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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2019-02-01 22:23:43 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2019-02-01 22:23:43 +0000
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unswthesis (1feb19)
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@@ -200,10 +200,6 @@ Things to do that karl noticed in TL'05, many still relevant :( --
5. WON'T DO:
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-.tds.zip should run through jimh's checker before we believe it.
--- Unfortunately we can't do this because Jim's stuff is Python-based
-and has too many library dependencies.
-
should only find package names at the appropriate levels, so that
graphics.tlpsrc does not have to include lines like
docpattern +!d texmf-dist/doc/latex/tufte-latex/graphics
@@ -211,7 +207,7 @@ docpattern +!d texmf-dist/doc/latex/tufte-latex/graphics
tex: implement fancier behavior at prompt file name, see knuth update notes
and thread at http://tug.org/mailman/private/tex-implementors/2008/001925.html
--- No, current behavior seems good enough.
+-- No, current behavior seems good enough, interactive use is minor.
use unzip 6.0?
-- Not until we see that there's some gain.
@@ -221,3 +217,10 @@ TEXMFSYSCONFIG == TEXMFCONFIG and TEXMFSYSVAR == TEXMFVAR
so that updmap and updmap-sys would do exactly the same thing,
hence never conflict.
-- this would just add another layer of confusion and source of error.
+
+Have BibTeX not require .bib extension, similarly not other extensions.
+(suggestion from Bob Morris to karl, 10 Oct 2015).
+-- no, because if "bibtex foo" found "foo" when there was no foo.bib,
+it could easily be a binary. This has been a constant problem,
+introduced from day one by the concept of "default extension". I fear it
+is too deeply embedded in all TeX software by now to change.