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authorSiep Kroonenberg <siepo@cybercomm.nl>2008-08-09 22:04:55 +0000
committerSiep Kroonenberg <siepo@cybercomm.nl>2008-08-09 22:04:55 +0000
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+<head>
+<title>TeX Live 2008 Windows notes</title>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+<h1>TeX Live 2008 Windows notes</h1>
+
+<h2>Shortcuts</h2>
+
+<p>The installer adds some desktop shortcuts and a Tex live
+menu with shortcuts for the TeX Live Manager and some documentation,
+among other things. As always, these shortcuts are just a
+convenience. You can move or remove them without losing any
+functionality.</p>
+
+<p>The PS_View desktop shortcut can be used to drop PostScript- and
+pdf files onto for viewing.</p>
+
+<h2>Searchpath</h2>
+
+<p>The most important change to the system is that TeX Live adds the
+directory of its own binaries to the searchpath. If it detects
+another TeX on the old searchpath then it removes that path from the
+searchpath. The installer writes both the old and the new searchpath
+to a logfile, which can be found at the root of the installation,
+e.g. c:\Program Files\texlive\2008\install-tl.log.</p>
+
+<p>If you installed for running from dvd then a second environment
+variable TEXMFCNF will have been defined. See the TeX Live manual
+section 3.4.5 for details.</p>
+
+<h2>Multiple TeX installations</h2>
+
+<p>The various command-line programs of TeX must be findable via the
+searchpath. This means that you cannot have more than one functional
+TeX installation on your system. Switching from one to the other
+requires at least changing the searchpath.</p>
+
+<h2>Windows 2000</h2>
+
+<p>Under Windows 2000, there is a chance that the installer fails to
+open. If that happens, try the installer in text mode, e.g.</p>
+
+<pre>
+d:\install-tl -no-gui
+</pre>
+
+<p>We have been unable to find the cause of the GUI crashes under
+Windows 2000.</p>
+
+</body> </html>