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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2009-08-27 00:28:59 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2009-08-27 00:28:59 +0000 |
commit | 309961c114541e4a5380c4e895de9d5eec93b65d (patch) | |
tree | c203552827e333e703230ff1af4460cc6895f730 /Master/texmf/scripts | |
parent | 074c3a54c583c5f495a409e5dbcf63292f85ec84 (diff) |
doc tweaks
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@14881 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
Diffstat (limited to 'Master/texmf/scripts')
-rwxr-xr-x | Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl | 41 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl b/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl index d1de43bc27e..812f9644fe5 100755 --- a/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl +++ b/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl @@ -3904,13 +3904,14 @@ name and its value. =item B<--repository> I<url|path> -Specifies the package repository from which packages should be -installed or updated, overriding the default package repository -found in the installation's TeX Live Package Database (TLPDB). -The documentation for C<install-tl> has more details about this. +Specifies the package repository from which packages should be installed +or updated, overriding the default package repository found in the +installation's TeX Live Package Database (TLPDB, file name of +C<texlive.tlpdb>). The documentation for C<install-tl> has more details +about this. -For convenience and backward compatibility both C<--location> and -C<--repo> are accepted as aliases for this option. +For backward compatibility and convenience, C<--location> and C<--repo> +are accepted as aliases for this option. =item B<--gui> [I<action>] @@ -4299,14 +4300,14 @@ Possible values for I<key> are (but see B<tlmgr option showall> for the definitive list): repository (default package repository), - formats (create formats at installation time), - docfiles (install documentation files), - srcfiles (install source files), - backupdir (default directory for backups), + formats (create formats at installation time), + docfiles (install documentation files), + srcfiles (install source files), + backupdir (default directory for backups), autobackup (number of backups to keep). - sys_bin (location where binaries are linked to by action path) - sys_man (location where man pages are linked to by action path) - sys_info (location where info pages are linked to by action path) + sys_bin (directory to which executables are linked by the path action) + sys_man (directory to which man pages are linked by the path action) + sys_info (directory to which Info files are linked by the path action) One common use of C<option> is to permanently change the installation to get further updates from the Internet, after originally installing from @@ -4498,8 +4499,8 @@ outputs their dependencies in a similar way. =head2 list [--only-installed] [collections|schemes|I<pkg>...] -With no argument, lists all packages available at the package repository, -prefixing those already installed with C<i>. +With no argument, lists all packages available at the package +repository, prefixing those already installed with C<i>. With the single word C<collections> or C<schemes> as the argument, lists the request type. @@ -4548,8 +4549,8 @@ Options: =item B<--use-svn> -Use svn status instead of listing the files, for checking the -development repository. +Use the output of C<svn status> instead of listing the files; for +checking the TL development repository. =back @@ -4602,7 +4603,7 @@ Notwithstanding the above, if you only use the fonts and font packages within TeX Live, and maintain your local fonts (if any) using C<updmap-local.cfg>, there is nothing wrong with using C<generate updmap>. Indeed, we use it ourselves to generate the C<updmap.cfg> file -that is maintained in the live source repository. +in the live source repository. In more detail: C<generate> remakes any of the four config files C<language.dat>, C<language.def>, C<fmtutil.cnf>, and C<updmap.cfg> from @@ -4715,8 +4716,8 @@ Line endings may be either LF or CRLF depending on the current platform. =item C<location-url> I<location> The I<location> may be a url (including C<file:///foo/bar/...>), or a -directory name (C</foo/bar>). It is the use package repository -from which the new package information was drawn. +directory name (C</foo/bar>). It is the package repository from which +the new package information was drawn. =item C<total-bytes> I<count> |