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<span class="gmail-im"><div class="gmail-m_-8396036622911277891moz-cite-prefix">On 12.07.19 02:50, Paul A Norman wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>I was wondering if the manual entry:</div><div>
<h3 class="gmail-m_-8396036622911277891gmail-sectionHead"><span class="gmail-m_-8396036622911277891gmail-titlemark">5.7<span> </span></span>Changing the
configuration</h3>
<div>might do well to have specific reference to <i>Portable
Usage</i>, perhaps after something like this?...<br>
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Good idea. You can get the TeX source code for the manual from
<a class="gmail-m_-8396036622911277891moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/TeXworks/manual" target="_blank">https://github.com/TeXworks/manual</a> - would you mind proposing a
specific edit?<br><span class="gmail-im"></span><span class="gmail-im"></span></blockquote>
</div><div>Dear Stefan,<br></div><div>How would the attached drafts look - ok?...</div><div><br></div><div>Change on page five: "For details on portable usage ...", just above: "2.1 Under Windows"</div><div>And change to page 29, new 5.7 heading and a new label.</div><div>If ok, should I upload the teo .tex files to Githup? or?</div><div>Paul<br></div><div><div><img src="cid:ii_jy4eqrbl1" alt="new_2-installation.png" width="496" height="562"><img src="cid:ii_jy4eqrat0" alt="new_5-7_Poretable Usage.png" width="409" height="562"><div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 15 Jul 2019 at 19:07, Paul A Norman <<a href="mailto:paul.a.norman@gmail.com">paul.a.norman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks Stefan,</div><div><br></div><div>When it says <br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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<p class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891gmail-indent">One
can also add a line<span> </span>like</p>
<div class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891gmail-fancyvrb" id="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891gmail-fancyvrb16"><span class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891ec-lmtt-10x-x-109" style="font-size:13.5px;font-family:monospace">defaultbinpaths=C:/Program</span><span class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891ec-lmtt-10x-x-109" style="font-size:13.5px;font-family:monospace"> Files/MiKTeX</span><span class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891ec-lmtt-10x-x-109" style="font-size:13.5px;font-family:monospace"> 2.7/miktex/bin</span></div>
<p class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891gmail-noindent">to
specify where the programmes of the T<sub>E</sub>X
distribution are located; but <i>this instruction is not
yet completely operational</i>, <u><b>especially under
Windows</b></u>.</p></div></span></div></blockquote><div>Is that now stable under Windows as well please? <br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>paul<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 13 Jul 2019 at 21:13, Stefan Löffler <<a href="mailto:st.loeffler@gmail.com" target="_blank">st.loeffler@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891moz-cite-prefix">Dear Paul,<br>
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On 02.07.19 09:10, Paul A Norman wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Make a plain text file in the directory where you
have unzipped TeXworks into (before running it for the first
time)<br>
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<div>texworks-setup.ini</div>
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<div>All looks good so far - is that approach still stable?</div>
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Yes, this hasn't changed in a while and should still work as
before/as documented.<br>
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<div class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891moz-cite-prefix">On 02.07.19 09:12, Paul A Norman wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">P.S. its probably best (mandatory?) to make the
./config folder/diretory first.<br>
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Yes, creating the directory is required. Tw checks if the
directories exist and only use them if they do
(<a class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/TeXworks/texworks/blob/9c8cc8b88505103cb8f43fe4105638c77c7e7303/src/TWApp.cpp#L132-L142" target="_blank">https://github.com/TeXworks/texworks/blob/9c8cc8b88505103cb8f43fe4105638c77c7e7303/src/TWApp.cpp#L132-L142</a>).<br>
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<div class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891moz-cite-prefix">On 12.07.19 02:50, Paul A Norman wrote:<br>
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<div>I was wondering if the manual entry:</div>
<div>
<h3 class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891gmail-sectionHead"><span class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891gmail-titlemark">5.7<span> </span></span>Changing the
configuration</h3>
<div>might do well to have specific reference to <i>Portable
Usage</i>, perhaps after something like this?...<br>
</div>
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Good idea. You can get the TeX source code for the manual from
<a class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/TeXworks/manual" target="_blank">https://github.com/TeXworks/manual</a> - would you mind proposing a
specific edit?<br>
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<h3 class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891gmail-sectionHead"><span class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891gmail-titlemark">5.7<span> </span></span>Portable
Usage and Changing the Configuration</h3>
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<div>And also what the status on this mention - under that
section was please?</div>
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<p class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891gmail-indent">One
can also add a line<span> </span>like</p>
<div class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891gmail-fancyvrb" id="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891gmail-fancyvrb16"><span class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891ec-lmtt-10x-x-109" style="font-size:13.5px;font-family:monospace">defaultbinpaths=C:/Program</span><span class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891ec-lmtt-10x-x-109" style="font-size:13.5px;font-family:monospace"> Files/MiKTeX</span><span class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891ec-lmtt-10x-x-109" style="font-size:13.5px;font-family:monospace"> 2.7/miktex/bin</span></div>
<p class="gmail-m_3478826045642555535gmail-m_-8396036622911277891gmail-noindent">to
specify where the programmes of the T<sub>E</sub>X
distribution are located; but <i>this instruction is not
yet completely operational</i>, <u><b>especially under
Windows</b></u>.</p>
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So far, texworks-setup.ini does not use sections - it only supports
three settings (inipath, libpath, defaultbinpaths).<br>
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HTH,<br>
Stefan<br>
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