Re: [NTG-context] setuptex.bat
On 1-4-2010 16:30, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:12, Hans Hagen wrote: On 29-3-2010 8:36, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 23:35, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: Is it possible to change the line set PATH=%TEXMFOS%\bin;%PATH% to set PATH=%TEXMFLOCAL%\bin;%TEXMFOS%\bin;%PATH% in 'setuptex.bat'? On one hand it's true that one can modify the file easily and just rename it, but it looks like a pretty harmless and sensible change to me. I was already thinking about it in past, but never needed it so far. given the history of texmflocal and its changing use and order in things, it's about the worst one to mess around with Hans, What may go wrong with binary path? It's usually empty anyway (it has never served any single purpose, I guess). i dunno but it reminds me of the tetex path mess where one could end up with all permutations of paths which is quite painful to debug Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] setuptex.bat
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:12, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 29-3-2010 8:36, Mojca Miklavec wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 23:35, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: >> >>> Is it possible to change the line >>> >>> set PATH=%TEXMFOS%\bin;%PATH% >>> >>> to >>> >>> set PATH=%TEXMFLOCAL%\bin;%TEXMFOS%\bin;%PATH% >>> >>> in 'setuptex.bat'? >> >> On one hand it's true that one can modify the file easily and just >> rename it, but it looks like a pretty harmless and sensible change to >> me. I was already thinking about it in past, but never needed it so >> far. > > given the history of texmflocal and its changing use and order in things, > it's about the worst one to mess around with Hans, What may go wrong with binary path? It's usually empty anyway (it has never served any single purpose, I guess). Mojca ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] setuptex.bat
On 29-3-2010 8:36, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 23:35, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: Hallo, I don't know if the maintainer of the minimals or Hans is the person I have to ask. I do most of the changes in minimals. Is it possible to change the line set PATH=%TEXMFOS%\bin;%PATH% to set PATH=%TEXMFLOCAL%\bin;%TEXMFOS%\bin;%PATH% in 'setuptex.bat'? On one hand it's true that one can modify the file easily and just rename it, but it looks like a pretty harmless and sensible change to me. I was already thinking about it in past, but never needed it so far. given the history of texmflocal and its changing use and order in things, it's about the worst one to mess around with Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] setuptex.bat
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 23:35, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: > Hallo, > > I don't know if the maintainer of the minimals or Hans is the person > I have to ask. I do most of the changes in minimals. > Is it possible to change the line > > set PATH=%TEXMFOS%\bin;%PATH% > > to > > set PATH=%TEXMFLOCAL%\bin;%TEXMFOS%\bin;%PATH% > > in 'setuptex.bat'? On one hand it's true that one can modify the file easily and just rename it, but it looks like a pretty harmless and sensible change to me. I was already thinking about it in past, but never needed it so far. Mojca ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] setuptex.bat
On 28-3-2010 23:35, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: Hallo, I don't know if the maintainer of the minimals or Hans is the person I have to ask. Is it possible to change the line set PATH=%TEXMFOS%\bin;%PATH% to set PATH=%TEXMFLOCAL%\bin;%TEXMFOS%\bin;%PATH% or set PATH=%TEXMFPROJECT%\bin;%TEXMFOS%\bin;%PATH% in 'setuptex.bat'? you can do that in your local copy but adapting in setuptex will for sure break a lot of things ... the paths we use in the minimals are unlikely to change Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
