> On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 11:40 PM, Ken Moffat <[email protected]>
wrote:

[...]

> So I've just added Tk (also can be used in ptex and conTeXt) to the
runtime
> deps in current svn.

Cool. texdoctk is a useful app for folks starting out.

> > Perhaps, but the issue I raised is particular to the dvi backend. The
dvi
> > only contains font information (fonts in a pdf are usually embedded). In
> > order to render the dvi document, TeX must find the fonts and the
> > information it needs to do this is contained in texmf.cnf. Evince
assumes
> > texlive is installed in a default location so it doesn't find texmf.cnf
> > unless TEXMFCNF is set.  This is a bug in evince in my opinion.
>
> If you get a wiki ID, you could add that - probably on the texlive page
(since
> it is specific to using evince with texlive). Or in both.

I will look into it in the weekend--there are some things I want to try
first;
there is also an issue with mime types between evince and libdjvu (easily
resolved). Lastly I need to compare a bunch of quibbles with the latest SVN
book.
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