Am Dienstag, 11. Juli 2017 um 23:09:34, schrieb Enrico Forestieri <for...@lyx.org> > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 02:07:51PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: > > Hi, > > I am struggling on the best install directory for our tex files. > > ATM, automake installs them for unix at lyx-system-dir/tex. > > But this dir is not part of the list 'kpsepath tex'. > > If a new user starts lyx, he/she has either set the environment TEXINPUTS > > or expand the path in preferences. > > > > Under cmake we add the data to "/usr/(local/)?share/texmf/tex/latex/lyx2.3", > > but that requires that this directory is used by kpsepath. Which is not the > > case > > if using texlive from CTAN. > > The situation is not better than the one from automake. > > > > So, from my POV, I'd prefer if lyx be able to add its own path to TEXINPUTS > > or > > set the default in lyxrc.texinputs_prefix from "." to ".:system-dir/tex" > > > > What do others think? > > I think this is not a problem. The tex files can be moved to the correct > location (which may be different for different platforms) by the packager > (this is what Debian does, for example), or lyxrc.dist can be used to > augment the TEXINPUTS path.
Good idea. But until now, there are only
"development/(MacOSX|cygwin)/lyxrc.dist.in" present.
> So, LyX (with automake, at least) is doing the
> right thing, which is not to second guess where the files should go.
Yes, but only half-hearted.
> Moreover, note that this has not been a problem for decades.
>
Probably because we say the people how to handle this case?
https://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/InstallLatexConfigure
I'd like to omit it.
Kornel
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