[OS X TeX] Re: [XeTeX] texdoc, was: Microtypography?

Bruno Voisin bvoisin at mac.com
Wed May 10 18:04:40 CEST 2006


Le 10 mai 06 à 17:07, Adam R. Maxwell a écrit :

> If it's just searching for a matching package/doc name, you may as  
> well use TCOBrowser; that's a similar heuristic to what I used for  
> finding documentation.  TCOBrowser also searches all subfolders of  
> whatever tree you give it, and is a drag-and-drop install that does  
> not require admin privileges.

Thanks, I hadn't realized TCOBrowser could also be used to browse  
through a local TeX tree (as opposed to a CTAN repository).

Does the document icon in the Local and Remote columns mean that the  
documentation has been found? If so, then it seems that TCOBrowser  
looks for a documentation file matching exactly the package name,  
right? That would explain why the local documentation for hyperref  
(namely /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/doc/latex/hyperref/ 
manual.pdf) isn't seen, and why the local documentation for the AMS  
fonts (namely /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/doc/fonts/amsfonts/ 
amsfndoc.dvi) is replaced by that (namely /usr/local/teTeX/share/ 
texmf.tetex/doc/latex/amsfonts/amsfonts.dvi) for the associated LaTeX  
package.

Still, I'm surprised that the remote doc for hyperref (on CTAN) is  
taken to be tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hyperref/doc/slides.pdf  
instead of tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hyperref/doc/manual.pdf.  
How is this determined? From some CTAN mechanism?

Suggestion for TCOBrowser: it would be nice if, when moving the mouse  
over a document of MikTeX package icon, the associated path or URL  
was displayed in one of those yellow boxes (I don't know the exact  
name for these boxes).

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