[OS X TeX] csh and environment vars

[Oliver Buerschaper]

>> Dear all,
>> does anyone know why the C-Shell doesn't like a script file with  
>> the following line
>> setenv TEXMF '{$HOMETEXMF,$TEXMFOS,$TEXMFPROJECT,$TEXMFFONTS, 
>> $TEXMFLOCAL,$TEXMFEXTRA,!!$TEXMFMAIN}' to be sourced? The error  
>> message is
>> csh: setenv: Too many arguments.
>
> Use \!\! instead of !!
> The !!$ is expanded using history substitution and replaced by the  
> last word from the previous command, even inside single quotes.  
> Depending what your previous command was, this can have weird effects.

This I didn't even dare to think of ... would it perhaps also help to  
use other delimiters (double quotes etc.)?

Thanks,
Oliver



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