HOMETEXMF

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, James Thompson wrote:

> 
> I've a tex install shared between solaris machines and windows 98
> machines.  So the texmf.cnf file is in use on both machines.  I'm trying
> to find out where my windows 98 users can place their texmf directory and
> have it picked up by the system.  The solaris users seem to be working
> fine with a texmf in their home directory.
> 
> My HOMETEXMF is set as follows.....
> 
> % User texmf trees can be catered for like this...
> HOMETEXMF=$HOME/texmf
> 
> Where does this point on the windows machines?

Where $HOME is set to!  It is not set by default on Windows, but
lots of unix-alike tools require it.  If it is not set, to /texmf,
which is not a good idea if there are multiple drives.

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