[tex-live] Feedback on TeX Live 2008 network installer under Win/XP :
Philip TAYLOR (Ret'd)
P.Taylor at Rhul.Ac.Uk
Wed Aug 6 17:46:44 CEST 2008
Siep Kroonenberg wrote:
(2, 3) noted
>> 4) "Use ~ for HOME/USERPROFILE" is not meaningful (to me).
>
> A better phrasing would be welcome.
I really mean it's not meaningful to me, not I'm
being deliberately opaque. Tell me what it means
in plain English, and I'll try to come up with
a reasonable way of expressing it.
>> 5) TEXMFHOME (...) ~/texmf : the concept of tilde is
>> not a Windows concept. I would like to specify
>> "My documents/TeX/ here, but there is no browse
>> button and "My documents" is not a normal path.
>
> A browse button for the parent of TEXDIR would have been nice, but
> would require too much redesigning of the GUI: asking users whether
> or not they want the 2008 level etc. Again, too late for this
> release.
OK, browse not possible in timescale, but how about
offering a default that has a meaning in the
Windows world (which ~/texmf does not).
** Phil.
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(Larger bug report to follow : installation has
crashed at encTeX).
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