[OS X TeX] Where to put local additions to texmf?

[Bruno Voisin]

Le 17 janv. 07 à 15:39, Gerben Wierda a écrit :

> Note that the .texdist structures have an abstraction for this  
> (TexmfLocal
> and TexmfVar) which corrects the name stuff in gwTeX somewhat. Without
> everything correctly typed (but you get the idea):
>
> gwTeX.texdist/Contents/TexmfLocal -> /usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs
> gwTeX.texdist/Contents/TexmfVar -> /usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local
> TL2005.texdist/Contents/TexmfLocal -> /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local
> TL2005.texdist/Contents/TexmfVar -> /usr/local/texlive/2005/texmf-var

Don't you mean TexmfSysVar here, instead of TexmfVar? Or does it  
depend of whether or not personal configurations were enabled by the  
gwTeX i-Package?

Thus, for a specific distribution you have for example:

/Library/TeX/Distributions/gwTeX.texdist/Contents/TexmfLocal
/Library/TeX/Distributions/gwTeX.texdist/Contents/TexmfSysVar

and for the currently active distribution:

/Library/TeX/Distributions/.DefaultTeX/Contents/TexmfLocal
/Library/TeX/Distributions/.DefaultTeX/Contents/TexmfSysVar

> If possible (and with scripts and cli this certainly is), it is  
> better to
> use the .texdist abstraction to find the TEXMFLOCAL and TEXMFVAR  
> locations
> for your active TeX distribution.

I must admit I was a bit lost in the TeXLive structure (all these  
seemingly similarly named trees), until looking a couple of hours ago  
at the TeXLive manual for the first time, in particular <http:// 
tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/live.html#x1-90002.3>. Now (better  
late than never!) I'm starting at last to understand the meaning of  
the various TEXMF* variables in texmf.cnf.

Thus, what the doc says is:

> TEXMFMAIN: The tree which holds vital parts of the system such as  
> helper scripts (e.g., web2c/mktexdir), pool files and other support  
> files.
>
> TEXMFDIST: The tree which holds the main set of macro packages,  
> fonts, etc., as originally distributed.
>
> TEXMFLOCAL: The tree which administrators can use for system-wide  
> installation of additional or updated macros, fonts, etc.
>
> TEXMFHOME: The tree which users can use for their own individual  
> installations of additional or updated macros, fonts, etc. The  
> expansion of this variable depends on $HOME by default, which  
> dynamically adjusts for each user to an individual directory.
>
> TEXMFCONFIG: The tree used by teTEX’s utilities texconfig, updmap,  
> and fmtutil to store modified configuration data. Under $HOME by  
> default.
>
> TEXMFSYSCONFIG: The tree used by teTEX’s utilities texconfig-sys,  
> updmap-sys, and fmtutil-sys to store modified configuration data.
>
> TEXMFVAR: The tree used by texconfig, updmap and fmtutil to store  
> (cached) runtime data such as format files and generated map files.  
> Under $HOME by default.
>
> TEXMFSYSVAR: The tree used by texconfig-sys, updmap-sys and fmtutil- 
> sys to store (cached) runtime data such as format files and  
> generated map files.

For TeXLive, running "texconfig conf" reveals the actual directories:

TEXMFMAIN=/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf
TEXMFDIST=/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist
TEXMFLOCAL=/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local
TEXMFSYSVAR=/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var
TEXMFSYSCONFIG=/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-config
TEXMFVAR=~/.texlive2007/texmf-var
TEXMFCONFIG=~/.texlive2007/texmf-config
TEXMFHOME=~/Library/texmf

For gwTeX the same command doesn't seem to work fully, due to the  
different tree structure defined in /usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.cnf. What  
is obtained is:

TEXMFMAIN=/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf
TEXMFDIST=/usr/local/gwTeX/share/texmf-dist
TEXMFLOCAL=/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local
TEXMFSYSVAR=/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local
TEXMFSYSCONFIG=/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local
TEXMFVAR=/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local
TEXMFCONFIG=/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local
TEXMFHOME=

I imagine the correspondence is rather be something like (given I  
chose to prohibit personal configurations when installing gwTeX):

TEXMFMAIN=/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf
TEXMFDIST=/usr/local/gwTeX/{texmf.texlive,texmf.gwtex}
TEXMFLOCAL=/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs
TEXMFSYSVAR=/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local
TEXMFSYSCONFIG=/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local
TEXMFVAR=/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local
TEXMFCONFIG=/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.local
TEXMFHOME=~/Library/texmf

Bruno
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