[texdoc] Persuading TeXdoc to display a file that is not in the TeX Live hierarchy

[Takuto ASAKURA]

Hi Philip,

Texdoc can search and open the files outside of TeX Live. It searches all TEXMF trees that appear in the TEXDOCS variable. But please be aware that those trees should conform to the TDS structure. Otherwise, its searching and scoring mechanism won't work correctly.

Meanwhile, adding a variant of the alias feature to specify absolute paths is on our TODO list.

Best,
Takuto

> On 2022/08/04, at 7:58, Philip Taylor (Small Acres) <P.Taylor at Trezaise.Uk> wrote:
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> As I choose not to install TeXworks as a part of my TeX Live installation, installing it instead from the TeXworks repository, TeXdoc does not find the file "TeXworks-manual/en/index.html" and instead displays 
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>> mtx-texworks(1) TeXworks Startup Script mtx-texworks(1)
> I can find no guidance for including a path in an "alias" entry in TeXdoc.cnf, where I would liketo write something along the lines of 
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>> alias TeXworks = C:\TeX\Works\texworks-help\TeXworks-manual\en
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> and wonder whether this is in fact possible.  Many thanks in advance for any advice or help offered.
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> -- 
> Philip Taylor
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