[tex-live] [Fwd: Re: [OS X TeX] DVIPS config file]

[Vinayak Vatsal]

On Jan 17, 2006, at 11:20 AM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

> Answer from the TeX Live list.
>
> G
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: Akira Kakuto <kakuto at fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp>
>> Date: 17 January 2006 13:38:14 GMT+01:00
>> To: Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl
>> Cc: texlive at tug.org
>> Subject: Re: [tex-live] [Fwd: Re: [OS X TeX] DVIPS config file]
>>
>>> Gerben Wierda" <Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl>
>>
>>> One of my users needs ${HOME}/.dvipsrc to work but he isn't able  
>>> to when
>>> using the dvips in TL 2005. Does anybody know what is going on?
>>
>> Configuration directory was restricted to $TEXMF/dvips// some day.
>>
>> Configuration directory was restricted to $TEXMF/dvips// some day.
>>
>> In order to use ~/.dvipsrc, search for the following lines in  
>> texmf.cnf:
>>
>> % Dvips' config.* files (this name should not start with `TEX'!).
>> TEXCONFIG = $TEXMF/dvips//
>>
>> and change them into
>>
>> % Dvips' config.* files (this name should not start with `TEX'!).
>> DVIPSRC = .dvipsrc
>> TEXCONFIG = $TEXMF/dvips//;$HOME



Thanks very much! Is it safe to change texmf.cnf manually (where does  
it even live)? Or is this something best done at the level of the  
distribution?






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Vinayak Vatsal
Department of Mathematics
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Canada




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