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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2008-07-04 00:44:57 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2008-07-04 00:44:57 +0000 |
commit | 287be6e4ee90ed38e0dec3affa90f746e7b5e512 (patch) | |
tree | 9cd4d4ca2d8e89c618f5332e8309f3803949f8d4 | |
parent | 4aab8d3e86b8369ab367c9a83ee2a747e6f70cff (diff) |
try again to improve --engine=/ description
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@9210 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
-rw-r--r-- | Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.info | 64 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.texi | 10 |
2 files changed, 39 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.info b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.info index c150186274f..20fae354fc1 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.info +++ b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.info @@ -2670,10 +2670,12 @@ filename, and returns the first file found. are now stored in subdirectories named for the engine (`tex', `pdftex', `xetex', etc.), you must specify an engine name in order to find them. For example, `cont-en.fmt' typically exists for both - `pdftex' and `xetex'. You can use `--engine=/' to look for any - dump file, regardless of engine; if a dump file exists for more - than one engine, it's indeterminate which one is returned. (The - `/' ends up specifying a normal recursive search in `texmf/web2c'.) + `pdftex' and `xetex'. With the default path settings, you can use + `--engine=/' to look for any dump file, regardless of engine; if a + dump file exists for more than one engine, it's indeterminate + which one is returned. (The `/' ends up specifying a normal + recursive search along the path where the dumps are stored, namely + `$TEXMF/web2c{/$engine,}'.) `--format=NAME' Set the format for lookup to NAME. By default, the format is @@ -3672,23 +3674,23 @@ Index * --expand-path=STRING: Auxiliary tasks. (line 24) * --expand-var=STRING: Auxiliary tasks. (line 19) * --format=NAME: Path searching options. - (line 36) + (line 38) * --help: Standard options. (line 8) * --interactive: Path searching options. - (line 104) + (line 106) * --mode=STRING: Path searching options. - (line 115) + (line 117) * --must-exist: Path searching options. - (line 120) + (line 122) * --path=STRING: Path searching options. - (line 125) + (line 127) * --progname=NAME: Path searching options. - (line 134) + (line 136) * --show-path=NAME: Auxiliary tasks. (line 41) * --srcdir, for building multiple architectures: configure scenarios. (line 18) * --subdir=STRING: Path searching options. - (line 139) + (line 141) * --var-value=VARIABLE: Auxiliary tasks. (line 12) * --version: Standard options. (line 10) * --with options: configure options. (line 16) @@ -3709,9 +3711,9 @@ Index * -g, compiling without: configure scenarios. (line 32) * -L option to ls: ls-R. (line 38) * -mktex=FILETYPE: Path searching options. - (line 109) + (line 111) * -no-mktex=FILETYPE: Path searching options. - (line 109) + (line 111) * -O, compiling with: configure scenarios. (line 32) * -static: ShellWidgetClass. (line 43) * . directories, ignored: ls-R. (line 33) @@ -4173,7 +4175,7 @@ Index * installation, simple: Simple installation. (line 6) * installing files: Installing files. (line 6) * interactive query: Path searching options. - (line 104) + (line 106) * interface, not frozen: Introduction. (line 27) * introduction: Introduction. (line 6) * kdebug:: Debugging. (line 105) @@ -4830,22 +4832,22 @@ Node: Filename aliases106701 Node: Database format107879 Node: Invoking kpsewhich108892 Node: Path searching options109837 -Node: Specially-recognized files116756 -Node: Auxiliary tasks118080 -Node: Standard options119905 -Node: TeX support120225 -Node: Supported file formats121516 -Node: File lookup128664 -Node: Glyph lookup130392 -Node: Basic glyph lookup131519 -Node: Fontmap132398 -Node: Fallback font135015 -Node: Suppressing warnings135980 -Node: Programming137085 -Node: Programming overview137598 -Node: Calling sequence139874 -Node: Program-specific files144903 -Node: Programming with config files145941 -Node: Index147241 +Node: Specially-recognized files116857 +Node: Auxiliary tasks118181 +Node: Standard options120006 +Node: TeX support120326 +Node: Supported file formats121617 +Node: File lookup128765 +Node: Glyph lookup130493 +Node: Basic glyph lookup131620 +Node: Fontmap132499 +Node: Fallback font135116 +Node: Suppressing warnings136081 +Node: Programming137186 +Node: Programming overview137699 +Node: Calling sequence139975 +Node: Program-specific files145004 +Node: Programming with config files146042 +Node: Index147342 End Tag Table diff --git a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.texi b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.texi index 978278352bb..a40e3f706c0 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.texi +++ b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.texi @@ -1100,10 +1100,12 @@ In particular, since the memory dump files subdirectories named for the engine (@file{tex}, @file{pdftex}, @file{xetex}, etc.), you must specify an engine name in order to find them. For example, @file{cont-en.fmt} typically exists for both -@file{pdftex} and @file{xetex}. You can use @samp{--engine=/} to look -for any dump file, regardless of engine; if a dump file exists for -more than one engine, it's indeterminate which one is returned. (The -@samp{/} ends up specifying a normal recursive search in @file{texmf/web2c}.) +@file{pdftex} and @file{xetex}. With the default path settings, you +can use @samp{--engine=/} to look for any dump file, regardless of +engine; if a dump file exists for more than one engine, it's +indeterminate which one is returned. (The @samp{/} ends up specifying +a normal recursive search along the path where the dumps are stored, +namely @samp{$TEXMF/web2c@{/$engine,@}}.) @item --format=@var{name} @opindex --format=@var{name} |