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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/doc/tl-portable.txt b/Master/tlpkg/doc/tl-portable.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5ed43b977e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/tlpkg/doc/tl-portable.txt @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +Running the TeX Live dvd without installation +--------------------------------------------- + +Unix/Linux: in a terminal, run tl-portable.sh, which is in the root +directory of the dvd. This starts up a secondary shell with the +necessary environment settings. When the script runs for the first +time, some files will be generated in a directory .texlive2008 under +the user's home directory. On subsequent runs, the secondary shell +will start almost instantaneously. + +Windows: either double-click tl-portable.bat in the root of the dvd, +or run it from a command prompt. As under Unix, the first time some +files have to be generated, this time under c:\Documents and +Settings\<username>\.texlive2008. Subsequent times, the batchfile +finishes almost instanteneously. + +On either platform, you can run several parallel TeXLive +terminals/command prompts. + +TeX Live on a usb stick +----------------------- + +Copy the bin, texmf, texmf-dist and tlpkg directories to your usb +stick. Also copy all the files in the root. If you place a +texmf-local directory in the root it will also be found and used. In +this case, tl-portable will notice that the usb stick is writable +and use it for generated files. You can burn the contents of the usb +stick back to dvd. + +Customization +------------- + +Instead of a secondary shell or command prompt, you can make +variations of tl-portable which start a TeX-aware editor instead of +a secondary shell or command prompt. + +.texlua filetype +---------------- + +Under Windows, registry entries are created to associate .texlua +files with texlua.exe. These are per-user entries, but there is no +way to restrict the effect to a particular session. So this is a +definite lapse in perfect portability and may even interfere with a +properly installed TeXLive. |