[XeTeX] longtable without initial par

George N. White III gnwiii at gmail.com
Fri Apr 17 15:05:42 CEST 2009


On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Rembrandt Wolpert <wolpert at uark.edu> wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>
>> ...even though it is in the same directory
>> with longtable.sty. ...
>
> that would make a texhash necessary. -- And I also would put the file into
> texmf-local, wherever it lives on MikTeX (the equivalent to
> /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/); otherwise you loose your mylongtable.sty
> when you uptdate your TeX version.
>
> texhash needs root privileges, or does Mickeysoft not require those? (i.e.
> sudo texhash on *nix based systems)

TeX Live recommends installing with permissions set so root is not
required -- it is rather dangerous running the admin tools as root.  They
are just too complex to be trusted.

>
> as ever,
> Rembrandt
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 07:37, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa at web.de> wrote:
>>
>> Am 17.04.2009 um 14:18 schrieb Ulrike Fischer:
>>
>> > The reason is the same as on TeXLive or other systems: You have to
>> > update the filename database first.
>>
>>
>> The modified STY file is in the same personal area as the TeX file ...
>>
>> --
>> Mit friedvollen Grüßen
>>
>>   Pete
>>
>>  "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no
>> longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take
>> away."
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