[tex-live] [Fwd: Re: [OS X TeX] DVIPS config file]

[Vinayak Vatsal]

On 18-Jan-06, at 8:10 AM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

[snip]

>>>> In order to use ~/.dvipsrc, search for the following lines in
>>>> texmf.cnf:
>>>>
>>>> % Dvips' config.* files (this name should not start with `TEX'!).
>>>> TEXCONFIG = $TEXMF/dvips//
>>>>
>>>> and change them into
>>>>
>>>> % Dvips' config.* files (this name should not start with `TEX'!).
>>>> DVIPSRC = .dvipsrc
>>>> TEXCONFIG = $TEXMF/dvips//;$HOME
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks very much! Is it safe to change texmf.cnf manually (where does
>> it even live)? Or is this something best done at the level of the
>> distribution?
>
> I should have looked into this myself before pasisng this on. It is  
> enough
> to set DVIPSRC and have a .dvipsrc file *in the current directory*  
> when
> you are running dvips. Because my setup already has "." (current
> directory) as part of TEXCONFIG.
>
> I tested this and it works: .dvipsrc is being read.
>
> If you want to open ~/.dvipsrc instead, you need to add ";$HOME" at  
> the
> end of in the definition of TEXCONFIG in /Library/teTeX/texmf.cnf
>
> I think having it per-project is probably even nicer, depending on  
> your
> setup. If not, you can always have a symlink in each project  
> directory.


Thanks. That seems to work.

However, it's not nice to set DVIPSRC in texmf.cnf  -- this is going  
to break with every update, I guess. It used to be that one could set  
environment variables for GIU processes like TeXShop by putting them  
in .MacOSX/environment.plist. and it would be a better solution to  
set DVISPRC there, but I think Apple has changed somethin, as this  
method doesn't work any more.

Do you know how one is supposed to set these variables now?

------------
Vinayak Vatsal
Department of Mathematics
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Canada




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