% original texmf.cnf -- runtime path configuration file for kpathsea. % Public domain. % % If you modify this original file, YOUR CHANGES WILL BE LOST when it is % updated. Instead, put your changes -- and only your changes, not an % entire copy! -- in ../../texmf.cnf. That is, if this file is % installed in /some/path/to/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf, % add your custom settings to /some/path/to/texlive/2015/texmf.cnf. % % What follows is a super-summary of what this .cnf file can % contain. Please read the Kpathsea manual for more information. % % Any identifier (sticking to A-Za-z_ for names is safest) can be assigned. % The `=' (and surrounding spaces) is optional. % $foo (or ${foo}) in a value expands to the envvar or cnf value of foo. % Long lines can be continued with a \. % % Earlier entries (in the same or another file) override later ones, and % an environment variable foo overrides any texmf.cnf definition of foo. % % All definitions are read before anything is expanded, so you can use % variables before they are defined. % % If a variable assignment is qualified with `.PROGRAM', it is ignored % unless the current executable (last filename component of argv[0]) is % named PROGRAM. This foo.PROGRAM construct is not recognized on the % right-hand side. For environment variables, use FOO_PROGRAM. % % Which file formats use which paths for searches is described in the % various programs' and the Kpathsea documentation (http://tug.org/kpathsea). % % // means to search subdirectories (recursively). % A leading !! means to look only in the ls-R db, never on the disk. % In this file, either ; or : can be used to separate path components. % A leading/trailing/doubled path separator in the paths will be % expanded into the compile-time default. Probably not what you want. % % Brace notation is supported, for example: /usr/local/{mytex,othertex} % expands to /usr/local/mytex:/usr/local/othertex. We make extensive % use of this.