Bug#262950: configuration files should be moved to /etc
I wrote:
> On the other hand, when looking at the files, there are cases where the
> border between configuration file and non-configuration file is
> blurred. Often it seems to make sense to clear this up with upstream.
This is a list of files which I think are not configuration files, or
where it is at least unclear:
/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/xypic/xylatex.ini
/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/xypic/xytex.ini
/usr/share/texmf/omega/lambda/config/lambda.ini
/usr/share/texmf/tex/cslatex/cslatex.ini
/usr/share/texmf/tex/csplain/csplain.ini
/usr/share/texmf/tex/csplain/cseplain.ini
/usr/share/texmf/tex/plain/config/bplain.ini
/usr/share/texmf/tex/plain/config/tex.ini
/usr/share/texmf/tex/amstex/config/amstex.ini
/usr/share/texmf/tex/amstex/config/bamstex.ini
/usr/share/texmf/tex/eplain/ebplain.ini
/usr/share/texmf/tex/eplain/eplain.ini
/usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/platex.ini
/usr/share/texmf/tex/mex/config/mex.ini
/usr/share/texmf/omega/plain/config/omega.ini
/usr/share/texmf/pdfetex/mex/config/pdfemex.ini
/usr/share/texmf/pdfetex/tex/config/pdfetex.ini
/usr/share/texmf/etex/plain/config/etex.ini
/usr/share/texmf/metapost/config/mfmp.ini
/usr/share/texmf/metapost/config/mpost.ini
/usr/share/texmf/metafont/config/cmmf.ini
/usr/share/texmf/metafont/config/mf.ini
/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/mex/config/pdfmex.ini
/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/plain/config/pdfbplain.ini
/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/plain/config/pdftex.ini
/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/amstex/config/pdfamstex.ini
/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/amstex/config/pdfbamstex.ini
/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/platex/config/pdfplatex.ini
Those are all the files used for format generation. They can be edited,
as any TeX input file, but I think they are not meant to be. If one sees
the need, it's better to create a new format.
# Other files:
/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/babel/frenchb.cfg
all customization can be done in preamble, and it's better to do so
according to documentation.
I'm not sure about this file
# not a configuration file
/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/babel/hyphen.cfg
/usr/share/texmf/tex/fontinst/base/fontinst.ini
/usr/share/texmf/omega/lambda/misc/omarab.cfg
/usr/share/texmf/omega/lambda/misc/omlgc.cfg
/usr/share/texmf/context/data/conedt.ini
(the last one is a configuration file, but for WinEdit...)
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
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