cannot find localtexmf, need help.
Massimo Pinto
pinto@graylab.ac.uk
Fri, 15 Oct 1999 16:47:31 +0100
Sorry but I must be missing something in my texmf.cnf : I cannot make LaTeX
find my style files in localtexmf and the variuos subdirectories. When I
run mktexlsr it updates the database from entries in c:/localtexmf but when
it is time to use them, no way!
here is my relevant texmf.cnf file for you experts, please help. the mailer
may have wrapped lines.
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% Part 1: Search paths and directories.
% You can set an environment variable to override TEXMF if you're testing
% a new TeX tree, without changing anything else.
%
% You may wish to use one of the $SELFAUTO... variables here so TeX will
% find where to look dynamically. See the manual and the definition
% below of TEXMFCNF.
% The main tree, which must be mentioned in $TEXMF, below:
TEXMFMAIN = $SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf
% A place for local additions to a "standard" texmf tree. For example:
TEXMFLOCAL=C:/localtexmf
TEXMFEXTRA=e:/texmf
% If defined, teTeX's texconfig stores modifications here (instead of the
% TEXMFMAIN tree).
% VARTEXMF = $TEXMF-var
% User texmf trees can be catered for like this...
% HOMETEXMF = $HOME/texmf
% Now, list all the texmf trees. If you have multiple trees you can
% use shell brace notation, like this:
% TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN}
% The braces are necessary. If you set VARTEXMF, you also have to
% - list $VARTEXMF in the TEXMF definition;
% - make sure that $VARTEXMF precedes c:/TeX/texmfMAIN in the TEXMF
definition.
TEXMF = {!!$TEXMFLOCAL;!!$TEXMFMAIN;!!$TEXMFEXTRA}
% The system trees. These are the trees that are shared by all the users.
SYSTEXMF = $TEXMF
% Where generated fonts may be written. This tree is used when the sources
% were found in a system tree and either that tree wasn't writable, or the
% varfonts feature was enabled in MT_FEATURES in mktex.cnf.
%VARTEXFONTS = /var/tmp/texfonts
VARTEXFONTS=$TEXMFLOCAL/fonts
% Where to look for ls-R files. There need not be an ls-R in the
% directories in this path, but if there is one, Kpathsea will use it.
%
% Remove $VARTEXFONTS from TEXMFDBS if the VARTEXFONTS directory is below
% one of the TEXMF directories (avoids overlapping ls-R files).
TEXMFDBS = $TEXMF;$VARTEXFONTS
% It may be convenient to define TEXMF like this:
% TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN,$HOME}
% which allows users to set up entire texmf trees, and tells TeX to
% look in places like ~/tex and ~/bibtex. If you do this, define TEXMFDBS
% like this:
% TEXMFDBS = $HOMETEXMF;$TEXMFLOCAL;$TEXMFMAIN;$VARTEXFONTS
% or mktexlsr will generate an ls-R file for $HOME when called, which is
% rarely desirable. If you do this you'll want to define SYSTEXMF like
% this:
% SYSTEXMF = $TEXMFLOCAL;$TEXMFMAIN
% so that fonts from a user's tree won't escape into the global trees.
%
% On some systems, there will be a system tree which contains all the font
% files that may be created as well as the formats. For example
% VARTEXMF = /var/lib/texmf
% is used on many Linux systems. In this case, set VARTEXFONTS like this
% VARTEXFONTS = $VARTEXMF/fonts
% and do not mention it in TEXMFDBS (but _do_ mention VARTEXMF).
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% Usually you will not need to edit any of the other variables in part 1. %
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% WEB2C is for Web2C specific files. The current directory may not be
% a good place to look for them.
WEB2C = c:/tex/texmf/web2c
% TEXINPUTS is for TeX input files -- i.e., anything to be found by \input
% or \openin, including .sty, .eps, etc.
% Plain TeX. Have the command tex check all directories as a last
% resort, we may have plain-compatible stuff anywhere.
%TEXINPUTS.tex = $TEXMF/tex/{plain,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.tex =
{!!$TEXMFLOCAL//;c:/tex/texmf/tex/{plain,generic}//;$TEXMFEXTRA//}
% Other plain-based formats.
TEXINPUTS.amstex = .;$TEXMF/tex/{amstex,plain,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.csplain = .;$TEXMF/tex/{csplain,plain,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.eplain = .;$TEXMF/tex/{eplain,plain,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.ftex = .;$TEXMF/tex/{formate,plain,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.jadetex = .;$TEXMF/tex/{jadetex,plain,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.mex = .;$TEXMF/tex/{mex,plain,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.texinfo = .;$TEXMF/tex/{texinfo,plain,generic,}//
% LaTeX 2e specific macros are stored in latex/, macros that can only be
% used with 2.09 in latex209/. In addition, we look in the directory
% latex209, useful for macros that were written for 2.09 and do not
% mention 2e at all, but can be used with 2e.
TEXINPUTS.cslatex = .;$TEXMF/tex/{cslatex,csplain,latex,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.platex = .;$TEXMF/tex/{platex,latex,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.latex = .;$TEXMF/tex/{latex,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.latex209 = .;$TEXMF/tex/{latex209,generic,latex,}//
% Fontinst needs to read afm files.
TEXINPUTS.fontinst = .;$TEXMF/tex//;$TEXMF/fonts/afm//
% MLTeX.
TEXINPUTS.frlatex = .;$TEXMF/{mltex,tex}/{french,latex,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.frtex = .;$TEXMF/{mltex,tex}/{french,plain,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.mllatex = .;$TEXMF/{mltex,tex}/{latex,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.mltex = .;$TEXMF/{mltex,tex}/{plain,generic,}//
% e-TeX. This form of the input paths is borrowed from teTeX. A certain
% variant of TDS is assumed here, unaffected by the build variables.
TEXINPUTS.elatex = .;$TEXMF/{etex,tex}/{latex,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.etex = .;$TEXMF/{etex,tex}/{plain,generic,}//
% pdfTeX. This form of the input paths is borrowed from teTeX. A certain
% variant of TDS is assumed here, unaffected by the build variables.
TEXINPUTS.pdfcslatex =
.;$TEXMF/{pdftex,tex}/{cslatex,csplain,latex,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.pdfcsplain = .;$TEXMF/{pdftex,tex}/{csplain,plain,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.pdfjadetex = .;$TEXMF/{pdftex,tex}/{jadetex,plain,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.pdflatex = .;$TEXMF/{pdftex,tex}/{latex,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.pdfmex = .;$TEXMF/{pdftex,tex}/{mex,plain,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.pdftex = .;$TEXMF/{pdftex,tex}/{plain,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.pdftexinfo = .;$TEXMF/{pdftex,tex}/{texinfo,plain,generic,}//
% pdfeTeX.
TEXINPUTS.pdfelatex = .;$TEXMF/{pdfetex,pdftex,etex,tex}/{latex,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.pdfetex = .;$TEXMF/{pdfetex,pdftex,etex,tex}/{plain,generic,}//
% Omega.
TEXINPUTS.lambda = .;$TEXMF/{omega,tex}/{lambda,latex,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.omega = .;$TEXMF/{omega,tex}/{plain,generic,}//
% Context macros by Hans Hagen:
TEXINPUTS.context = .;$TEXMF/{pdftex,etex,tex}/{context,plain,generic,}//
% odd formats needing their own paths
TEXINPUTS.lamstex = .;$TEXMF/tex/{lamstex,plain,generic,}//
TEXINPUTS.lollipop = .;$TEXMF/tex/{lollipop,plain,generic,}//
% Earlier entries override later ones, so put this last.
TEXINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/tex/{generic,}//
% Metafont, MetaPost inputs.
MFINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/metafont//;{$TEXMF/fonts,$VARTEXFONTS}/source//
MPINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/metapost//
% Dump files (fmt/base/mem) for vir{tex,mf,mp} to read (see web2c/INSTALL),
% and string pools (.pool) for ini{tex,mf,mp}. It is silly that we have six
% paths and directories here (they all resolve to a single place by default),
% but historically ...
TEXFORMATS = .;$TEXMF/web2c
MFBASES = .;$TEXMF/web2c
MPMEMS = .;$TEXMF/web2c
TEXPOOL = .;$TEXMF/web2c
MFPOOL = .;$TEXMF/web2c
MPPOOL = .;$TEXMF/web2c
% Device-independent font metric files.
VFFONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/vf//
TFMFONTS = .;{$TEXMF/fonts,$VARTEXFONTS}/tfm//
% The $MAKETEX_MODE below means the drivers will not use a cx font when
% the mode is ricoh. If no mode is explicitly specified, kpse_prog_init
% sets MAKETEX_MODE to /, so all subdirectories are searched. See the manual.
% The modeless part guarantees that bitmaps for PostScript fonts are found.
PKFONTS = .;{$TEXMF/fonts,$VARTEXFONTS}/pk/{$MAKETEX_MODE,modeless}//
% Similarly for the GF format, which only remains in existence because
% Metafont outputs it (and MF isn't going to change).
GFFONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/gf/$MAKETEX_MODE//
% A backup for PKFONTS and GFFONTS. Not used for anything.
GLYPHFONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts
% A place to puth everything that doesn't fit the other font categories.
MISCFONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/misc//
% For texfonts.map and included map files used by mktexpk.
% See ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/fontname.tar.gz.
TEXFONTMAPS = .;$TEXMF/fontname
% BibTeX bibliographies and style files.
BIBINPUTS = {.;$TEXMF/bibtex/{bib,}//;$TEXMFLOCAL//}
BSTINPUTS = {.;$TEXMF/bibtex/{bst,}//;$TEXMFLOCAL//}
% MFT style files.
MFTINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/mft//
% PostScript headers, prologues (.pro), encodings (.enc) and fonts.
TEXPSHEADERS = .;$TEXMF/{dvips,pdftex,tex,fonts/type1}//
% PostScript Type 1 outline fonts.
T1FONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/type1//
% PostScript AFM metric files.
AFMFONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/afm//
% TrueType outline fonts.
TTFONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/truetype//
% Type 42 outline fonts.
T42FONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/type42//
% Dvips' config.* files (this name should not start with `TEX'!).
TEXCONFIG = .;$TEXMF/dvips//
% Makeindex style (.ist) files.
INDEXSTYLE = .;$TEXMF/makeindex//
% Used by DMP (ditroff-to-mpx), called by makempx -troff.
TRFONTS = /usr/lib/font/devpost
MPSUPPORT = .;$TEXMF/metapost/support
% For xdvi to find mime.types and .mailcap, if they do not exist in
% $HOME. These are single directories, not paths.
% (But the default mime.types, at least, may well suffice.)
MIMELIBDIR = c:/TeX/etc
MAILCAPLIBDIR = c:/TeX/etc
% TeX documentation and source files, for use with kpsewhich.
TEXDOCS = .;$TEXMF/doc//
TEXSOURCES = .;$TEXMF/source//
% Omega-related fonts and other files. The odd construction for OFMFONTS
% makes it behave in the face of a definition of TFMFONTS. Unfortunately
% no default substitution would take place for TFMFONTS, so an explicit
% path is retained.
OFMFONTS = .;{$TEXMF/fonts,$VARTEXFONTS}/{ofm,tfm}//;$TFMFONTS
OPLFONTS = .;{$TEXMF/fonts,$VARTEXFONTS}/opl//
OVFFONTS = .;{$TEXMF/fonts,$VARTEXFONTS}/ovf//
OVPFONTS = .;{$TEXMF/fonts,$VARTEXFONTS}/ovp//
OTPINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/omega/otp//
OCPINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/omega/ocp//
% Some additional input variables for several programs. If you add
% a program that uses the 'other text files' or 'other binary files'
% search formats, you'll want to add their variables here as well.
T4HTINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/tex4ht//
%% The mktex* scripts rely on KPSE_DOT. Do not set it in the environment.
KPSE_DOT = .
% This definition isn't used from this .cnf file itself (that would be
% paradoxical), but the compile-time default in paths.h is built from it.
% The SELFAUTO* variables are set automatically from the location of
% argv[0], in kpse_set_progname.
%
% The TETEXDIR stuff isn't likely to relevant unless you're using teTeX,
% but it doesn't hurt.
%
% For security reasons, it is better not to have . part of the path.
%
%TEXMFCNF =
{$SELFAUTOLOC,$SELFAUTODIR,$SELFAUTOPARENT}{,{/share,}/texmf{.local,}/web2c}
;$TEXMF/web2c;c:/TeX/texmf/web2c
TEXMFCNF =
{c:/TeX/texmf/web2c;c:/TeX/bin/Win32;c:/tex/bin;c:/tex;c:localtexmf}
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thanks everybody,
Massimo
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Massimo Pinto
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pinto@graylab.ac.uk
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