[tex-live] TEXINPUTS on windows
Reinhard Kotucha
reinhard.kotucha at web.de
Fri Nov 5 16:45:38 CET 2010
On 5 November 2010 Lars Madsen wrote:
> Akira Kakuto wrote:
> > Dear Lars,
> >
> >> Given a TL10 on windows and a user who has a dir with his own private
> >> packages, say C:\mytexstuff
> >>
> >> How do we add this to TEXINPUTS in TL10?
> >>
> >> MikTeX has a very easy interface for this, but I have no idea as to how
> >> one should add this on TL10. I assume it is texmf.cnf in texlive/2010/,
> >
> > You can add c:/mytexstuff// to TEXINPUTS.programname
> > in the texmf.cnf, like
> > TEXINPUTS.latex = .;$TEXMF/tex/{latex,generic,}//;c:/mytexstuff//
> >
> > The easiest way may be to define an environment variable
> > TEXINPUTS=c:/mytexstuff//;
> > Don't forget the semicolon.
> >
> > Akira
> >
>
> why can't we just add
>
> TEXINPUTS=c:/mytexstuff//;
>
> to texmf.cnf?
>
> If this is so complicated, I'd recommend adding a better interface
> for this to the tlmgr TODO list. This is one of the features I
> like in MikTeX.
>
> We recommend TL to all our users because then we know they have exactly
> the same tools (more or less)
Why doesn't he simply copy his files where they belong?
kpsewhich --var-value=TEXMFHOME
This is documented already.
Regards,
Reinhard
--
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reinhard Kotucha Phone: +49-511-3373112
Marschnerstr. 25
D-30167 Hannover mailto:reinhard.kotucha at web.de
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Microsoft isn't the answer. Microsoft is the question, and the answer is NO.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
More information about the tex-live
mailing list