[OS X TeX] /usr/local/texprograms -> /Library/ActiveTeXPrograms

[Gerben Wierda]

On Nov 30, 2006, at 01:27 , Jérome Laurens wrote:

>
> Le 30 nov. 06 à 01:16, Gerben Wierda a écrit :
>
>> On Nov 30, 2006, at 00:06 , Maarten Sneep wrote:
>>
>>> On 29-nov-2006, at 23:59, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>>>
>>>> So, I am planning to do this in terms of links:
>>>>
>>>> /Library/gwTeX -> ../../usr/local/gwTeX
>>>> /Library/ActiveTeXPrograms -> ../../usr/local/gwTeX/bin/i386- 
>>>> apple-darwin-current (on intel)
>>>> /Library/ActiveTeXPrograms -> ../../usr/local/gwTeX/bin/powerpc- 
>>>> apple-darwin-current (on ppc)
>>>>
>>>> The ../.. part of the link is to make sure they still work if  
>>>> the volume is not the startup volume. The capitalisation makes  
>>>> it easier to read.
>>>>
>>>> Any comments?
>>>
>>> I would add one level: /Library/TeX/gwTeX, /Library/TeX/ 
>>> ActiveTeXProgram, etc. to group the TeX stuff.
>>
>> That is a good plan.
>>
>>> Is it possible to add /Library/TeX/texmf as a texmf local tree?  
>>> Or link from there to the active texmf local tree?
>>
>> /Library/TeX/ActiveTexmfLocal ?
>
> /Library/TeX/active-texmf
> /Library/TeX/active-programs
>
>>
>> Actually I think this is not a good plan. It adds something that  
>> can be a mismatch. Someone resets the programs but forgets the  
>> local. Bad.
>
> Sorry, I don't understand...

It would be possible to set the link to texmf to a different  
distribution than the link to programs.

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