[tex-live] Technical showstoppers for TL2003

[Hans Hagen]

At 16:05 15/09/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Karl Berry wrote:
> > Here is my new proposed change in texmfmp.c to accomplish this:
> >
> >   if (!translate_filename)
> >     translate_filename = "cp8bit.tcx";
> >   read_char_translation_file ();
> >
> > This way, users won't be tempted to change the "default" coding system
> > to a non-trivial mapping.  But users who must have the 7-bit behavior
> > can rename cp8bit.tcx.
>
>I would suggest loading default.tcx instead of cp8bit.tcx. This way
>people can adapt permanently to their preferred way, without using cmd
>line arguments.
>
> > Ok?  Can everyone agree on this?  I don't claim it is the cleanest or

i agree, assuming that 'default.tcx' by default equals 'cp8bit.tcx' (some 
texmf.cnf entry would be better but that can wait)

Hans
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