On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 12:18:05PM +0100, Paul van Tilburg wrote: > Package: tetex-base > Version: 2.0.2c-3 > Severity: wishlist > > > Hi, > > More of a question than a bugreport. Would it be possible changing the > default user-specific texmf dir to ~/.texmf instead of ~/texmf to prevent > (as I percieve it) cluttering of the homedirs? IMO it is a more sane > default.
Ugh, no! HOMETEXMF is not for application configuration data as most ~/.* files are for (and it's not autocreated either); rather it is for users' personal macro files, fonts and what-have-you. So anyone who needs and knows how to use such a directory will likely not regard it as intrusive. (And if they do, they'll likely know enough to set a HOMETEXMF environment variable if they wish to have a different directory.) Julian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
