[texworks] Adding .xml to the list of file types that TeXworks will display from its "File / Open" dialogue box.

[Andreas Hirsch]

Hi Phil,

quoting Philip Taylor, [2014-07-10 21:22]:

> Your initial surmise is correct, Herb :
> 
>> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
>> Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>>
>> C:\Windows\system32>kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFVAR
>> C:/Users/Chaa006/.texlive2013/texmf-var
>>
>> C:\Windows\system32>
> 
> but it was not an install-time option.  I make a point of
> reserving C: for the operating system, and all data files
> live on D (as does the entire TeX hierarchy, since it
> sadly makes no distinction twixt program and data and
> expects to find its data based on relative paths from
> the executable ...).

Isn't it Windows itself that points users to store their files into
C:\users\... ?

TeXLive only uses the enviroment-variable for the users home-dir

I often tried to set the home-dir complete and consistent to another
location but I never had full success and things went worse afterwards ...

Andreas

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