ones in my MikTex distribution, but i put the files where i they seemed to have to go.
However, when i compile the simplest of documents using the ascii package, i get the following message:
Trying to make PK font ASCII at 600 DPI...
:
blah, blah
:
PK font ASCII could not be created.
I subscribe to the RTFM principle, but i'm afraid i've been unable to locate TFM to solve this problem despite scouring the internet and the few Latex books at my disposal. Could someone please point me in the right direction - i'm spending hours on something i'm sure could be resolved in 5 minutes if i just knew how.
Thanks, Ken
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:37:37 +0200
From: Ulrike Fischer <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] ascii package with Miktex
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Am Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:26 +0200 schrieb Halland, Kenneth:
> Thanks Ulrike
You e-Mail programm doesn't answer correctly. You message is not
threaded correctly.
> I followed the instructions in the miktex doc as you suggested, but it didn't work :-(
>
> In particular, after undoing what i'd done before, i added my new font to psfonts.map by first editing updmap.cfg with
> initexmf --edit-config-file updmap
> then adding
> Map ascii.map
> to updmap.cfg, and then executing
> initexmf --mkmaps
>
> But the result of compiling remained exactly the same :-(
Run this document with pdflatex:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
abc
\end{document}
Then open the log-file. At the end it will mention a pdftex.map.
Run on the command line in some folder
updmap --verbose >updmap.log
Open updmap.log.
Check if updmap use ascii.map and check if it write the pdftex.map
your document did use.
--
Ulrike Fischer
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:41:10 -0400
From: Alan G Isaac <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] MiKTeX-Users Digest, Vol 61, Issue 15
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On 6/28/2011 12:42 AM, Martha Becker wrote:
> it is very hard to give the math commands
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/lshort
hth,
Alan Isaac
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:08:50 +0430
From: Snoopy <[email protected]>
Subject: [MiKTeX] Problem with exp13 package
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Hello;
I have a problem with exp13 package.
I just installed miktex 2.9 and xepersian package; to make sure that it
works I wrote a very simple note:
\documentclass{artilce}
\usepackage{xepersian}
\begin{document}
This is a test
\end{document}
But when I compiled the document it said exp13.sty is missing and asked my
permission to install it. But it seems that the package is no longer
available under this name or it is repacked somewhere else! So what should I
do?
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:14:19 +0100
From: Jos? Carlos Santos <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Problem with exp13 package
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On 28-06-2011 11:38, Snoopy wrote:
> I have a problem with exp13 package.
> I just installed miktex 2.9 and xepersian package; to make sure that it
> works I wrote a very simple note:
>
> \documentclass{artilce}
It should be "article", not "artilce"
> \usepackage{xepersian}
>
> \begin{document}
>
> This is a test
>
> \end{document}
>
> But when I compiled the document it said exp13.sty is missing and asked my
> permission to install it. But it seems that the package is no longer
> available under this name or it is repacked somewhere else! So what should I
> do?
Refresh your FNDB database and install the l3kernel bundle.
Best regards,
Jose Carlos Santos
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:41:19 +0200
From: Ulrike Fischer <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Problem with exp13 package
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Am Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:08:50 +0430 schrieb Snoopy:
> Hello;
>
> I have a problem with exp13 package.
> But when I compiled the document it said exp13.sty is missing and asked my
> permission to install it. But it seems that the package is no longer
> available under this name or it is repacked somewhere else! So what should I
> do?
The files have been repacked. expl3 and xpackages no longer exists,
the files are now in l3kernel and l3packages.
Synchronize your repository in the package manager (user mode and
admin mode!)
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Ulrike Fischer
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