Date sent: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 23:15:47 +0000 (GMT)
From: Sebastian Rahtz
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] texdoc and xdvi (Re: [Q] gzipped documentations)
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> 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?
>
> sebastian
>
I am no TeX guru so perhaps should not butt in here. However from an
installers point of view I prefer having the one primary file for
configuration. There was a time not so long ago when one had to
configure multiple files and a new-comer to TeXness could have a hard
time of it and easily also make a mess of it with the diffuse multi-
file structure. Perhaps comment-segmented areas of the texmf.cnf for
clarity following the primary declarations?
Alan Dunwell
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