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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-02-01 19:41:33 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-02-01 19:41:33 +0000
commitf3e45a772d199f398f301984a90991b4199cee23 (patch)
treeb1988cdc2f3e4d759a1db5b47b52f6fd85d61243 /Build/source/texk/web2c/man/etex.man
parenta7d0d5b80f2b788f11ed7b8c286d46aa26f3a38d (diff)
mention that TEXMFOUTPUT is also used for input, with no automatic suffix extending done
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@16894 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/etex.man b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/etex.man
index 61fcdc2f3bf..651b2567e4b 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/etex.man
+++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/etex.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH ETEX 1 "22 March 2009" "pdftex 1.40" "Web2C @VERSION@"
+.TH ETEX 1 "1 February 2010" "pdftex 1.40" "Web2C @VERSION@"
.\"=====================================================================
.if n .ds MF Metafont
.if t .ds MF M\s-2ETAFONT\s0
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.if t .ds WB W\s-2EB\s0
.\"=====================================================================
.SH NAME
-etex, einitex, evirtex \- extended TeX
+etex \- extended (plain) TeX
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B etex
.RI [ options ]
@@ -316,7 +316,10 @@ e-\*(TX attempts to create
.I /tmp/paper.log
(and
.IR /tmp/paper.dvi ,
-if any output is produced.)
+if any output is produced.) TEXMFOUTPUT is also checked for input
+files, as \*(TX often generates files that need to be subsequently
+read; for input, no suffixes (such as ``.tex'') are added by default,
+the input name is simply checked as given.
.TP
TEXINPUTS
Search path for
@@ -324,11 +327,11 @@ Search path for
and
.I \eopenin
files.
-This should probably start with ``.'', so
+This should start with ``.'', so
that user files are found before system files. An empty path
component will be replaced with the paths defined in the
.I texmf.cnf
-file. For example, set TEXINPUTS to ".:/home/usr/tex:" to prepend the
+file. For example, set TEXINPUTS to ".:/home/user/tex:" to prepend the
current direcory and ``/home/user/tex'' to the standard search path.
.TP
TEXFORMATS