Jean> 1) Where/how am I supposed to install latex styles for all users?
Below /usr/local/lib/texmf/tex/latex/
As kpathsea searches recursively (see /usr/lib/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf), I
usually keep some subdirs (that match the CTAN structure).
Jean> 2) Kpathsea is a nice and powerful thing. However, when viewing a dvi
Jean> from netscape, chances are it will contain unsual fonts and thus
Jean> produce a lot of output like [...]
Hm, I presume netscape just calls xdvi as you would from the command line.
So you have to configure it anyway. One file that needs some configuration
is
/usr/lib/texmf/dvips/config.ps
for things as resolution, papersize, ... This should probably be in /etc and
softlinked back to /usr/lib/texmf/dvips/config.ps
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Dirk Eddelb"uttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
