[tex-live] TEXINPUTS on windows

[Khaled Hosny]

On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 04:10:55PM +0100, Lars Madsen wrote:
> Akira Kakuto wrote:
> > Dear Lars,
> > 
> >> Given a TL10 on windows and a user who has a dir with his own private 
> >> packages, say C:\mytexstuff
> >>
> >> How do we add this to TEXINPUTS in TL10?
> >>
> >> MikTeX has a very easy interface for this, but I have no idea as to how 
> >> one should add this on TL10. I assume it is texmf.cnf in texlive/2010/, 
> > 
> > You can add c:/mytexstuff// to TEXINPUTS.programname
> > in the texmf.cnf, like
> > TEXINPUTS.latex = .;$TEXMF/tex/{latex,generic,}//;c:/mytexstuff//
> > 
> > The easiest way may be to define an environment variable
> > TEXINPUTS=c:/mytexstuff//;
> > Don't forget the semicolon.
> > 
> > Akira
> > 
> 
> why can't we just add
> 
> TEXINPUTS=c:/mytexstuff//;
> 
> to texmf.cnf?
> 
> If this is so complicated, I'd recommend adding a better interface for
> this to the tlmgr TODO list. This is one of the features I like in MikTeX.

I think the current recommended best practice is not to touch TEXINPUTS
at all, there is already local texmf tree(s) where users can put their
stuff.

Regards,
 Khaled

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 Khaled Hosny
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