[OS X TeX] New TeX i-Package release in *EXPERIMENTAL* i-Directory

[Gerben Wierda]

> On 2/27/05 12:12 PM, "Claus Gerhardt" <gerhardt at math.uni-heidelberg.de>
> wrote:
>
>> I would recommend to store the custom formats in ~/Library/web2c. The
>> back-ups should be no concern, at least not for me; I have Retrospect
>> back-up daily my entire home directory. These days the size of back-ups
>> is measured in GB not MB.
>>
>> My very fairly elaborate custom formats usually have a size of 1.2MB,
>> which makes wonder what possible could account for the difference to
>> 25MB.

Because in the 'personal' setup all the .fmt's would be in HOME (see
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c)

>>
>> Claus
>>
>
> Howdy,
>
> Why not ~/Library/texmf/web2c/ where they are stored now? I've got two
> custom formats there and they are found now without a problem.\

When they go in a personal directory, this will be the first choice.

> I am just now beginning to see the inconsistencies in my setup. I've got
> several fonts in my personal tree, ~/Library/texmf/fonts/..., but the map
> files are kept in the texmf.local branch. I guess I should move the fonts
> to
> the texmf.local branch. This is for philosophical reasons only since I'm
> effectively the only user on my system. But I like getting the philosophy
> right too.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>
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