Running TL{4|5|...} from the CD-ROM
Fabrice Popineau
Fabrice.Popineau@supelec.fr
13 Jul 2000 15:03:08 +0200
* Peter Flynn <pflynn@imbolc.ucc.ie> writes:
> afterwards. Obviously there is an environment variable to be set for
> these, but I was unable to identify it: any pointers?
In texmf.cnf :
VARTEXMF = c:/vartexmf
VARTEXFONTS = c:/vartexmf/fonts
in mktex.cnf:
: ${MT_FEATURES=appendonlydir:varfonts:fontmaps}
: ${MODE=ljfour}
: ${BDPI=600}
TL5 has an option to be installed so that it will run of the cd.
> Is PDFlatex still unable to use Metafont-made (pk) bitmaps? Despite
> their drawbacks in rendering, it would be nice to be able to create
> PDF files with a \texteuro in them.
Isn't there a pfb for this one ?
Else, yes pdftex is able to use pk files, but will not call mktexpk by
itself (as far as I know).
Fabrice