Reinhard Kotucha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > You have to edit texmf.cnf manually. There is no script which > modifies this file. texmf.cnf is used by almost every program which > is part of TeXLive. Hence, be careful. > > I do not recommend to edit this file at all. It will be either > overwritten by TeXLive-2008 or, if you remove the word "original" from > the first line, you will miss any changes made in TL-2008. > > What I recommend is: > > 1. Find out whether you have a multiplatform version of TeXLive. > If you installed TeXLive from the CD/DVD then it's > multiplatform, if you installed it as an Ubuntu package it is > most likely only for your platform. Run > > which pdftex > > on the commandline. Either pdftex is in bin or bin/<platform>. > > 2. In a multiplatform environment, run > > kpsewhich --expand-var=\$SELFAUTOPARENT > > otherwise run > > kpsewhich --expand-var=\$SELFAUTODIR > > 3. Create a file called texmf.cnf in the directory provided by > kpsewhich. Set only variables there which you want to change. > In your case this file probably contains the line > > file_line_error_style = t > > only. This file will be read first and a variable set there > will not be overwritten by the texmf.cnf file in TeXLive's > texmf/web2c directory. > > And this file will not be touched when you upgrade to TL-2008.
Thanks for this detailed desciption Reinhard! I have adopted my system accordingly. Cheers, Patrick -- "Dad! We're the MTV generation. Nothing can upset us. We feel neither highs nor lows." - Lisa Simpson _______________________________________________ bug-auctex mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-auctex
