[texworks] Why is $PATH ignored?

[Victor Ivrii]

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard <mpg at elzevir.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Why does texworks ignore the PATH environment variable? My TeX Live
> binaries are in /usr/local/texlive/2008/bin/x86_64-linux, and this
> directory is in my PATH, but texworks won't find it until I set it in
> the preferences dialog.
>
> I think the directories specified in this dialog should be added to the
> regular PATH (preferably with lower priority), not override it.
>
> Manuel.
>
>
>

Would be it possible to get self-contained binaries. My Dept main
server uses RedHat
x86_64-linux

(I am not the boss there but it will be very handy for many people)

Victor


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