[tex-live] textlive seems to ignore top of home tree

[Victor Ivrii]

2010/7/22 Zdenek Wagner <zdenek.wagner at gmail.com>:
> 2010/7/22 Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) <P.Taylor at rhul.ac.uk>:
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> I sometimes do it too, but I tell th user:
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> 1. If he or she is very inexperienced, I say "put it to the direcotry
> containing your document"
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> 2. If he or she can undestand the concept of directories, I say
> "create such a directory and put it there", or if the package consists
> of several files, I create a TDS-compliant zip and explain how to
> unpack it

LOL! I know many very intelligent people who (on UNIX) never created
intentionally a directory and never changed it and just saved
thousands of files under non-descriptive or confusing names in their
home directories and then spent hours trying to find a necessary
document. Or engaged in competition who places more icons per pixel
on their desktops.

Victor


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> 3. The best way is to maintain a network installation so that the
> users just mount it and everything is on proper places automatically.
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>> ** Phil.
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> Zdeněk Wagner
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