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

[Paul A Norman]

I've simply put those in as "Issues" on github TeXworks/manual, hopefully
that works for these kinds of things.

On Tue, 16 Jul 2019 at 01:19, Paul A Norman <paul.a.norman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> [image: new_2-installation.png][image: new_5-7_Poretable Usage.png]
>
>
> 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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