[tex-live] kpsewhich
Vladimir Volovich
vvv at vsu.ru
Thu Apr 1 02:22:47 CEST 2004
"GW" == Gerben Wierda writes:
GW> On Mar 26, 2004, at 5:11 PM, Thomas Esser wrote:
>>> When using kpsewhich, there is a dependency on the OS
>> It is not kpsewhich which causes this, it is the call to execute
>> a shell command and the underlying interpreter which causes these
>> differences.
GW> I agree with Hans here. The $ before the variable name is
GW> superfluous. In fact, the $ itself is also a shell construct
GW> originally meaning 'variable'.
GW> It could easily be implemented backwards compatible. Just ignore
GW> any initial $ signs when trying to expand a variable. The old
GW> calls would still work and we could promote the new style
GW> (e.g. by producing warnings on the old style).
You are wrong. Apparently you did not read (or pay attention to)
emails with explanations sent by Olaf Weber. See
http://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2004-March/005425.html
http://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2004-March/005426.html
Best,
v.
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