kpathsea: mktex configuration
6.5.1 'mktex' configuration
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The list of file types and program names that can run an external
program to create missing files is listed in the next section. In the
absence of 'configure' options specifying otherwise, everything but
'mktextex' will be enabled by default. The 'configure' options to
change the defaults are:
--without-mktexfmt-default
--without-mktexmf-default
--without-mktexocp-default
--without-mktexofm-default
--without-mktexpk-default
--without-mktextfm-default
--with-mktextex-default
The 'configure' setting is overridden if the environment variable or
configuration file value named for the script is set; e.g., 'MKTEXPK'
(⇒mktex script arguments).
'mktexfmt' reads a file 'fmtutil.cnf', typically located in
'texmf/web2c/' to glean its configuration information. The rest of the
files and features in this section are primarily intended for the font
generation scripts.
As distributed, all the scripts source a file 'texmf/web2c/mktex.cnf'
if it exists, so you can override various defaults. See 'mktex.opt',
for instance, which defines the default mode, resolution, some special
directory names, etc. If you prefer not to change the distributed
scripts, you can simply create 'mktex.cnf' with the appropriate
definitions (you do not need to create it if you have nothing to put in
it). 'mktex.cnf' has no special syntax; it's an arbitrary Bourne shell
script. The distribution contains a sample 'mktex.cnf' for you to copy
and modify as you please (it is not installed anywhere).
In addition, you can configure a number of features with the
'MT_FEATURES' variable, which you can define:
* in 'mktex.opt', as just mentioned;
* by editing the file 'mktex.opt', either before 'make install' (in
the source hierarchy) or after (in the installed hierarchy);
* or in the environment.
If none of the options below are enabled, 'mktexpk', 'mktextfm', and
'mktexmf' follow the following procedure to decide where fonts should be
installed. Find the tree where the font's sources are, and test the
permissions of the 'fonts' directory of that tree to determine whether
it is writable. If it is, put the files in the tree in appropriate
locations. If it isn't writable, see whether the tree is a system tree
(named in 'SYSTEXMF'). If so, the 'VARTEXFONTS' tree is used. In all
other cases the working directory is used.
The 'appendonlydir' option is enabled by default.
'appendonlydir'
Tell 'mktexdir' to create directories append-only, i.e., set their
sticky bit (⇒(coreutils)Mode Structure). This feature is
silently ignored on non-Unix platforms (e.g. Windows/NT and
MS-DOS) which don't support similar functionality. This feature is
enabled by default.
'dosnames'
Use 8.3 names; e.g., 'dpi600/cmr10.pk' instead of 'cmr10.600pk'.
Note that this feature only affects filenames that would otherwise
clash with other TeX-related filenames; 'mktex' scripts do nothing
about filenames which exceed the 8+3 MS-DOS limits but remain
unique when truncated (by the OS) to these limits, and nether do
the scripts care about possible clashes with files which aren't
related with TeX. For example, 'cmr10.600pk' would clash with
'cmr10.600gf' and is therefore changed when 'dosnames' is in
effect, but 'mf.pool' and 'mp.base' don't clash with any
TeX-related files and are therefore unchanged.
This feature is turned on by default on MS-DOS. If you do not wish
'dosnames' to be set on an MS-DOS platform, you need to set the
'MT_FEATURES' environment variable to a value that doesn't include
'dosnames'. You can also change the default setting by editing
'mktex.opt', but only if you use the 'mktex' shell scripts; the
emulation programs don't consult 'mktex.opt'.
'fontmaps'
Instead of deriving the location of a font in the destination tree
from the location of the sources, the aliases and directory names
from the Fontname distribution are used. (⇒Introduction
(fontname)Top.).
'nomfdrivers'
Let mktexpk and mktextfm create metafont driver files in a
temporary directory. These will be used for just one metafont run
and not installed permanently.
'nomode'
Omit the directory level for the mode name; this is fine as long as
you generate fonts for only one mode.
'stripsupplier'
Omit the font supplier name directory level.
'striptypeface'
Omit the font typeface name directory level.
'strip'
Omit the font supplier and typeface name directory levels. This
feature is deprecated in favour of 'stripsupplier' and
'striptypeface'.
'varfonts'
When this option is enabled, fonts that would otherwise be written
in system texmf tree go to the 'VARTEXFONTS' tree instead. The
default value in 'kpathsea/Makefile.in' is '/var/tmp/texfonts'.
The 'Linux File System Standard' recommends '/var/tex/fonts'.
The 'varfonts' setting in 'MT_FEATURES' is overridden by the
'USE_VARTEXFONTS' environment variable: if set to '1', the feature
is enabled, and if set to '0', the feature is disabled.
'texmfvar'
Force generated files that would go into a system tree (as defined
by 'SYSTEXMF') into 'TEXMFVAR'. Starting with teTeX-3.0, the
variable 'TEXMFVAR' is always set. The 'varfonts' feature takes
precedence if also set.
The 'texmfvar' setting in 'MT_FEATURES' is overridden by the
'USE_TEXMFVAR' environment variable: if set to '1', the feature is
enabled, and if set to '0', the feature is disabled.
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