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diff --git a/Build/source/doc/tlbuild.texi b/Build/source/doc/tlbuild.texi index 9fd0f5d915a..5fd16c30784 100644 --- a/Build/source/doc/tlbuild.texi +++ b/Build/source/doc/tlbuild.texi @@ -217,9 +217,9 @@ any reasonable @code{make}. However, a few programs in the tree have additional requirements: @table @file -@item biber -@cindex @code{perl}, required by @code{biber}, etc. -requires @code{perl} for autodetection of the TL platform name. +@item web2c +@cindex @code{perl}, required by @code{web2c}, etc. +requires @code{perl} for some tests run by @code{make check}. @item xdvik @itemx xpdfopen @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ and/or documentation. @noindent Lacking the required tools, building these programs must avoided, e.g.,@* -@code{configure --disable-biber --without-x --disable-xetex --disable-xindy} +@code{configure --without-x --disable-xetex --disable-xindy} Modifying source files induces more requirements, as one might expect: @@ -1899,6 +1899,12 @@ to run @code{texlinks}. @code{@var{kit}} for @file{xdvik}, one of: @code{motif xaw xaw3d neXtaw}. The default is @code{motif} if available, else @code{xaw}. +@vindex --enable-xi2-scrolling +@pindex XInput +@pindex scrolling +@noindent @code{--enable-xi2-scrolling}@*Use XInput 2.1 ``smooth scrolling'' +if available. (default: yes, except for a native TL build). + @node Configure options for @file{utils/xindy} @subsection Configure options for @file{utils/xindy} @@ -2069,33 +2075,6 @@ programs; used at the top level and propagated to all subdirectories. Name (or full path) for the @file{perl}, @file{latex}, and @file{pdflatex} commands used, e.g., to build the @code{xindy} documentation. -@item TL_PLATFORM -@pindex biber -@pindex Par::Packer -The utility program @code{biber} consists of many Perl modules bundled -into an executable by the @code{Par::Packer} mechanism. Therefore -it is not feasible to build @code{biber} as part of TL. - -However, in order for @code{make install} to create all executables in -@file{bindir}, the @code{biber} module in TL contains pre-made -binaries (by @code{biber} contributors, released on the original -@code{biber} site) for the platforms for which they are available. TL -merely checks if an executable is present for the current platform, -and if so, installs it. - -@cindex platform, current -@pindex config.guess@r{,} config.sub -@pindex TLUtils.pm -@pindex TLConfig.pm -The complication is hidden in the phrase ``current platform''. TL has -its own ideas about platform names, and the mapping from the canonical -system name determined by @file{config.guess} or @file{config.sub} to -the TL platform name is not trivial. So, a value given for -@code{TL_PLATFORM} is used as the TL platform name. Otherwise, the -build uses copies of the Perl modules @code{TeXLive/TLUtils.pm} and -@code{TeXLive/TLConfig.pm}, to avoid duplicating the -platform-detection logic. - @end vtable |