Re: pygments support in PDFs with LM fonts

[Jean Abou Samra]

Le 01/12/2021 à 14:06, Werner LEMBERG a écrit :
> Here is my solution for using the LM typewriter fonts for pygments
> support in texinfo.  It consists of the following.
>
> * Files `lm-ot1.tex` and `lm-ot1-map.tex`.  They should be executed as
>    follows
>
>      export TEXINPUTS="<TeXLive>/fonts/afm/public/lm;"
>      tex lm-ot1.tex
>      tex lm-ot1-maps.tex
>
>    to produce a bunch of files.  This expects that the 'lm' TeXLive
>    package is installed.
>
> * Run the created script `pltotf-script.sh`.  After this, the
>    following files are of interest:
>
>      lmttr.tfm   Metric files in OT1TT encoding for the LM fonts.
>      lmttro.tfm
>      lmttb.tfm
>      lmttbo.tfm
>      ot1tt.enc   An encoding file needed for the LM fonts.
>      lmtt.map    A font mapping file to tell the TeX engine how to
>                  use the LM fonts in the PDF output.
>
>    All other generated files can be deleted.
>
>    TeX uses the following environment variables for finding the various
>    files.
>
>      *.tfm:  TFMFONTS (or TEXFONTS)
>      *.enc:  ENCFONTS
>      *.map:  TEXFONTMAPS
>
>    For testing it is sufficient to place the files into the current
>    directory; however, for integration into LilyPond the environment
>    variables are necessary.
>
> * The demo file `pygments.texinfo` contains the new macro stuff and
>    some tests; I've also appended the resulting PDF.
>
> As can be seen, the LM fonts are a *light* version of CM typewriter.
> This is not ideal IMHO, but...


Thanks a lot for preparing this.

Stupid question: how do I find the path to TeXLive
in the build system? Also, can we rely on TeX being
installed via TeXLive? (This is a genuine question.)
Do we have CG instructions to update with respect
to having lm and fontinst installed?

Again, thanks!

Jean