Re: removal of texconfig from Debian packages
On Mi, 23 Mai 2012, Frank Küster wrote:
> I frequently needed the effect of "texconfig dvips offset" (although
> personally, I edited the file directly).
I see. So then, scratch the ide aof dropping texconfig.
I leave it to you to further check in patches for texconfig
to make sure nobody actually uses it in the wrong direction.
> Will it be removed? Are there already replacements for the things that
> would get lost?
Not for now.
> Does tcfmgr have a replacement for texconfig conf?
tcfmgr not, but
tlmgr conf
does pretty much the same if not better, as it works on Windows, too.
Best wishes
Norbert
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