[EXT] TEXMFHOME on Windows

Philip Taylor (RHBNC) P.Taylor at Rhul.Ac.Uk
Sun Apr 9 12:45:25 CEST 2023


On 09/04/2023 11:29, Peter Flynn wrote:
 I thought the canonical location was Computer\System\Users\username\texmf (avoiding the need for C:, D:, etc)

Highly unlikely, IMHO.  How would Windows know that "Computer" was to be replaced by something more meaningful, why "System", and why not %username% ?
I would suggest either

  *   %homedrive%%homepath%\texmf
     *   or
  *   %userprofile%\texmf

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