From 89d3f710bd07ec85dd997dff929e3985183394f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Berry Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:56:33 +0000 Subject: be more explicit about texmf.cnf locations git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@19070 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751 --- Build/source/README | 19 +- .../texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.html | 368 +++++++++++---------- Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.pdf | Bin 1014590 -> 1015011 bytes Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex | 27 +- TODO | 1 - 5 files changed, 207 insertions(+), 208 deletions(-) diff --git a/Build/source/README b/Build/source/README index be6219b92a6..9c292374cd6 100644 --- a/Build/source/README +++ b/Build/source/README @@ -55,21 +55,16 @@ env LD_OPTIONS=-R/usr/local/lib ./Build Build information: - amd64-freebsd: built on Freebsd 7.0-RELEASE amd64, - --with-fontconfig=/usr/local - - hppa-hpux: built on HP-UX 10.20, gcc 3.3.4 - --with-fontconfig=/u/tiarno/fc --without-graphite --without-luatex - - i386-darwin: MacOSX 10.4 with support for 10.3, 10.4, and 10.5 + In general, xe(la)tex and xdvipdfmx depend on fontconfig. + We cannot statically link it because it varies on different systems. i386-linux: Debian sarge, gcc 3.3.5, libc 2.3.2, Linux 2.6.9-67.0.4.ELsmp chroot /home/texlive/sarge; Build --with-xindy --with-clisp=... - i386-solaris: Solaris 11 + universal-darwin, x86_64-darwin: a menagerie of versions. + + i386-solaris, x86_64-solaris: Solaris 11 - powerpc-darwin: like i386-darwin - powerpc-linux 2.6.26-2-powerpc64 #1 SMP Fri May 29 00:38:20 UTC 2009 ppc64 GNU/Linux /lib/libc.so.6, GNU C Library (EGLIBC) stable release version 2.9 @@ -81,7 +76,6 @@ bison (GNU Bison) 2.3 flex version 2.5.4 GNU m4 1.4.5 GNU Make 3.81 - xe(la)tex and xdvipdfmx depend on fontconfig. Because Solaris 8 does not include fontconfig, we used fontconfig package (version 2.3.2) from http://www.blastwave.org/ (together with its dependencies) @@ -99,7 +93,6 @@ bison (GNU Bison) 1.34 flex version 2.5.4 GNU m4 1.4 GNU Make 3.79.1 - xe(la)tex and xdvipdfmx depend on fontconfig. You can download fontconfig for AIX from http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/download.html ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/fontconfig/ @@ -111,7 +104,6 @@ bison (GNU Bison) 2.3 flex 2.5.33 GNU M4 1.4.8 GNU Make 3.81 - Remarks: - you have to set the ulimit high enough before compiling clisp and texlive ulimit -s 16384 did suffice for me @@ -121,4 +113,3 @@ GNU Make 3.81 - compilation of clisp needs hand adding -lavcall -lcallback -ltrampoline -lvacall after the -lsigsegv - asy compilation with --disable-gsl && make - diff --git a/Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.html b/Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.html index f97dba15729..d9f91b6f9cf 100644 --- a/Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.html +++ b/Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.html @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ TeX Live 2010 - + @@ -3868,16 +3868,22 @@ href="#x1-670008.2.4">62).

8.1.2 Config files
-

Kpathsea reads

Kpathsea reads runtime configuration files named texmf.cnf for search path and other definitions. The search path used to look for these files is named TEXMFCNF (by default such a file lives in the texmf/web2c -subdirectory). TEXMFCNF, but we do not recommend setting this (or any) +environment variable. +

Instead, normal installation results in a file .../2010/texmf.cnf. If you must make changes to the +defaults (not normally necessary), this is the place to put them. The main configuration file is in +.../2010/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf. You should not edit this latter file, as your changes will be lost when the +distributed version is updated. +

All texmf.cnf files in the search path will be read and definitions in earlier files override those -in later files. Thus, with a search path of texmf.cnf files in the search path will be read and definitions in earlier files override those in later +files. For example, with a search path of .:$TEXMF, values from ./texmf.cnf override those from \ at the end of a line acts as a continuation characte at the beginning of continuation lines is not ignored.

  • Each remaining line has the form:
    -

    +

      texmf.cnf for Unix, MS-DOS and Windows
  • All definitions are read before anything is expanded, so variables can be referenced before they are defined.
  • -

    A configuration file fragment illustrating most of these points is shown below: -

    +

    A configuration file fragment illustrating most of these points is shown below: +

      = .;$TEXMF/{etex,tex}/{eplain,plain,generic;}//
    -

    +

    8.1.3 Path expansion
    -

    Kpathsea recognizes certain special characters and constructions in search paths, similar to those available in +

    Kpathsea recognizes certain special characters and constructions in search paths, similar to those available in Unix shells. As a general example, the complex path, ~$USER/{foo,bar}//baz, expands to all subdirectories under directories baz. These expansions are explained in the sections below.

    8.1.4 Default expansion
    -

    If the highest-priority search path (see “Path sources” on page 

    If the highest-priority search path (see “Path sources” on page 54) contains an extra colon (i.e., leading, trailing, or doubled), Kpathsea inserts at that point the next-highest-priority search path that is defined. If that inserted path has an extra colon, the same happens with the next highest. For example, given an environment variable setting

    -

    +

    >  /home/karl: class="ec-lmtt-10">TEXINPUTS value from texmf.cnf of
    -

    +

      .:$TEXMF//tex
    then the final value used for searching will be:
    -

    +

      /home/karl:.:$TEXMF//tex
    -

    Since it would be useless to insert the default value in more than one place, Kpathsea changes only one +

    Since it would be useless to insert the default value in more than one place, Kpathsea changes only one extra ‘:’ and leaves any others in place. It checks first for a leading ‘:’, then a trailing ‘:’, then a doubled class="ec-lmtt-10">:’. -

    +

    8.1.5 Brace expansion
    -

    A useful feature is brace expansion, which means that, for instance,

    A useful feature is brace expansion, which means that, for instance, v{a,b}w expands to vaw:vbw. Nesting is allowed. This is used to implement multiple T    TEXMF = {$TEXMFHOME,$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFVAR,!!$TEXMFMAIN}

    -

    Using this you can then write something like +

    Using this you can then write something like

        TEXINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/tex//
    -

    which means that, after looking in the current directory, the

    which means that, after looking in the current directory, the $TEXMFHOME/tex, $TEXMFLOCAL/tex, $TEXMF variable in all definitions, one is sure to always search the up-to-date tree first. -

    +

    8.1.6 Subdirectory expansion
    -

    Two or more consecutive slashes in a path element following a directory

    Two or more consecutive slashes in a path element following a directory d is replaced by all subdirectories of d: first those subdirectories directly under d, then the subsubdirectories under those, and so on. At each level, the order in which the directories are searched is unspecified. -

    If you specify any filename components after the ‘

    If you specify any filename components after the ‘//’, only subdirectories with matching components are included. For example, ‘/a//b’ expands into directories /a/1/1/b, and so on, but not /a/b/c or /a/1. -

    Multiple ‘

    Multiple ‘//’ constructs in a path are possible, but ‘//’ at the beginning of a path is ignored. -

    +

    8.1.7 List of special characters and their meaning: a summary
    -

    The following list summarizes the special characters in Kpathsea configuration files. -

    +

    The following list summarizes the special characters in Kpathsea configuration files. +

    :
    -

    Separator in path specification; at the beginning or the end of a path it substitutes the default +

    Separator in path specification; at the beginning or the end of a path it substitutes the default path expansion.

    ;
    -

    Separator on non-Unix systems (acts like

    Separator on non-Unix systems (acts like :).

    $
    -

    Variable expansion. +

    Variable expansion.

    ~
    -

    Represents the user’s home directory. +

    Represents the user’s home directory.

    {...}
    -

    Brace expansion. +

    Brace expansion.

    //
    -

    Subdirectory expansion (can occur anywhere in a path, except at its beginning). +

    Subdirectory expansion (can occur anywhere in a path, except at its beginning).

    %
    -

    Start of comment. +

    Start of comment.

    \
    -

    Continuation character (allows multi-line entries). +

    Continuation character (allows multi-line entries).

    !!
    -

    Search

    Search only database to locate file, do not search the disk.

    -

    +

    8.2 Filename databases

    -

    Kpathsea goes to some lengths to minimize disk accesses for searches. Nevertheless, at installations with +

    Kpathsea goes to some lengths to minimize disk accesses for searches. Nevertheless, at installations with enough directories, searching each possible directory for a given file can take an excessively long time (this is especially true if many hundreds of font directories have to be traversed.) Therefore, Kpathsea can use an externally-built plain text “database” file named ls-R that maps files to directories, thus avoiding the need to exhaustively search the disk. -

    A second database file

    A second database file aliases allows you to give additional names to the files listed in ls-R. This can be helpful to confirm to DOS 8.3 filename conventions in source files. -

    +

    8.2.1 The filename database
    -

    As explained above, the name of the main filename database must be

    As explained above, the name of the main filename database must be ls-R. You can put one at the root of each TEX hierarchy in your installation that you wish to be searched ($TEXMF by default). Kpathsea looks for ls-R files along the TEXMFDBS path. -

    The recommended way to create and maintain ‘

    The recommended way to create and maintain ‘ls-R’ is to run the mktexlsr script included with the distribution. It is invoked by the various ‘mktex’… scripts. In principle, this script just runs the command

    -

    +

    cd cron, so that it is automatically updated when the installed files change, such as after installing or updating a LATEX package. -

    If a file is not found in the database, by default Kpathsea goes ahead and searches the disk. If a particular +

    If a file is not found in the database, by default Kpathsea goes ahead and searches the disk. If a particular path element begins with ‘!!’, however, only the database will be searched for that element, never the disk. -

    +

    8.2.2 kpsewhich: Standalone path searching
    -

    The

    The kpsewhich program exercises path searching independent of any particular application. This can be useful as a sort of find program to locate files in TEX hierarchies (this is used heavily in the distributed ‘mktex’… scripts).

    -

    +

    > option start with either ‘-’ or ‘--’, and any unambiguous abbreviation is accepted. -

    Kpathsea looks up each non-option argument on the command line as a filename, and returns the first file +

    Kpathsea looks up each non-option argument on the command line as a filename, and returns the first file found. There is no option to return all the files with a particular name (you can run the Unix ‘find’ utility for that). -

    The most common options are described next. -

    +

    The most common options are described next. +

    --dpi=num
    -

    Set the resolution to

    Set the resolution to num; this only affects ‘gf’ and ‘pk’ lookups. ‘dvips. Default is 600. class="ec-lmtt-10">--format=name

    -



    Set the format for lookup to name. By default, the format is guessed from the filename. For formats which do not have an associated unambiguous suffix, such as MetaPost support files and @@ -4306,7 +4312,7 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">kpsewhich --help for a list. class="ec-lmtt-10">--mode=string

    -



    Set the mode name to string; this only affects ‘gf’ and ‘pk’ lookups. No default: any mode will --must-exist

    -



    Do everything possible to find the files, notably including searching the disk. By default, only the ls-R database is checked, in the interest of efficiency. @@ -4325,7 +4331,7 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">ls-R database is checked, in the interest of efficienc class="ec-lmtt-10">--path=string

    -



    Search along the path string (colon-separated as usual), instead of guessing the search path from the filename. ‘--format’ class="ec-lmtt-10">--progname=name

    -



    Set the program name to name. This can affect the search paths via the .kpsewhich. class="ec-lmtt-10">--show-path=name

    -



    shows the path used for file lookups of file type name. Either a filename extension (.pk, --format’ option. class="ec-lmtt-10">--debug=num

    -



    sets the debugging options to num.

    -

    +

    8.2.3 Examples of use
    -

    Let us now have a look at Kpathsea in action. Here’s a straightforward search: +

    Let us now have a look at Kpathsea in action. Here’s a straightforward search:

    -

    +

    > EX Live directory. Similarly, all of the followin problems thanks to their unambiguous suffix.
    -

    +

    >   /usr/local/texmf-dist/bibtex/bib/beebe/tugboat.bib
    -

    By the way, that last is a BibTeX bibliography database for

    By the way, that last is a BibTeX bibliography database for TUGboat articles.

    -

    +

    > .pk’ files in TEX Live — the Type 1 variants are used by default.
    -

    +

    > .pk’ files, and since the default Metafont mode on our installation is ljfour with a base resolution of 600dpi (dots per inch), this instantiation is returned.
    -

    +

    > xdvi would go off and actually build the required .pk files using the script mktexpk. -

    Next we turn our attention to

    Next we turn our attention to dvips’s header and configuration files. We first look at one of the commonly used files, the general prologue tex.pro for Tdvips config) for the file config.ps.

    -

    +

    >  /usr/local/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/psfonts.map
    -

    We now take a closer look at the URW Times PostScript support files. The prefix for these in the standard +

    We now take a closer look at the URW Times PostScript support files. The prefix for these in the standard font naming scheme is ‘utm’. The first file we look at is the configuration file, which contains the name of the map file:

    -

    +

    >   /usr/local/texmf-dist/dvips/psnfss/config.utm
    The contents of that file is
    -

    +

      p +utm.map
    which points to the file utm.map, which we want to locate next.
    -

    +

    >  /usr/local/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/times/utm.map
    This map file defines the file names of the Type 1 PostScript fonts in the URW collection. Its contents look like (we only show part of the lines):
    -

    +

    utmb8r  <utmr8a.pfb class="ec-lmtt-10">utmr8a.pfb and find its position in the texmf directory tree with a search for Type 1 font files:
    -

    +

    >   /usr/local/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/urw/times/utmr8a.pfb
    -

    It should be evident from these examples how you can easily locate the whereabouts of a given file. This is +

    It should be evident from these examples how you can easily locate the whereabouts of a given file. This is especially important if you suspect that the wrong version of a file is picked up somehow, since kpsewhich will show you the first file encountered. -

    +

    8.2.4 Debugging actions
    -

    Sometimes it is necessary to investigate how a program resolves file references. To make this practical, +

    Sometimes it is necessary to investigate how a program resolves file references. To make this practical, Kpathsea offers various levels of debugging output: -

    +

     1
    -

    stat calls (disk lookups). When running with an up-to-date ls-R database this should almost give no output. @@ -4664,49 +4670,49 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">ls-R database this should almost  2

    -

    References to hash tables (such as

    References to hash tables (such as ls-R databases, map files, configuration files).

     4
    -

    File open and close operations. +

    File open and close operations.

     8
    -

    General path information for file types searched by Kpathsea. This is useful to find out where a +

    General path information for file types searched by Kpathsea. This is useful to find out where a particular path for the file was defined.

    16
    -

    Directory list for each path element (only relevant for searches on disk). +

    Directory list for each path element (only relevant for searches on disk).

    32
    -

    File searches. +

    File searches.

    64
    -

    Variable values.

    -

    A value of

    Variable values. +

    A value of -1 will set all the above options; in practice, this is usually the most convenient. -

    Similarly, with the

    Similarly, with the dvips program, by setting a combination of debug switches, one can follow in detail where files are being picked up from. Alternatively, when a file is not found, the debug trace shows in which directories the program looks for the given file, so that one can get an indication what the problem is. -

    Generally speaking, as most programs call the Kpathsea library internally, one can select a debug option by +

    Generally speaking, as most programs call the Kpathsea library internally, one can select a debug option by using the KPATHSEA_DEBUG environment variable, and setting it to (a combination of) values as described in the above list. -

    (Note for Windows users: it is not easy to redirect all messages to a file in this system. For diagnostic +

    (Note for Windows users: it is not easy to redirect all messages to a file in this system. For diagnostic purposes you can temporarily SET KPATHSEA_DEBUG_OUTPUT=err.log). -

    Let us consider, as an example, a small LAT

    Let us consider, as an example, a small LATEX source file, hello-world.tex, which contains the following input. @@ -4719,13 +4725,13 @@ input. id="x1-67006r3">    Hello World!
        \end{document}

    -

    This little file only uses the font

    This little file only uses the font cmr10, so let us look at how dvips prepares the PostScript file (we want to use the Type 1 version of the Computer Modern fonts, hence the option -Pcms).

    -

    +

    > dvips Reference Manual, texmf/doc/dvips/dvips.pdf). The output (slightly rearranged) appears in Figure 12. -


    Finding the font file

    dvips starts by locating its working files. First, texmf.cnf is found, which gives the definitions of the search paths for the other files, then the file database dvips command). This file contains the list of the map files which define the relation between the TEX, PostScript and file system names of the fonts.

    -

    +

    > psfonts.map, which is always loaded (it contains declarations for commonly used PostScript fonts; see the last part of Section 8.2.3 for more details about PostScript map file handling). -

    At this point

    At this point dvips identifies itself to the user:

    -

    +

    This is (www.radicaleye.com)
    Then it goes on to look for the prolog file texc.pro:
    -

    +


    kdebug:start search(file=texc.pro, => /usr/local/texmf/dvips/base/texc.pro
    -

    After having found the file in question,

    After having found the file in question, dvips outputs the date and time, and informs us that it will generate the file hello-world.ps, then that it needs the font file cmr10, and that the latter is declared as “resident” (no bitmaps needed):

    -

    +


    TeX outputcmr10.tfm, which is found, then a few more prolog file referenced, and finally the Type 1 instance cmr10.pfb of the font is located and included in the output file (see last line).
    -

    +


    kdebug:start search(file=cmr10.tfm,<cmr10.pfb>[1]

    8.3 Runtime options

    -

    Another useful feature of Web2C is its possibility to control a number of memory parameters (in particular, +

    Another useful feature of Web2C is its possibility to control a number of memory parameters (in particular, array sizes) via the runtime file texmf.cnf read by Kpathsea. The memory settings can be found in Part 3 of +class="ec-lmtt-10">texmf.cnf read by Kpathsea. The memory settings can be found in Part 3 of that file in the TEX Live distribution. The more important are: -

    +

    main_memory
    -

    Total words of memory available, for T

    Total words of memory available, for TEX, Metafont and MetaPost. You must make a new format file for each different setting. For instance, you could generate a “huge” version of TEX, and call @@ -5098,7 +5104,7 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">texmf.cnf. extra_mem_bot

    -

    Extra space for “large” T

    Extra space for “large” TEX data structures: boxes, glue, breakpoints, etc. Especially useful if you use PI CTEX. @@ -5106,27 +5112,27 @@ class="E">EX. font_mem_size

    -

    Number of words for font information available for T

    Number of words for font information available for TEX. This is more or less the total size of all TFM files read.

    hash_extra
    -

    Additional space for the hash table of control sequence names. Only

    Additional space for the hash table of control sequence names. Only 10,000 control sequences can be stored in the main hash table; if you have a large book with numerous cross-references, this might not be enough. The default value of hash_extra is 50000.

    -

    Of course, this facility is no substitute for truly dynamic arrays and memory allocation, but since these are +

    Of course, this facility is no substitute for truly dynamic arrays and memory allocation, but since these are extremely difficult to implement in the present TEX source, these runtime parameters provide a practical compromise allowing some flexibility. -

    +

    9 Acknowledgements

    -

    T

    TEX Live is a joint effort by virtually all of the TEX user groups. This edition of TEX Live was overseen by @@ -5290,7 +5296,7 @@ class="E">EX Live, and coordinator of the many

  • Graham Williams, on whose work the TEX Catalogue of packages depends.
  • -

    Builders of the binaries: Alan Braslau (

    Builders of the binaries: Alan Braslau (amd64-kfreebsd, i386-kfreebsd), Peter Breitenlohner (x86_64-linux), @@ -5318,23 +5324,23 @@ class="E">EX Live build process, see http://tug.org/texlive/build.html. -

    Current documentation translators: Boris Veytsman (Russian), Jjgod Jiang, Jinsong Zhao, Yue Wang, & +

    Current documentation translators: Boris Veytsman (Russian), Jjgod Jiang, Jinsong Zhao, Yue Wang, & Helin Gai (Chinese), Klaus Höppner (German), Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard (French), Marco Pallante (Italian), Nikola Lečić (Serbian), Petr Sojka & Jan Busa (Czech/Slovak), Staszek Wawrykiewicz (Polish). The TEX Live documentation web page is http://tug.org/texlive/doc.html. -

    Of course the most important acknowledgement must go to Donald Knuth, first for inventing T

    Of course the most important acknowledgement must go to Donald Knuth, first for inventing TEX, and then for giving it to the world. -

    +

    10 Release history

    -

    +

    10.1 Past

    -

    Discussion began in late 1993 when the Dutch T

    Discussion began in late 1993 when the Dutch TEX Users Group was starting work on its 4AllTEX CD for MS-DOS users, and it was hoped at that time to issue a single, rational, CD for all systems. This was too @@ -5358,7 +5364,7 @@ class="E">EX CD showed that Unix users would benefit from a similarly easy system, and this is the other main strand of TEX Live. -

    We first undertook to make a new Unix-based TDS CD in the autumn of 1995, and quickly identified +

    We first undertook to make a new Unix-based TDS CD in the autumn of 1995, and quickly identified Thomas Esser’s teTEX as the ideal setup, as it already had multi-platform support and was built with @@ -5378,7 +5384,7 @@ included almost all of its features. The 4th edition followed the same pattern, of teTEX, and a new release of Web2C (7.3). The system now included a complete Windows setup. -

    For the 5th edition (March 2000) many parts of the CD were revised and checked, updating hundreds of +

    For the 5th edition (March 2000) many parts of the CD were revised and checked, updating hundreds of packages. Package details were stored in XML files. But the major change for TEX Live 5 was that all non-free software was removed. Everything in Thttp://www.debian.org/intro/free); we have done our best to check the license conditions of all packages, but we would very much appreciate hearing of any mistakes. -

    The 6th edition (July 2001) had much more material updated. The major change was a new install concept: +

    The 6th edition (July 2001) had much more material updated. The major change was a new install concept: the user could select a more exact set of needed collections. Language-related collections were completely reorganized, so selecting any of them installs not only macros, fonts, etc., but also prepares an appropriate language.dat. -

    The 7th edition of 2002 had the notable addition of Mac OS X support, and the usual myriad of updates to +

    The 7th edition of 2002 had the notable addition of Mac OS X support, and the usual myriad of updates to all sorts of packages and programs. An important goal was integration of the source back with teTEX, to correct the drift apart in versions 5 and 6. -

    +

    10.1.1 2003
    -

    In 2003, with the continuing flood of updates and additions, we found that T

    In 2003, with the continuing flood of updates and additions, we found that TEX Live had grown so large it could no longer be contained on a single CD, so we split it into three different distributions (see section 2.1, @@ -5457,16 +5463,16 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">texmf/web2c/cp8bit.tcx. (Future releases class="E">EX Live 2003. -

    +

    10.1.2 2004
    -

    2004 saw many changes: +

    2004 saw many changes:

    • If you have locally-installed fonts which use their own .map or (much less likely) .enc support files, you may need to move those support files. -

      .map files are now searched for in subdirectories of fonts/map only (in each texmf tree), along @@ -5477,7 +5483,7 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">fonts/enc only, along the ENCFONTS path. updmap will attempt to warn about problematic files. -

      For methods of handling this and other information, please see +

      For methods of handling this and other information, please see http://tug.org/texlive/mapenc.html. @@ -5553,7 +5559,7 @@ class="E">EXt, etc., as well as the e-TEX features (texmf-dist/doc/etex/base/). -

      It also means it’s

      It also means it’s more important than ever to use the ifpdf package (works with both plain and LATmpost) now accepts double quotes containing spaces and id="x1-73002r1">  \input "filename with spaces"   % plain
        \input{"filename with spaces"}  % latex

    -

    See the Web2C manual for more:

    See the Web2C manual for more: texmf/doc/web2c.

  • encTt1utils programs. This is because they are compiled wi class="ec-lmss-10">mips-irix, the MIPSpro 7.4 runtimes are required.
  • -

    +

    10.1.3 2005
    -

    2005 saw the usual huge number of updates to packages and programs. The infrastructure stayed relatively +

    2005 saw the usual huge number of updates to packages and programs. The infrastructure stayed relatively stable from 2004, but inevitably there were some changes there as well:

    • New scripts ^^ notation if you so desire,
        latex --translate-file=empty.tcx yourfile.tex
    -

    +

  • The new program dvipdfmx is included for translation of DVI to PDF; this is an actively maintained @@ -5766,10 +5772,10 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">TEXMFSYSVAR, respectively. There is also TEXMFVAR, which is by default user-specific. See the first point above.
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    10.1.4 2006–2007
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    In 2006–2007, the major new addition to T

    In 2006–2007, the major new addition to TEX Live was the XeTEX program, available as the xetex and @@ -5777,14 +5783,14 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">xetex and class="ec-lmtt-10">xelatex programs; see http://scripts.sil.org/xetex. -

    MetaPost also received a notable update, with more planned for the future (

    MetaPost also received a notable update, with more planned for the future (http://tug.org/metapost/articles), likewise pdfTEX (http://tug.org/applications/pdftex). -

    The T

    The TEX .fmt (high-speed format) and the similar files for MetaPost and Metafont are now stored in subdirectories of tex or pdftex or xetex. This change should be invisible in normal use. -

    The (plain)

    The (plain) tex program no longer reads %& first lines to determine what format to run; it is the pure Knuthian TEX. (LATEX and everything else do still read %& lines). -

    Of course the year also saw (the usual) hundreds of other updates to packages and programs. As usual, +

    Of course the year also saw (the usual) hundreds of other updates to packages and programs. As usual, please check CTAN (http://www.ctan.org) for updates. -

    Internally, the source tree is now stored in Subversion, with a standard web interface for viewing the tree, +

    Internally, the source tree is now stored in Subversion, with a standard web interface for viewing the tree, as linked from our home page. Although not visible in the final distribution, we expect this will provide a stable development foundation for future years. -

    Finally, in May 2006 Thomas Esser announced that he would no longer be updating teT

    Finally, in May 2006 Thomas Esser announced that he would no longer be updating teTEX (EX Live, which provides an approximate equivalent.) We hope this will eventually translate to improvements in the TEX environment for everyone. -

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    10.1.5 2008
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    In 2008, the entire T

    In 2008, the entire TEX Live infrastructure was redesigned and reimplemented. Complete information about an installation is now stored in a plain text file tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb. -

    Among other things, this finally makes possible upgrading a T

    Among other things, this finally makes possible upgrading a TEX Live installation over the Internet after the initial installation, a feature MiKTEX has provided for many years. We expect to regularly update new packages as they are released to CTAN. -

    The major new engine LuaT

    The major new engine LuaTEX (http://luatex.org) is included; besides a new level of flexibility in typesetting, this provides an excellent scripting language for use both inside and outside of TEX documents. -

    Support among Windows and the Unix-based platforms is now much more uniform. In particular, most +

    Support among Windows and the Unix-based platforms is now much more uniform. In particular, most Perl and Lua scripts are now available on Windows, using the Perl internally distributed with TEX Live. -

    The new

    The new tlmgr script (section 6) is the general interface for managing TEX Live after the initial installation. It handles package updates and consequent regeneration of formats, map files, and language files, optionally including local additions. -

    With the advent of

    With the advent of tlmgr, the texconfig actions to edit the format and hyphenation configuration files are now disabled. -

    The

    The xindy indexing program (http://xindy.sourceforge.net/) is now included on most platforms. -

    The

    The kpsewhich tool can now report all matches for a given file (option –all) and limit matches to a given subdirectory (option –subdir). -

    The

    The dvipdfmx program now includes functionality to extract bounding box information, via the command name extractbb; this was one of the last features provided by dvipdfm not in dvipdfmx. -

    The font aliases

    The font aliases Times-Roman, Helvetica, and so on have been removed. Different packages expected them to behave differently (in particular, to have different encodings), and there was no good way to resolve this. -

    The

    The platex format has been removed, to resolve a name conflict with a completely different Japanese platex; the polski package is now the main Polish support. -

    Internally, the

    Internally, the WEB string pool files are now compiled into the binaries, to ease upgrades. -

    Finally, the changes made by Donald Knuth in his ‘T

    Finally, the changes made by Donald Knuth in his ‘TEX tuneup of 2008’ are included in this release. See http://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb29-2/tb92knut.pdf. -

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    10.1.6 2009
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    In 2009, the default output format for Lua(L

    In 2009, the default output format for Lua(LA )TEX is now PDF, to take advantage of LuaTEX’s OpenType @@ -5904,9 +5910,9 @@ LuaTEX home page is http://luatex.org. -

    The original Omega engine and Lambda format have been excised, after discussions with the Omega +

    The original Omega engine and Lambda format have been excised, after discussions with the Omega authors. The updated Aleph and Lamed remain, as do the Omega utilities. -

    A new release of the AMS Type 1 fonts is included, including Computer Modern: a few shape +

    A new release of the AMS Type 1 fonts is included, including Computer Modern: a few shape changes made over the years by Knuth in the Metafont sources have been integrated, and the hinting has been updated. The Euler fonts have been thoroughly reshaped by Hermann Zapf (see http://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb29-2/tb92hagen-euler.pdfhttp://www.ams.org/tex/amsfonts.html. -

    The new GUI front end T

    The new GUI front end TEXworks is included for Windows, and also in MacTEX. For other platforms, and more information, see the TEXworks home page, http://tug.org/texworks. It is a cross-platform front end inspired by the Mac OS X TeXShop editor, aiming at ease-of-use. -

    The graphics program Asymptote is included for several platforms. This implements a text-based graphics +

    The graphics program Asymptote is included for several platforms. This implements a text-based graphics description language vaguely akin to MetaPost, but with advanced 3D support and other features. Its home page is http://asymptote.sourceforge.net. -

    The separate

    The separate dvipdfm program has been replaced by dvipdfmx, which operates in a special compatibility mode under that name. dvipdfm release. The DVIPDFMx home page is http://project.ktug.or.kr/dvipdfmx. -

    Executables for the

    Executables for the cygwin and i386-netbsd platforms are now included, while we were advised that OpenBSD users get TEX through their package systems, plus there were difficulties in making binaries that have a chance of working on more than one version. -

    A miscellany of smaller changes: we now use

    A miscellany of smaller changes: we now use xz compression, the stable replacement for lzma ($ is allowed in filenames when it does n name; the Kpathsea library is now multi-threaded (made use of in MetaPost); the entire TEX Live build is now based on Automake. -

    Final note on the past: all releases of T

    Final note on the past: all releases of TEX Live, along with ancillary material such as CD labels, are available at ftp://tug.org/historic/systems/texlive. -

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    10.2 Present

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    In 2010, the default version for PDF output is now 1.5, enabling more compression. This applies to all the +

    In 2010, the default version for PDF output is now 1.5, enabling more compression. This applies to all the TEX engines when used to produce PDF and to dvipdfmx. Loading the \pdfminorversion=4. -

    pdf(L

    pdf(LA )TEX now automatically converts a requested Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file to PDF, via the @@ -5991,7 +5997,7 @@ class="ec-lmss-10">pst-pdf package is used. For more details, see the eps (http://ctan.org/pkg/epstopdf-pkg). -

    A related change is that execution of a very few external commands from T

    A related change is that execution of a very few external commands from TEX, via the \write18 feature, is now enabled by default. These are commands are  conf texmf shell_escape 0. -

    Yet another related change is that BibTeX and Makeindex now refuse to write their output files to an +

    Yet another related change is that BibTeX and Makeindex now refuse to write their output files to an arbitrary directory (like TEX itself), by default. This is so they can now be enabled for use by the restricted \write18. To change this, the TEXMFOUTPUT environment variable can be set, or the openout_any setting changed. -

    XeT

    XeTEX now supports margin kerning along the same lines as pdfTEX. (Font expansion is not presently supported.) -

    By default, tlmgr now saves one backup of each package updated (

    By default, tlmgr now saves one backup of each package updated (tlmgr option autobackup 1), so broken packages updates can be easily reverted with tlmgr restore. If you do post-install updates, and don’t have the disk space for the backups, run tlmgr option autobackup 0. -

    New programs included: the pT

    New programs included: the pTEX engine and related utilities for typesetting Japanese; the BibTeXU program for Unicode-enabled BibTeX; the chktex utility (EX documents; the dvisvgm (http://dvisvgm.sourceforge.net) DVI-to-SVG translator. -

    Executables for these new platforms are now included:

    Executables for these new platforms are now included: amd64-freebsd, amd64-kfreebsd, i386-freebsd, @@ -6047,7 +6053,7 @@ class="ec-lmtt-10">i386-freebsd, class="ec-lmtt-10">i386-kfreebsd, x86_64-darwin, x86_64-solaris. -

    A change in T

    A change in TEX Live 2009 that we failed to note: numerous TEX4ht-related executables (http://tug.org/tex4ht) were removed from the binar class="ec-lmtt-10">mk4ht program can be used to run any of the various tex4ht combinations. -

    Finally, the T

    Finally, the TEX Live release on the TEX Collection DVD can no longer be run live (oddly enough). A single DVD no longer has enough room. One benefit is that installation from the physical DVD should now be much faster. -

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    10.3 Future

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    TEhttp://tug.org/texlive/contribute.html. -

    Please send corrections, suggestions, and offers of help to: +

    Please send corrections, suggestions, and offers of help to:

    -

    Happy T \Ucom{setenv TEXINPUTS /home/karl:} \end{alltt} @@ -2308,7 +2311,7 @@ kdebug:search(cmr10.pfb) => /usr/local/texmf/fonts/type1/public/cm/cmr10.pfb Another useful feature of \Webc{} is its possibility to control a number of memory parameters (in particular, array sizes) via the runtime file \file{texmf.cnf} read by \KPS{}. The memory settings can be found in -Part 3 of that file in the \TL{} distribution. The more important +Part~3 of that file in the \TL{} distribution. The more important are: \begin{ttdescription} diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 69d67f10bba..03cf0b4f897 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ repo: memman.pdf, etoolbox.pdf, hyperref README.pdf -- svn guesses for all *.pdf. 3) report heuristic bug to svn. -doc: texlive-en.tex: Explain how (where) to customize texmf.cnf. doc: web page on TeX (Live?) compilation doc: utf-8 fails accent chars with texlive-ge -- cgit v1.2.3