[texworks] TeXworks 0.4.3 fails to identify installation directory correctly

Reinhard Kotucha reinhard.kotucha at web.de
Thu Aug 25 23:15:07 CEST 2011


On 2011-08-25 at 14:49:50 +0100, Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote:

 > 
 > 
 > Akira Kakuto wrote:
 > 
 > > I think that is a wrapper, and the actual installation
 > > directory is e:/TeX/Live/2010/tlpkg/texworks.
 > > I don't know details, which will be answered by Tomek.
 > 
 > Ah, yes, thank you Akira : I completely overlooked that.
 > I have now relocated all the TeXworks-related stuff from
 > 
 > 	E:/TeX\Live/2010/bin/win32
 > 
 > to
 > 
 > 	e:/TeX/Live/2010/tlpkg/texworks
 > 
 > but of course I have lost the wrapper file in the process,
 > which was overwritten by TeXworks.exe.  Do you have any
 > idea whether that wrapper performs any useful function,
 > or will it simply suffice to re-link the shortcut from
 > Start/Programs/TeX Live 2010/TeXworks to the real executable
 > in
 > 
 > 	e:/TeX/Live/2010/tlpkg/texworks


The wrapper sets up the environment, hence TW won't start without it.

I've put it on my web server, I suppose that an executable in a mail
message will not survive.

  http://ms25.ath.cx/texworks.exe          (case sensitive :)

Regards,
  Reinhard

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