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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2020-02-16 17:17:22 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2020-02-16 17:17:22 +0000
commit01f4e7ca124b215649172d89a2d85d4ec50a3948 (patch)
treebc536c35a80f66400902a604aaffb984796c3886 /Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
parent87a1c2c06444b311b601572156f5afaa97504f77 (diff)
option formats description
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@53803 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
index a92ad2dca2e..9a3820b5f6b 100755
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
@@ -4657,7 +4657,7 @@ sub action_option {
$ret |= $F_WARNING;
}
}
- } elsif ($what =~ m/^showall$/i) {
+ } elsif ($what =~ m/^(showall|help)$/i) {
if ($opts{'json'}) {
my $json = $localtlpdb->options_as_json();
print("$json\n");
@@ -8417,7 +8417,7 @@ Synonym for L</info>.
=item B<option [--json] [show]>
-=item B<option [--json] showall>
+=item B<option [--json] showall|help>
=item B<option I<key> [I<value>]>
@@ -8428,7 +8428,8 @@ saved in the TLPDB with a short description and the C<key> used for
changing it in parentheses.
The second form, C<showall>, is similar, but also shows options which
-can be defined but are not currently set to any value.
+can be defined but are not currently set to any value (C<help> is a
+synonym).
Both C<show...> forms take an option C<--json>, which dumps the option
information in JSON format. In this case, both forms dump the same
@@ -8443,7 +8444,7 @@ Possible values for I<key> are (run C<tlmgr option showall> for
the definitive list):
repository (default package repository),
- formats (create formats at installation time),
+ formats (generate formats at installation or update time),
postcode (run postinst code blobs)
docfiles (install documentation files),
srcfiles (install source files),
@@ -8468,7 +8469,8 @@ be used as a synonym for C<repository>.)
If C<formats> is set (this is the default), then formats are regenerated
when either the engine or the format files have changed. Disable this
-only when you know how and want to regenerate formats yourself.
+only when you know how and want to regenerate formats yourself whenever
+needed (which is often, in practice).
The C<postcode> option controls execution of per-package
postinstallation action code. It is set by default, and again disabling
@@ -9918,7 +9920,7 @@ user installations.
=item C<TEXLIVE_COMPRESSOR>
-This option allows selecting a different compressor program for
+This variable allows selecting a different compressor program for
backups and intermediate rollback containers. The order of selection is:
=over 8
@@ -10009,7 +10011,6 @@ regardless of any setting.
=back
-
=head1 AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT
This script and its documentation were written for the TeX Live