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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2007-03-23 20:26:25 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2007-03-23 20:26:25 +0000 |
commit | 5e8cbe719ce8e59ab356ffed269b4c9c3a658f71 (patch) | |
tree | 3fbaacba0ed973b58856726cf76450090f1c9f26 /Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi | |
parent | f0c9e514f6a42d6df94a4d458f2ee97f355f1822 (diff) |
if KPATHSEA_DEBUG is set, assume DVIPSDEBUG too; document
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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi index 661775c1254..14b7dfba243 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi +++ b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.texi @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ @settitle Dvips: A DVI-to-PostScript translator @set version 5.96 -@set month-year January 2007 +@set month-year March 2007 @copying This manual documents Dvips version @value{version} @@ -354,6 +354,11 @@ yourself in such a situation. For details on effective bug reporting, common installation problems, and @code{mktexpk} problems, @pxref{Bugs,,, kpathsea, Kpathsea}. +A good first debugging operation is to set the environment variable +@env{DVIPSDEBUG}, which will display any configuration and map files +read by Dvips. This way you can be sure it's finding the files and +settings you expect. + @menu * Debug options:: Getting diagnostics. * No output:: No output at all. @@ -379,6 +384,9 @@ track all classes, you can use @code{-1}. Another useful value is @code{3650}, which tracks everything having to do with file searching and opening. +You can also set the environment variable @env{KPATHSEA_DEBUG} to any +of these values. + Some of these debugging options are actually provided by Kpathsea (@pxref{Debugging, , , kpathsea, Kpathsea}). @@ -1190,6 +1198,16 @@ Kpathsea-using programs. Only the environment variables specific to Dvips are mentioned here. @vtable @code +@item DVIPSDEBUG +@vindex KPATHSEA_DEBUG +Write the absolute path names of any configuration or map files to +standard output, for debugging. This isn't done by default because +these files are read even before the banner is printed. For +voluminous additional debugging, set the environment variable +@env{KPATHSEA_DEBUG} to @samp{-1} +(@pxref{Debugging,,,kpathsea,Kpathsea}). (If @env{KPATHSEA_DEBUG} is +set to any value, it automatically turns on @env{DVIPSDEBUG}.) + @item DVIPSFONTS Default path to search for all fonts. Overrides all the font path config file options and other environment variables (@pxref{Supported |