Re: Changing teTeX default config
I think you should be able to override the specific option you wish to
change with an environment variable. I redefine HOMETEXMF in my
.profile and that works for all the tex builds I run. I don't know
whether this is specific only to path options -- YMMV.
Matt
>> You can't change the systems texmf.cnf, but you *can* replace it in
>> a specific environment.
>>
>> If you set the environment variable
>> TEXMFCNF=/path/to/dir/with/new/cnf/ then it will read the texmf.cnf
>> in there rather than the systemwise one in /etc.
>
> Will this work without further action, or do you need to run
> texconfig init, like you have to do when you change the one in /etc
> ?
>
> BTW, i too found that the default are too small for the tex files i
> am doing, but then i use mfpic ...
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Matt Kern
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