[debian-devel:10909] Re: Bug#41570: [root@xxxxxxxxxxxx: Bug#49732: gs complaining about missing font 'min']

[Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>]

At Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:58:16 +0900,
Marco Pistore <pistore@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Clearly, i'd prefer not to remove the kanji support. However, if we
> are not able to find a good fix in a pair of days, i'll upload a new
> version with kanji-support disabled, as a temporary patch.
> 
> In the meantime, i have given a look to the problem: it seems to
> reside in file /usr/lib/ghostscrfipt/5.10/kanji/kconfig.ps, that, if i
> understand correctly, describes the kanji fonts that are available on
> the sistem. In particular, the instructions
> 
>   /Ryumin-Light          4300000 (min)   VFlibkanji
>   /GothicBBB-Medium      4300200 (goth)  VFlibkanji
> 
> try to load the fonts and complain if they are not present on the
> system.  A possibility would be to move this file to /etc/ and to
> modify it dynamically, when new kanji fonts are added to the system.
> Another possibility is to manage kanji fonts as ordinary fonts are
> handled, i.e., by looking at the font files only when the fonts are
> used.
> 
> Any hint is welcome!

How about this patch ?

--- gs_init.ps.orig	Sun Nov  7 11:49:17 1999
+++ gs_init.ps	Thu Nov 11 20:31:40 1999
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@
 currentdict /NOFONTMAP known   /NOFONTMAP exch def
 currentdict /NOFONTPATH known   /NOFONTPATH exch def
 currentdict /NOGC known   /NOGC exch def
-currentdict /NOKANJI known   /NOKANJI exch def
+currentdict /NOKANJI known { /NOKANJI true def } {
+	(LANG) getenv { (ja) anchorsearch { /NOKANJI false def } { /NOKANJI true def } ifelse } { /NOKANJI true def } ifelse clear } ifelse
+currentdict /KANJI known { /NOKANJI false def } if
 currentdict /NOPAUSE known   /NOPAUSE exch def
 currentdict /NOPLATFONTS known   /NOPLATFONTS exch def
 currentdict /NOPROMPT known   /NOPROMPT exch def

With this fixes,

 * if LANG=ja*, then NOKANJI is unset, so kanji font will be loaded
 * if -dKANJI is specified, even if LANG is not ja*, kanji font will be loaded
 * if -dNOKANJI is specified, even if LANG is ja*, kanji font will not be 
   loaded
 * otherwise, kanji font will not be loaded

So, to use kanji fonts, user should specify
 - set LANG environment variable to ja (or ja_JP, ja_JP.eucJP, ...)
or
 - gs -dKANJI

If you don't need kanji fonts,
 - *DON'T* set LANG to ja (or ja_JP, ja_JP.eucJP, ...)
or
 - gs -dNOKANJI (even if LANG=ja*, this is default behavior by Japanese patch)


Thanks,
Fumitoshi UKAI