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dvips: Environment variables

 
 3.3 Environment variables
 =========================
 
 Dvips looks for many environment variables, to define search paths and
 other things.  The path variables are read as needed, after all
 configuration files are read, so they override values in the
 configuration files.  (Except for 'TEXCONFIG', which defines where the
 configuration files themselves are found.)
 
    ⇒(kpathsea)Path specifications, for details of interpretation
 of path and other environment variables common to all Kpathsea-using
 programs.  Only the environment variables specific to Dvips are
 mentioned here.
 
 'DVIPSDEBUG'
      Write the absolute path names of any configuration or map files to
      standard output, for debugging.  This isn't done by default because
      these files are read even before the banner is printed.  For
      voluminous additional debugging, set the environment variable
      'KPATHSEA_DEBUG' to '-1' (⇒(kpathsea)Debugging).  (If
      'KPATHSEA_DEBUG' is set to any value, it automatically turns on
      'DVIPSDEBUG'.)
 
 'DVIPSFONTS'
      Default path to search for all fonts.  Overrides all the font path
      config file options and other environment variables (⇒
      (kpathsea)Supported file formats).
 
 'DVIPSHEADERS'
      Default path to search for PostScript header files.  Overrides the
      'H' config file option (⇒Configuration file commands).
 
 'DVIPSMAKEPK'
      Overrides 'mktexpk' as the name of the program to invoke to create
      missing PK fonts.  You can change the arguments passed to the
      'mktexpk' program with the 'MAKETEXPK' environment variable; ⇒
      (kpathsea)MakeTeX script arguments.
 
 'DVIPSRC'
      Specifies the name of the startup file (⇒Configuration file
      searching) which is read after 'config.ps' but before any
      printer-specific configuration files.
 
 'DVIPSSIZES'
      Last-resort sizes for scaling of unfound fonts.  Overrides the 'R'
      definition in config files (⇒Configuration file commands).
 
 'PRINTER'
      Determine the default printer configuration file.  (Dvips itself
      does not use 'PRINTER' to determine the output destination in any
      way.)
 
 'TEXCONFIG'
      Path to search for Dvips' 'config.PRINTER' configuration files,
      including the base 'config.ps'.  Using this single environment
      variable, you can override everything else.  (The printer-specific
      configuration files are called 'PRINTER.cfg' on MS-DOS, but
      'config.ps' is called by that name on all platforms.)
 
 'TEXPICTS'
      Path to search for included graphics files.  Overrides the 'S'
      config file option (⇒Configuration file commands).  If not
      set, 'TEXINPUTS' is looked for.  ⇒(kpathsea)Supported file
      formats.
 

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