SOLVED -- Re: [NTG-context] pdfetex can't find map files

[Matt Gushee]

Matt Gushee wrote:

>   Warning: pdfetex (file original-public-vnr.map): \
>     cannot open font map file
> 
> The files exist and are world-readable, so the above must mean that 
> pdfetex just can't find them.

Thomas Esser has explained that pdfetex uses $TEXPSHEADERS (or maybe 
$PSHEADERS) as the search path for map files. So I added

   $TEXMF/fonts/map//

to TEXPSHEADERS in my texmf.cnf, and now everything works fine.

It seems a little strange that pdf(e)tex doesn't use TEXFONTMAPS. Maybe 
it will in the future? Perhaps Hans can comment on that.

Thanks to all.

--
Matt Gushee
Englewood, CO, USA