[texworks] Windows: ver 0.6.3 TeXworks paths, and running as Portable

[Paul A Norman]

 On 12.07.19 02:50, Paul A Norman wrote:

I was wondering if the manual entry:
> 5.7 Changing the configuration
> might do well to have specific reference to *Portable Usage*, perhaps
> after something like this?...
>

Good idea. You can get the TeX source code for the manual from
https://github.com/TeXworks/manual - would you mind proposing a specific
edit?

Dear Stefan,
How would the attached drafts look - ok?...

Change on page five: "For details on portable usage ...", just above: "2.1
Under Windows"
And change to page 29, new 5.7 heading and a new label.
If ok, should I upload the teo .tex files to Githup? or?
Paul
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On Mon, 15 Jul 2019 at 19:07, Paul A Norman <paul.a.norman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Stefan,
>
> When it says
>
> One can also add a line like
>> defaultbinpaths=C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.7/miktex/bin
>>
>> to specify where the programmes of the TEX distribution are located; but *this
>> instruction is not yet completely operational*, *especially under
>> Windows*.
>>
> Is that now stable under Windows as well please?
> Thanks,
> paul
>
> On Sat, 13 Jul 2019 at 21:13, Stefan Löffler <st.loeffler at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Paul,
>>
>> On 02.07.19 09:10, Paul A Norman wrote:
>>
>> Make a plain text file in the directory where you have unzipped TeXworks
>> into (before running it for the first time)
>>
>> texworks-setup.ini
>>
>> All looks good so far - is that approach still stable?
>>
>>
>> Yes, this hasn't changed in a while and should still work as before/as
>> documented.
>>
>> On 02.07.19 09:12, Paul A Norman wrote:
>>
>> P.S. its probably best (mandatory?) to make the ./config  folder/diretory
>> first.
>>
>>
>> Yes, creating the directory is required. Tw checks if the directories
>> exist and only use them if they do (
>> https://github.com/TeXworks/texworks/blob/9c8cc8b88505103cb8f43fe4105638c77c7e7303/src/TWApp.cpp#L132-L142
>> ).
>>
>> On 12.07.19 02:50, Paul A Norman wrote:
>>
>> I was wondering if the manual entry:
>> 5.7 Changing the configuration
>> might do well to have specific reference to *Portable Usage*, perhaps
>> after something like this?...
>>
>>
>> Good idea. You can get the TeX source code for the manual from
>> https://github.com/TeXworks/manual - would you mind proposing a specific
>> edit?
>>
>> 5.7 Portable Usage and Changing the Configuration
>>
>> And also what the status on this mention - under that section was please?
>>
>> One can also add a line like
>> defaultbinpaths=C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.7/miktex/bin
>>
>> to specify where the programmes of the TEX distribution are located; but *this
>> instruction is not yet completely operational*, *especially under
>> Windows*.
>>
>>
>> So far, texworks-setup.ini does not use sections - it only supports three
>> settings (inipath, libpath, defaultbinpaths).
>>
>> HTH,
>> Stefan
>>
>
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