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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2011-01-01 00:21:55 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2011-01-01 00:21:55 +0000
commitdc1d468bf43d68729f3ccb25819a25d3d8772700 (patch)
tree2281260f9dea4e869426badc0768fbe58afbcbdd /Build/source/texk/kpathsea
parent03d351223fc30fdf1b8b00fbae54cf4c90ed3ab7 (diff)
doc fixes for texmf.cnf
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@20901 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
Diffstat (limited to 'Build/source/texk/kpathsea')
-rw-r--r--Build/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--Build/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.cnf32
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog
index 9cfc2051f22..36ebf1e3013 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog
+++ b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-01-01 Karl Berry <karl@tug.org>
+
+ * texmf.cnf (TEXLIVE_WINDOWS_TRY_EXTERNAL_PERL): doc fixes.
+
2010-12-27 Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de>
* Makefile.am (install-exec-hook): Check symlink creation.
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.cnf b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.cnf
index 33091772158..d80fea7a37a 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.cnf
+++ b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.cnf
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
% also expands to /usr/local/mytex:/usr/local/othertex. We make
% extensive use of this.
+
% Part 1: Search paths and directories.
% You can set an environment variable to override TEXMF if you're testing
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ VARTEXFONTS = $TEXMFVAR/fonts
% files that may be created as well as the formats. For example
% TEXMFVAR = /var/lib/texmf
% is used in many distros. In this case, set VARTEXFONTS like this
-% VARTEXFONTS = $TEXMFVAR/fonts
+%VARTEXFONTS = $TEXMFVAR/fonts
% and do not mention it in TEXMFDBS (but _do_ mention TEXMFVAR).
%
% Remove $VARTEXFONTS from TEXMFDBS if the VARTEXFONTS directory is below
@@ -551,7 +552,7 @@ openout_any = p
openin_any = a
% Write .log/.dvi/etc. files here, if the current directory is unwritable.
-% TEXMFOUTPUT = /tmp
+%TEXMFOUTPUT = /tmp
% If a dynamic file creation fails, log the command to this file, in
% either the current directory or TEXMFOUTPUT. Set to the
@@ -586,13 +587,13 @@ file_line_error_style = f
% set DVIPSMAKEPK to `foo', what counts is the value of the environment
% variable/config value `FOO', not the `MKTEXPK' value.
%
-% MKTEXTEX = 0
-% MKTEXPK = 0
-% MKTEXMF = 0
-% MKTEXTFM = 0
-% MKTEXFMT = 0
-% MKOCP = 0
-% MKOFM = 0
+%MKTEXTEX = 0
+%MKTEXPK = 0
+%MKTEXMF = 0
+%MKTEXTFM = 0
+%MKTEXFMT = 0
+%MKOCP = 0
+%MKOFM = 0
% Used by makempx to run TeX. We use "etex" because MetaPost is
% expecting DVI, and not "tex" because we want first line parsing.
@@ -610,11 +611,16 @@ TEX = etex
% given as command line option or environment variable.
BIBTEX_CSFILE = 88591lat.csf
-% This variable is Windows platform specific and allows script wrappers
-% to use an already installed Perl interpreter (if found on the search path)
-% instead of the one shipped with TeX Live. It must be set to 0 or 1.
+% This variable is specific to Windows. It must be set to 0 or 1. It
+% tells script wrappers to use an already installed Perl interpreter (if
+% found on the search path) in preference to the Perl shipped with TeX
+% Live. Thus, it may be useful if you installed a full Perl
+% distribution installed and need to run Perl programs from TL that use
+% additional modules we don't provide. (The TL Perl does provide all
+% the standard modules.)
%
-% TEXLIVE_WINDOWS_TRY_EXTERNAL_PERL = 0
+%TEXLIVE_WINDOWS_TRY_EXTERNAL_PERL = 0
+
% Part 3: Array and other sizes for TeX (and Metafont).
%