[tex-live] personal input file

Steve MC Han hmc0907 at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 16 01:09:29 CET 2010


Thanks for your response.

<<c:/texmf-local/tex
It seems that TEXMFHOME does not exist on your computer>>
 
This directory is empty. Also I use latex. Do I need to create TEXMFHOME or can I just use c:/texmf-local/tex instead for my purpose? i.e., move all my frequently used input file in here to call from any working directory. 
 
<<What kind of bad experiences?>>
 
After a couple of days of struggling (with a lot of help from experts in this site), I was finally succeeded in downloading TexLive2008, but pdf file showed smaller size output. I used (still using Latex-->dvips-->pstopdf.
 
Again I asked many people from this site, but I don't even know whether the problem was solved or not. Since then, I decided to stick to TexLive2007 until I need more function.

 
<<..installation of scheme-full takes about 9 minutes ..>>
That's amazing! I remember it took more than 6 hours last year! It's very tempting to try again, maybe.
 
Thanks again,
Steve

--- On Mon, 2/15/10, Zdenek Wagner <zdenek.wagner at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Zdenek Wagner <zdenek.wagner at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [tex-live] personal input file
To: "Steve MC Han" <hmc0907 at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Vladimir Lomov" <lomov.vl at gmail.com>, "Manuel P?gouri?-Gonnard" <mpg at elzevir.fr>, "Markus Kohm" <markus.kohm at gmx.de>, tex-live at tug.org
Date: Monday, February 15, 2010, 1:56 PM



2010/2/15 Steve MC Han <hmc0907 at yahoo.com>






Thank you very much for your responses.
 
I followed your instruction and it showed:
 
c:/TexLive2007/../texmf-local
 
But there's no texmf-local subdirectory under TexLive2007. Instead there's texmf-local directory right under c:/ along with TexLive2007. (c:/TexLive2007, c:/texmf-local,...)
 
Under c:/texmf-local there are 4 subdirectories: doc, dvips, fonts and tex.
 
Can you tell me which?
 
c:/texmf-local/tex
It seems that TEXMFHOME does not exist on your computer
 





For upgrading: last year I tried to upgrade to TexLive2008, but I have had bad experiences, so I try not to anymore as long as TexLive2007 along with metapost 0.9 work. (Or until new TexLive could be downloaded with a couple of simple  clicks)
 
What kind of bad experiences?

If your network connection is good, you unpack install-tl.zip, run install-tl.bat, select what to install and wait. texmf-local intentionally is not below TeXLive2007, your personal file will be used by later TL versions as well, no need to reinstall.

My computer sits on a gigabit backbone, our local mirror is about 5 miles apart so installation of scheme-full takes about 9 minutes but normal users will probably have to wait longer.
 





Thanks,
Steve
 


--- On Sun, 2/14/10, Vladimir Lomov <lomov.vl at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Vladimir Lomov <lomov.vl at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [tex-live] personal input file
To: "Steve MC Han" <hmc0907 at yahoo.com>
Cc: tex-live at tug.org
Date: Sunday, February 14, 2010, 8:16 PM



** Steve MC Han [2010-02-14 19:26:29 -0800]:


>  
> Hi,
>  
> I was wondering where I could store personal input files so that I could call from any working directory instead of making the same input file for the current working directory each time.
>  
> I am using  latex of TexLive2007 in my personal PC with WinEdt editor.
>  
To be short: in TEXMFHOME


E.g.
%USERPROFILE%/texmf/tex/latex
for latex stuff or
%USERPROFILE%/texmf/tex/plain
for plain tex stuff.


For precise location of TEXMFHOME on Windows read TL 2007 documentation (search for TEXMFHOME).


More details and some explanation could be found here
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=what-TDS
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=privinst



P.S. I advise you to upgrade your TeX system.


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