texlive[60070] trunk: # is also a comment character in texmf.cnf
commits+karl at tug.org
commits+karl at tug.org
Mon Jul 26 00:58:11 CEST 2021
Revision: 60070
http://tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=60070
Author: karl
Date: 2021-07-26 00:58:11 +0200 (Mon, 26 Jul 2021)
Log Message:
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# is also a comment character in texmf.cnf
Modified Paths:
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trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/kpathsea.info
trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/kpathsea.texi
trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex
Modified: trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/kpathsea.info
===================================================================
--- trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/kpathsea.info 2021-07-25 21:28:48 UTC (rev 60069)
+++ trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/kpathsea.info 2021-07-25 22:58:11 UTC (rev 60070)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is kpathsea.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.7 from
+This is kpathsea.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.8 from
kpathsea.texi.
This file documents the Kpathsea library for path searching.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
****************
This manual documents the Kpathsea library for path searching. It
-corresponds to version 6.3.3, released in April 2021.
+corresponds to version 6.3.3, released in July 2021.
* Menu:
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
**************
This manual corresponds to version 6.3.3 of the Kpathsea library,
-released in April 2021.
+released in July 2021.
The library's fundamental purpose is to return a filename from a list
of directories specified by the user, similar to what shells do when
@@ -526,10 +526,10 @@
helpful to look at the distributed 'texmf.cnf', which uses or at least
mentions most features. The format of 'texmf.cnf' files follows:
- * Comments start with '%', either at the beginning of a line or
- preceded by whitespace, and continue to the end of the line. That
- is, similar to most shells, a '%' in the "middle" of a value does
- not start a comment. Examples:
+ * Comments start with '%' or '#', either at the beginning of a line
+ or preceded by whitespace, and continue to the end of the line.
+ That is, similar to most shells, a comment character in the
+ "middle" of a value does not start a comment. Examples:
% this is a comment
var = a%b % but the value of var will be "a%b"
@@ -585,13 +585,6 @@
TEXINPUTS.latex2e = $latex2e_inputs
TEXINPUTS.latex = $latex2e_inputs
- This format has some similarity to Bourne shell scripts--change the
-comment character to '#', disallow spaces around the '=', and get rid of
-the '.NAME' convention, and it could be run through the shell. However,
-there seemed little advantage in this, since all the information would
-have to passed back to Kpathsea and parsed there anyway, since the 'sh'
-process couldn't affect its parent's environment.
-
The combination of spaces being ignored before the '.' of a program
name qualifer and the optional '=' for the assignment has an unexpected
consequence: if the value begins with a literal '.' and the '=' is
@@ -1996,7 +1989,7 @@
equivalent, so that it no longer matters what the name of the
installed file is; TeX documents will find their favorite name.
- The format of fontmap files is straightforward:
+ The format of fontmap files:
* Comments start with the last '%' on a line and continue to the end
of the line. (This provides for names that include a %,
@@ -3213,7 +3206,7 @@
* : may not be :: Searching overview. (line 13)
* :: expansion: Default expansion. (line 6)
* ; translated to : in texmf.cnf: Config files. (line 66)
-* = omitted in texmf.cnf and misparsing: Config files. (line 93)
+* = omitted in texmf.cnf and misparsing: Config files. (line 86)
* \, line continuation in texmf.cnf: Config files. (line 37)
* \openin: Searching overview. (line 31)
* \special, suppressing warnings about: Suppressing warnings.
@@ -3290,7 +3283,7 @@
(line 46)
* cmr10, as fallback font: Fallback font. (line 15)
* cmr10.vf: Searching overview. (line 31)
-* cnf.c: Config files. (line 112)
+* cnf.c: Config files. (line 105)
* cnf.h: Programming with config files.
(line 27)
* comments, in fontmap files: Fontmap. (line 27)
@@ -3319,7 +3312,6 @@
* config.status: Bug checklist. (line 27)
* configuration bugs: Bug checklist. (line 27)
* configuration file, source for path: Path sources. (line 20)
-* configuration files as shell scripts.: Config files. (line 86)
* configuration of mktex scripts: mktex configuration. (line 6)
* configure options for mktex scripts: mktex configuration. (line 12)
* context diff: Bug checklist. (line 52)
@@ -3498,7 +3490,7 @@
(line 27)
* KPATHSEA_DEBUG: Calling sequence. (line 28)
* KPATHSEA_DEBUG <1>: Debugging. (line 18)
-* kpathsea_find_file: File lookup. (line 38)
+* kpathsea_find_file: File lookup. (line 37)
* kpathsea_find_file <1>: Calling sequence. (line 62)
* kpathsea_find_glyph: Glyph lookup. (line 26)
* kpathsea_finish: Calling sequence. (line 106)
@@ -3734,7 +3726,6 @@
* setgid scripts: Security. (line 40)
* SFDFONTS: Supported file formats.
(line 177)
-* shell scripts as configuration files: Config files. (line 86)
* shell variables: Variable expansion. (line 17)
* shell_escape, example for code: Programming with config files.
(line 10)
@@ -3798,8 +3789,8 @@
* TeX file lookup: File lookup. (line 6)
* TeX glyph lookup: Glyph lookup. (line 6)
* TeX support: TeX support. (line 6)
-* TeX Users Group: Introduction. (line 43)
-* tex-file.c: File lookup. (line 38)
+* TeX Users Group: Introduction. (line 42)
+* tex-file.c: File lookup. (line 37)
* tex-file.h: Programming overview.
(line 26)
* tex-glyph.c: Glyph lookup. (line 26)
@@ -3956,62 +3947,62 @@
Tag Table:
Node: Top1480
-Node: Introduction2260
-Node: History4327
-Node: unixtex.ftp8923
-Node: Security10393
-Node: TeX directory structure12897
-Node: Path searching16936
-Node: Searching overview17894
-Node: Path sources21713
-Node: Config files22939
-Node: Path expansion28202
-Node: Default expansion29155
-Node: Variable expansion31225
-Node: Tilde expansion32626
-Node: Brace expansion33606
-Node: KPSE_DOT expansion34545
-Node: Subdirectory expansion35058
-Node: Casefolding search37406
-Node: Casefolding rationale38175
-Node: Casefolding examples39521
-Node: Filename database44567
-Node: ls-R45549
-Node: Filename aliases49225
-Node: Database format50403
-Node: Invoking kpsewhich51416
-Node: Path searching options52371
-Node: Specially-recognized files61969
-Node: Auxiliary tasks63324
-Node: Standard options67049
-Node: TeX support67405
-Node: Supported file formats68759
-Node: File lookup76427
-Node: Glyph lookup78176
-Node: Basic glyph lookup79300
-Node: Fontmap80180
-Node: Fallback font82709
-Node: Suppressing warnings83621
-Node: mktex scripts84748
-Node: mktex configuration85963
-Node: mktex script names91766
-Node: mktex script arguments93152
-Node: Programming94031
-Node: Programming overview94604
-Node: Calling sequence97465
-Node: Program-specific files103994
-Node: Programming with config files105017
-Node: Reporting bugs106604
-Node: Bug checklist107282
-Node: Mailing lists110751
-Node: Debugging111428
-Node: Logging116505
-Node: Common problems118372
-Node: Unable to find files118849
-Node: Slow path searching121259
-Node: Unable to generate fonts122634
-Node: TeX or Metafont failing125106
-Node: Index126308
+Node: Introduction2259
+Node: History4325
+Node: unixtex.ftp8921
+Node: Security10391
+Node: TeX directory structure12895
+Node: Path searching16934
+Node: Searching overview17892
+Node: Path sources21711
+Node: Config files22937
+Node: Path expansion27809
+Node: Default expansion28762
+Node: Variable expansion30832
+Node: Tilde expansion32233
+Node: Brace expansion33213
+Node: KPSE_DOT expansion34152
+Node: Subdirectory expansion34665
+Node: Casefolding search37013
+Node: Casefolding rationale37782
+Node: Casefolding examples39128
+Node: Filename database44174
+Node: ls-R45156
+Node: Filename aliases48832
+Node: Database format50010
+Node: Invoking kpsewhich51023
+Node: Path searching options51978
+Node: Specially-recognized files61576
+Node: Auxiliary tasks62931
+Node: Standard options66656
+Node: TeX support67012
+Node: Supported file formats68366
+Node: File lookup76034
+Node: Glyph lookup77783
+Node: Basic glyph lookup78907
+Node: Fontmap79787
+Node: Fallback font82297
+Node: Suppressing warnings83209
+Node: mktex scripts84336
+Node: mktex configuration85551
+Node: mktex script names91354
+Node: mktex script arguments92740
+Node: Programming93619
+Node: Programming overview94192
+Node: Calling sequence97053
+Node: Program-specific files103582
+Node: Programming with config files104605
+Node: Reporting bugs106192
+Node: Bug checklist106870
+Node: Mailing lists110339
+Node: Debugging111016
+Node: Logging116093
+Node: Common problems117960
+Node: Unable to find files118437
+Node: Slow path searching120847
+Node: Unable to generate fonts122222
+Node: TeX or Metafont failing124694
+Node: Index125896
End Tag Table
Modified: trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/kpathsea.texi
===================================================================
--- trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/kpathsea.texi 2021-07-25 21:28:48 UTC (rev 60069)
+++ trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/kpathsea.texi 2021-07-25 22:58:11 UTC (rev 60070)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
@settitle Kpathsea: A library for path searching
@set version 6.3.3
- at set month-year April 2021
+ at set month-year July 2021
@copying
This file documents the Kpathsea library for path searching.
@@ -651,10 +651,10 @@
@itemize @bullet
@item
@cindex comments, in @file{texmf.cnf}
-Comments start with @samp{%}, either at the beginning of a line or
-preceded by whitespace, and continue to the end of the line. That is,
-similar to most shells, a @samp{%} in the ``middle'' of a value does not
-start a comment. Examples:
+Comments start with @samp{%} or @samp{#}, either at the beginning of a
+line or preceded by whitespace, and continue to the end of the line.
+That is, similar to most shells, a comment character in the ``middle''
+of a value does not start a comment. Examples:
@example
% this is a comment
@@ -732,16 +732,6 @@
TEXINPUTS.latex = $latex2e_inputs
@end example
- at cindex shell scripts as configuration files
- at cindex configuration files as shell scripts.
-This format has some similarity to Bourne shell scripts---change the
-comment character to @code{#}, disallow spaces around the @code{=},
-and get rid of the @code{. at var{name}} convention, and it could be run
-through the shell. However, there seemed little advantage in this,
-since all the information would have to passed back to Kpathsea and
-parsed there anyway, since the @code{sh} process couldn't affect its
-parent's environment.
-
@kindex = @r{omitted in @file{texmf.cnf} and misparsing}
The combination of spaces being ignored before the @code{.} of a
program name qualifer and the optional @samp{=} for the assignment has
@@ -2620,7 +2610,7 @@
@end enumerate
-The format of fontmap files is straightforward:
+The format of fontmap files:
@itemize @bullet
@cindex comments, in fontmap files
Modified: trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex
===================================================================
--- trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex 2021-07-25 21:28:48 UTC (rev 60069)
+++ trunk/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex 2021-07-25 22:58:11 UTC (rev 60070)
@@ -2188,7 +2188,7 @@
\item[\CODE{,}] Separates items in brace expansion.
\item[\CODE{//}] Subdirectory expansion (can occur anywhere in
a path, except at its beginning).
-\item[\CODE{\%}] Start of comment.
+\item[\CODE{\%{\rm\ or }\#}] Start of comment.
\item[\CODE{\bs}] At the end of a line, continuation character to allow
multi-line entries.
\item[\CODE{!!}] Search \emph{only} database to locate file, \emph{do
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