> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 17:32:20 +0200 > From: Patrice Dumas <[email protected]> > > While looking at the install of texinfo.tex, I found that there are some > kpathsea variables that seem to be for texinfo, but I do not know if > they are used, and if so how. Does someone have an idea? It is not > very clear in the documentation how the variables line TEXINPUTS.XXXX > and similar are selected. > > The variables are: > > TEXINPUTS.texinfo = > $TEXMFDOTDIR;$TEXMF/tex/{texinfo,plain,generic,latex,}// > > TEXINPUTS.pdftexinfo = > $TEXMFDOTDIR;$TEXMF/tex/{texinfo,plain,generic,latex,}//
AFAIR, when a program FOO runs, kpathsea uses TEXINPUTS.FOO in preference to TEXINPUTS (or maybe prepends TEXINPUTS.FOO's value to the value of TEXINPUTS). Something like that.
