On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 10:54, Nicola wrote:
> In article
> <aanlktim8p_nsu=qf8r9ojvbd=bpzitwd_baov+exh...@mail.gmail.com>,
>  Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The variable TEXMFCACHE is set in
>>     tex/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua
>> and that one should do the job. Under usual circumstances at least.
>>
>> If that one is not being respected, something might be wrong. Do you
>> have any other texmfcnf.lua file somewhere else?
>
> No, I export TEXMFCACHE in my .profile, because I want the cache to be
> inside my home folder.

Oh, that's another story then.

> After running setuptex, ConTeXt minimals uses
> that rather than the path specified in texmfcnf.lua. Since now I know
> that luatex-cache can be shared, for me this is perfectly fine.

> I just
> had to adjust the TeXShop engines (I am on Mac OS X) by explicitly
> setting TEXMFCACHE for XeTeX and MKII, besides MKIV.

TEXMFCACHE is not used by MKII (neither in pdfTeX nor in XeTeX).

> So, if I get it right, the value in texmfcnf.lua is used unless
> TEXMFCACHE is set.

True.

Mojca
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