[tex-live] TL2004: Technical problems and testing

[Vladimir Volovich]

"HH" == Hans Hagen writes:

 >> If we expect that multiple engines will want to use the same
 >> format name, we can use a construct like this
 >> WEB2CDIR = .;{$TEXMF}/{$engine,}// to get things sorted.

 HH> nice and extensible; it would -for context- mean:

 HH> ../texmf/aleph/cont-en.fmt (cont-nl.fmt, cont-de.fmt etc)
 HH> ../texmf/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt (cont-nl.fmt, cont-de.fmt etc)
 HH> ../texmf/metapost/metafun.mem (mptopdf.mem)

do you really mean
WEB2CDIR = .;{$TEXMF}/{$engine,}//
or
WEB2CDIR = .;{$TEXMF}/web2c/{$engine,}//
to store the format/base/mem files?

i.e. tex.fmt will be moved from $TEXMF/web2c/tex.fmt (or
$TEXMF/web2c/tex/tex.fmt) to $TEXMF/tex/tex.fmt where TeX macros reside?

Best,
v.