[tex-live] OSFONTDIR in texmf.cnf-4WIN

[Staszek Wawrykiewicz]

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006, Karl Berry wrote:

>     i just use OSFONTDIR and set it at the environment level 
> 
> Yeah, but the point of this idea is to not force users to set the extra
> environment variable to get access to their system fonts. 

Agreed. The whole installation is enough complicated for many users...
 
> I guess there is no harm in setting OSFONTDIR in the cnf file.  If it's
> in the environment, the environment value will override.  If not, it
> can't hurt to have it defined via the cnf file.
> 
>     dislike the idea of having WINFONTS LINUXFONTS ANYPLATFORMFONTS and
>     thereby platform dependent cnf files
> 
> I do too, but it is a fact that TL has a separate texmf.cnf for Windows.

Yes, there are many reasons for having a separate texmf.cnf for Windows, 
eg., we don't need all that -sys stuff, etc.

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Staszek Wawrykiewicz
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