Re: [MiKTeX] What's the difference between updmap, mkfntmap, initexmp --mkmaps?

[Hans F. N. <ha...@mi...>]

On Sun, 2 May 2004, Helmer Aslaksen wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I just started using MiKTeX last weekend, and I'm pretty confused about
> the documentation!
>
> I've managed to install cyberbit.ttf to run the CJK UTF-8 example file and
> the mathtimes professional fonts. I used updmap, but a friend of mine told
> me about mkfntmap. A bit more googling led me then to initexmf --mkmaps.
>
> I have looked at <http://www.miktex.org/manual/psfonts.html>,
> <http://www.miktex.org/2.2/mkfntmap.html> and
> <http://www.miktex.org/2.4/issues.html>, and I'm quite confused.
>
> I believe that the instructions on
> <http://www.miktex.org/manual/psfonts.html> are wrong, in that it just
> tels me to edit updmap.cfg and then refresh the file name database.

This is wrong - as you correctly have concluded.

> I guess that mkfntmap is the "correct" version. Can I just forget about
> the two other?

mkfntmap = "initexmf --mkmaps"

Actually, I think using initexmf as an entry point to several other
functions is better. For example:

mktexlsr = "initexmf -u"

> I wish the graphical "MiKTeX Options" program would take care of this.

Make a feature request (if it's not already done).

Regards,
Hans