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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2013-08-15 19:00:51 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2013-08-15 19:00:51 +0000 |
commit | 383f3a1a4878dab62fcae9f73369be14150bf0a6 (patch) | |
tree | 4789112c7abe9e1d710061d20fa1dcc250d45e67 | |
parent | 483520690d2385e0703f0661bcd0375409557ecd (diff) |
say that tlmgr is recommended over texconfig, but
stay silent about updmap and fmtutil. Original
report from Reuben Thomas.
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@31434 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
-rw-r--r-- | Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex index d4695025bbc..6fb90adb31c 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex @@ -1178,9 +1178,7 @@ fonts without any installation in \TeX. If you do need to do this, see \url{http://tug.org/fonts/fontinstall.html} for our best effort at -describing the procedure. If you rigorously maintain your local font -maps, \texttt{tlmgr generate updmap} \textit{may} be useful, notably in -moving from release to release; see the \cmdname{tlmgr} documentation. +describing the procedure. \subsection{Testing the installation} @@ -1481,20 +1479,22 @@ setting at least one extra environment variable. If you create your \end{figure} \TL{} includes a program named \prog{tlmgr} for managing \TL{} after the -initial installation. The programs \prog{updmap}, \prog{fmtutil} and -\prog{texconfig} are still included and will be retained in the future, -but \prog{tlmgr} is now the preferred interface. Its capabilities -include: +initial installation. Its capabilities include: \begin{itemize*} \item installing, updating, backing up, restoring, and uninstalling individual packages, optionally taking dependencies into account; -\item searching for and listing packages, etc.; +\item searching for and listing packages and their descriptions; \item listing, adding, and removing platforms; \item changing installation options such as paper size and source location (see section~\ref{sec:location}). \end{itemize*} +\prog{tlmgr}'s functionality completely subsumes the \prog{texconfig} +program. We still distribute and maintain \prog{texconfig} for the sake +of anyone used to its interface, but we recommend using \prog{tlmgr} +nowadays. + \subsection{\cmdname{tlmgr} GUI mode} \prog{tlmgr} can be started in \GUI{} mode (figure~\ref{fig:tlmgr-gui}) with \begin{alltt} |