[OS X TeX] Man and info pages in gwTeX

[Bruno Voisin]

Are there specific reasons why info and man pages are not added to  
the corresponding default paths, in the same way as for the bin  
executables, when the TeX and GS i-Packages are installed? Is this  
security-connected?

I'm asking this because, with the default setup, it's not possible to  
use "man" in Terminal, or in utilities like ManOpen, for TeX and  
friends. Noticing that for DarwinPorts it's recommended to add in  
~/.profile stuff like (for bash):

     # DarwinPorts path additions
     export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin
     export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/opt/local/share/man
     export INFOPATH=$INFOPATH:/opt/local/share/info

I've been thinking of doing the same for gwTeX. Namely, replacing for  
bash, in /etc/profile, the lines (added when the GS i-Package is  
installed with CLI activation selected):

     if [ `whoami` != "root" ]
     then
       PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin"
       export PATH
     fi

by:

     if [ `whoami` != "root" ]
     then
       PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin"
       export PATH
       MANPATH="$MANPATH:/usr/local/man"
       export MANPATH
       INFOPATH="$INFOPATH:/usr/local/info"
       export INFOPATH
     fi

and the lines (added when the TeX i-Package is installed with CLI  
activation selected):

     if [ `whoami` != "root" ]
     then
       PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current"
       export PATH
     fi

by:

     if [ `whoami` != "root" ]
     then
       PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current"
       export PATH
       MANPATH="$MANPATH:/usr/local/teTeX/man"
       export MANPATH
       INFOPATH="$INFOPATH:/usr/local/teTeX/info"
       export INFOPATH
     fi

and similarly in /etc/csh.login for csh.

Are there specific reasons why this should better not be done? If  
not, could it be added to the default CLI activation options?

Bruno Voisin 
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