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Diffstat (limited to 'Build/source/texk/tetex')
-rw-r--r-- | Build/source/texk/tetex/ChangeLog | 10 | ||||
-rwxr-xr-x | Build/source/texk/tetex/texconfig-dialog | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Build/source/texk/tetex/texconfig.man | 17 |
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/tetex/ChangeLog b/Build/source/texk/tetex/ChangeLog index 0543e3f9ab9..bbb1aca2108 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/tetex/ChangeLog +++ b/Build/source/texk/tetex/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +2011-08-26 Karl Berry <karl@tug.org> + + * texconfig-dialog: do not invoke tcdialog as fallback, + give up instead. We don't want to install our own (tc)dialog any + more, induces curses dependencies. More importantly, texconfig, + and especially this interactive configuration, has not been the + way we have been moving (or testing) for years now. If there is + anyone left who wants to do it, they can install their own dialog + (or whiptail) program. + 2011-06-27 Karl Berry <karl@tug.org> * fmtutil (version): rename to versionfunc, or Solaris sh dies diff --git a/Build/source/texk/tetex/texconfig-dialog b/Build/source/texk/tetex/texconfig-dialog index 8ccda930dd7..4c2727b5bc6 100755 --- a/Build/source/texk/tetex/texconfig-dialog +++ b/Build/source/texk/tetex/texconfig-dialog @@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ export PATH test -n "${ZSH_VERSION+set}" && alias -g '${1+"$@"}'='"$@"' # the version string -version=1184605103 # seconds since `00:00:00 1970-01-01 UTC' - # date '+%s' (with GNU date) +version='$Id$' : ${PAGER=more} progname=texconfig-dialog @@ -87,9 +86,7 @@ runDialog() $DIALOG_PROG --title "TeX setup utility" ${1+"$@"} runDialogRc=$? else - TERM=$DIALOG_TERM TERMINFO=$DIALOG_TERMINFO \ - tcdialog --title "TeX setup utility" ${1+"$@"} - runDialogRc=$? + abort "could not find dialog or whiptail program to run" fi termCtl clear (exit $runDialogRc) diff --git a/Build/source/texk/tetex/texconfig.man b/Build/source/texk/tetex/texconfig.man index 282688be695..c58831ba72c 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/tetex/texconfig.man +++ b/Build/source/texk/tetex/texconfig.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH texconfig 1 "May 2009" "TeX Live" "TeX Live" +.TH texconfig 1 "August 2011" "TeX Live" "TeX Live" .SH NAME texconfig \- configures teTeX or TeX Live .LP @@ -14,7 +14,15 @@ texconfig-sys \- configures teTeX or TeX Live system\-wide .I texconfig allows one to configure and maintain TeX in an easy and convenient manner, offering a series of dialog boxes to -the user. After choosing settings or options, the appropriate files +the user. +.PP +The +.I tlmgr +program has subsumed this function for TeX Live. This program +is still supported, but the tlmgr interface is much more actively +developed and tested. +.PP +After choosing settings or options, the appropriate files are changed automatically and the new settings are applied for the user. If needed, copies of files in .I TEXMFDIST @@ -35,7 +43,7 @@ For making system-wide changes, which will apply to all users of TeX (for example, default paper size and so on), run .I texconfig-sys instead. Changed or generated files will be placed in -.I TEXMFSYSCONFIG. +.IR TEXMFSYSCONFIG . (You may need to be root to do this.) .PP .I texconfig @@ -197,10 +205,11 @@ if both are unset. .SH "SEE ALSO" .IR whiptail (1), .IR dialog (1), +.IR tlmgr (1), .IR tex (1), .IR mf (1), .IR vi (1), .IR EDITOR environment variable. .SH AUTHOR -Thomas Esser <te@dbs.uni-hannover.de> +Thomas Esser |