On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 18:33 +0000, Richard Lewis wrote: > More generally it would be useful to have a README.Debian-config file > (but with a sensible name) that could document how one customises TeX > under Debian, it could also mention > > *enabling/disabling map files > *installing new packages > *changing language.dat (adding new patterns or disabling some) > *fmtutil versus fmtutil-sys (or maybe a user will never need this) > *installing new fonts (this is possibly too ambitious) > *etc > > ie the stuff where Debian has diverged slightly from upstream. Some > of this is explained well in the policy draft (i think), but users > wont find it there.
There is /usr/share/doc/tetex-bin/README.Debian.gz, but I am not sure how many users look at it. I think quite a bit of your suggestions is included in there, though I haven't checked it in detail. The part about changing the configuration could be amde more explicit, though. Favouring adding new files over changing existing ones. cheerio ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
