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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2013-08-15 19:00:51 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2013-08-15 19:00:51 +0000
commit383f3a1a4878dab62fcae9f73369be14150bf0a6 (patch)
tree4789112c7abe9e1d710061d20fa1dcc250d45e67 /Master/texmf-dist
parent483520690d2385e0703f0661bcd0375409557ecd (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
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@@ -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}