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Map files suppressed in latest teTeX: msg#00532

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Subject: Map files suppressed in latest teTeX

Hello,

I finally just updated gwTeX to the latest version. Doing that, I noticed two map files (at least) have been suppressed, originally inside /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/map/dvips/misc:

mathpi.map
wolfram.map

The first corresponds to Adobe Mathematical Pi Two and Six fonts (I don't have them), and the second to Wolfram Mathematica 4.1 fonts (I have them, and use them occasionally). It's not really a problem to get wolfram.map, it's available freely together with the other support files (TFM, VF, STY and FD files) from MathSource:

<http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/3200/>

but realizing it's no longer there in texmf.tetex was a surprise. Is there a place where these changes in teTeX are documented, so that we know what to expect when updating gwTeX?

On a side note, when installing the TeX i-Package a warning is displayed telling XeTeX will need to be reinstalled afterwards. But then, when the TeX install is done and you open the XeTeX i-Package to reinstall it, the Pkg Properties tab say XeTeX is already installed, probably because the associated receipt (for XeTeX) has not been modified (during the TeX install). Would it be technically feasible to modify this receipt, so that an inexperienced user would not get confused?

On another side note, I still have difficulties figuring out what the ConTeXt updater i-Package is for. I've looked through the Read-Me, but feel none the wiser. Does it need to be installed following a TeX install with TL2004 (which includes ConTeXt already), or is it redundant and for compatibility purposes only?

Bruno Voisin

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