Hello Alan! :) On Sun, 3 Aug 1997, Alan Eugene Davis wrote:
> I don't understand why latex of teTeX can't see any files I have > placed into /usr/lib/texmf/tex/latex/misc. Hmm... Did you run texhash to update its search file /usr/lib/texmf/ls-R (or $TEXMF/ls-R) after you added the files? :) BTW, it might not be a good idea to put your own custom files in $TEXMF/tex/latex/misc. Put them in $TEXMF/local/tex/latex/misc or /usr/local/lib/texmf/tex/latex/misc (same thing, because /usr/lib/texmf/local is a symlink to /usr/local/lib/texmf) > Also, there seems to be no provision for placing new files in > /usr/local/lib/texmf/tex/latex/misc. If this is true, this is a major > weakness. Yes, there is. :) Try putting your local files there, run texhash, then see if teTeX can find your *.sty/*.tex. :) You might like to check out the files in directory /etc/texmf. Also, check out texconfig. :) > Also I am having a similar problem as with NTeX, though it might be an > emacs problem: when running latex from latex-mode in emacs 19.34, if > latex is restarted, core is dumped. This is something new with emacs > 19.34, I think, and a nuisance. How can I get rid of this? Sorry, I have no idea. (I haven't experienced this problem before.) > Another teTeX problem that many people have possibly given the wrong > answer for: there are no page numbers in the article style, as far as > I can tell! This isn't an xdvi problem. teTeX is just a TeX distribution. There shouldn't be any changes to how LaTeX work. Also, page numbers seem to work fine here. :) > So far, I don't see the significant benefits from using teTeX, and > there have been a lot of users' complaints. Actually, I find teTeX to be an excellent TeX distribution. It is up-to-date, integrated, fast, TDS (TeX Directory Structure standard) conformant, etc. AFAIK, Debian, Red Hat and Slackware include teTeX as the standard TeX distribution. (or does Slackware still use NTeX? I'm not sure... :) Anyway, I find it quite organized, and works very smoothly. I had quite a few troubles with TeX/LaTeX on Debian before teTeX was packaged, but many problems disappeared after I upgraded to teTeX. I'm a happy user! :) Cheers, Anthony -- Anthony Fok Tung-Ling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Civil Engineering http://www.ualberta.ca/~foka/ University of Alberta, Canada Keep smiling! *^_^* -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
