[tex-k] first steps with libkpathsea

[Thomas Esser]

> I have no idea if I am at the right place to ask. I currently try my
> fist steps with libkpathsea and I wonder why I get "not found" in the
> following program:

Well, you might need to place your new program into the same directory
as your other TeX related programs are. Reason: there might be uses of
$SELFAUTO* variables in kpathsea/paths.h and $TEXMF/web2c/texmf.cnf.

If you replace these variables by fixes paths, your program will work
independend from the location of the binary.

> So the question would be: how do I get the main TeX tree searched
> without reconfiguring texmf.cnf?

The following should work:
  - move the binary
  - set TEXMF in your environment, e.g. like this
      export TEXMF=`kpsewhich -var-value TEXMF`
  - if necessary, set TEXMFCNF in your environment, so that all your
    texmf.cnf files are found

The following does not work:
  - set SELFAUTOPARENT etc. in your environment

Thomas