Re: [PATCH] texdoc and xdvi (Re: [Q] gzipped documentations)
Sebastian Rahtz writes:
Olaf Weber writes:
Attached patch works with those lines in texmf.cnf:
TEXDOCSSUFFIX = :.dvi:.ps:.html:.txt
TEXDOCSCOMPRESS = :.gz:.bz2:.zip:.Z
TEXDOCEXT = {$TEXDOCSSUFFIX}{$TEXDOCSCOMPRESS}
texmf.cnf should not be abused as general-purpose info system. Several
things which used to be in texmf.cnf for some time have been moved
to mktex.cnf. This was a good thing.
For what it's worth, I'd like to clean it up some more, and restrict
texmf.cnf to path information, while other program parameters go to
something like web2c.cnf.
Can you or Thomas expound a bit on this? What is wrong with texmf.cnf
having all sorts of stuff, a Single Stop Shop?
There is my sense of neatness (which is something where tastes
definitely differ). But for example, an upgrade may have to replace
the texmf.cnf. The path information part is usually the one with most
local adaptations, so this would make it easier to keep that in place.
--
Olaf Weber
Do not meddle in the affairs of sysadmins,
for they are quick to anger and have no need for subtlety.
Re: [PATCH] texdoc and xdvi (Re: [Q] gzipped documentations)
Denis Barbier writes:
For maximal customization, i prefer reading variables from texmf.cnf.
Attached patch works with those lines in texmf.cnf:
TEXDOCSSUFFIX = :.dvi:.ps:.html:.txt
TEXDOCSCOMPRESS = :.gz:.bz2:.zip:.Z
TEXDOCEXT = {$TEXDOCSSUFFIX}{$TEXDOCSCOMPRESS}
not a good idea, on TeX Live at least. you do
texdoc longtable
and it finds longtable.html from the Williams Catalogue *before*
longtable.dvi.bz2. You need to try .dvi.bz2 immediately after .dvi
There is one funny drawback: temporary file is removed before viewer is
launched, but this should be easy to fix.
sounds a bit fundamental...
Sebastian
Re: [PATCH] texdoc and xdvi (Re: [Q] gzipped documentations)
Denis Barbier writes: Every (te)TeX distribution has its preferred documentation format. well, its often dictated by the package author, but no matter Order in which formats are parsed is actually hardcoded in texdoc, which i do not like. To fit your needs you only have to edit texmf.cnf without patching texdoc, e.g. TEXDOCSSUFFIX = :.html:.dvi:.doc But if my preference is .dvi followed by .html, and my .dvi files are compressed, I will get the .html before the .dvi.gz. That is surely counter-intuitive? There is one funny drawback: temporary file is removed before viewer is launched, but this should be easy to fix. sounds a bit fundamental... Yes, but it will imply some changes in current texdoc's behaviour, so Thomas will decide what is _the_ answer. I think Thomas has publicly said that he is *NOT* developing teTeX at present; it would be nice to get a working solution on our own... Sebastian
Re: [PATCH] texdoc and xdvi (Re: [Q] gzipped documentations)
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=texdoc.patch Interesting, but IMHO texdoc should do the decompression and not assume that the viewer does this. ghostview doesn't. acroread dosn't (compressing pdf does not make sense, but one can never be sure what people do). Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=xdvi.patch Interesting, but one should not assume that the "tempfile" program is always available. One can prevent symlink attacks by creating a 700-mode directory and putting temp files there. This is portable, tempfile is not portable. If cleanup is done using event handlers (trap), then the event handler should already be set before the temp files are created... Thomas
