Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[ehud.kap...@gmail.com]

 After years of using Miktex, I have installed TexLive on my Windows 
machines, in order to be using the same TeX environment on both my Linux 
(Ubuntu) and Windows machines.   On Windows the Texlive installer takes 
care of all the path and directory requirements, so the user needs do 
nothing special.  The Tex system ends up being much larger than it was 
under MixTex, but one can choose a smaller set of packages, rather than 
the Complete set that I chose.  Texlive has been working without a hitch 
on my (XP) machines, as it has on the Ubuntu machines.


Just a thought.
Ehud Kaplan

On 9/18/2010 11:22 AM, Maria Gouskova wrote:

Thank you kindly! This is most educational. I have shared a link to
this discussion with my Windows-using colleagues.

Maria


On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Jacob Bishopbishop.ja...@gmail.com  wrote:

Paul is right. You did ask, though, if there was a standard location for the
directory in Windows. I believe there is, but it's different between xp and
vista/w7. Mine on Windows 7 is:
C:\Users\Jacob\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.8\...
I'm not on my xp machine right now, but it's something like
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\MikTeX\2.8\...

MikTeX created those directories for local settings when I originally
installed it.

You can, of course set up a custom location via the MikTeX settings
interface, which you have to use anyway to run Refresh FNDB as Paul
explained.

I hope this adds a bit of information.

Jacob

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Paul A. Rubinru...@msu.edu  wrote:

On 9/14/2010 7:41 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:


I should add that they all used MikTeX, and we tried putting texmf in
C:\ and also in the Program Files folder (I think basically as
C:\Program Files\texmf).

What confuses me is that in Mac OS, LyX finds all the stuff inside the
texmf folder automaticallly after reconfiguring. Does this happen in
Windows? If not, is there something that needs to be done inside LyX
to help it find the correct texmf path? I am sure we missed something
really obvious.


If they are using MiKTeX:

1.  They can run the MiKTeX Settings application (from the Start menu)
and go to the Roots tab.  That lists the directories on the search path
MiKTeX uses.  They can create their local texmf folder anywhere they want,
then just add it to that tab (Add... button) and move it up to the top of
the search chain.

2.  After adding anything to their local texmf directory, they should run
the Settings application, and on the General tab click Refresh FNDB (which
runs texhash to update the LaTeX file databases).

/Paul





--



Ehud Kaplan, Ph.D.
Jules and Doris Stein/Research to Prevent Blindness/  Professor
*The laboratory of Visual  Computational Neuroscience*
Depts. of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Chemical  Structural Biology
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
One Gustave Levy Place
New York, NY, 10029

Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[ehud.kap...@gmail.com]

 After years of using Miktex, I have installed TexLive on my Windows 
machines, in order to be using the same TeX environment on both my Linux 
(Ubuntu) and Windows machines.   On Windows the Texlive installer takes 
care of all the path and directory requirements, so the user needs do 
nothing special.  The Tex system ends up being much larger than it was 
under MixTex, but one can choose a smaller set of packages, rather than 
the Complete set that I chose.  Texlive has been working without a hitch 
on my (XP) machines, as it has on the Ubuntu machines.


Just a thought.
Ehud Kaplan

On 9/18/2010 11:22 AM, Maria Gouskova wrote:

Thank you kindly! This is most educational. I have shared a link to
this discussion with my Windows-using colleagues.

Maria


On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Jacob Bishopbishop.ja...@gmail.com  wrote:

Paul is right. You did ask, though, if there was a standard location for the
directory in Windows. I believe there is, but it's different between xp and
vista/w7. Mine on Windows 7 is:
C:\Users\Jacob\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.8\...
I'm not on my xp machine right now, but it's something like
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\MikTeX\2.8\...

MikTeX created those directories for local settings when I originally
installed it.

You can, of course set up a custom location via the MikTeX settings
interface, which you have to use anyway to run Refresh FNDB as Paul
explained.

I hope this adds a bit of information.

Jacob

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Paul A. Rubinru...@msu.edu  wrote:

On 9/14/2010 7:41 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:


I should add that they all used MikTeX, and we tried putting texmf in
C:\ and also in the Program Files folder (I think basically as
C:\Program Files\texmf).

What confuses me is that in Mac OS, LyX finds all the stuff inside the
texmf folder automaticallly after reconfiguring. Does this happen in
Windows? If not, is there something that needs to be done inside LyX
to help it find the correct texmf path? I am sure we missed something
really obvious.


If they are using MiKTeX:

1.  They can run the MiKTeX Settings application (from the Start menu)
and go to the Roots tab.  That lists the directories on the search path
MiKTeX uses.  They can create their local texmf folder anywhere they want,
then just add it to that tab (Add... button) and move it up to the top of
the search chain.

2.  After adding anything to their local texmf directory, they should run
the Settings application, and on the General tab click Refresh FNDB (which
runs texhash to update the LaTeX file databases).

/Paul





--



Ehud Kaplan, Ph.D.
Jules and Doris Stein/Research to Prevent Blindness/  Professor
*The laboratory of Visual  Computational Neuroscience*
Depts. of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Chemical  Structural Biology
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
One Gustave Levy Place
New York, NY, 10029

Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[ehud.kap...@gmail.com]

 After years of using Miktex, I have installed TexLive on my Windows 
machines, in order to be using the same TeX environment on both my Linux 
(Ubuntu) and Windows machines.   On Windows the Texlive installer takes 
care of all the path and directory requirements, so the user needs do 
nothing special.  The Tex system ends up being much larger than it was 
under MixTex, but one can choose a smaller set of packages, rather than 
the Complete set that I chose.  Texlive has been working without a hitch 
on my (XP) machines, as it has on the Ubuntu machines.


Just a thought.
Ehud Kaplan

On 9/18/2010 11:22 AM, Maria Gouskova wrote:

Thank you kindly! This is most educational. I have shared a link to
this discussion with my Windows-using colleagues.

Maria


On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Jacob Bishop  wrote:

Paul is right. You did ask, though, if there was a standard location for the
directory in Windows. I believe there is, but it's different between xp and
vista/w7. Mine on Windows 7 is:
C:\Users\Jacob\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.8\...
I'm not on my xp machine right now, but it's something like
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\MikTeX\2.8\...

MikTeX created those directories for local settings when I originally
installed it.

You can, of course set up a custom location via the MikTeX "settings"
interface, which you have to use anyway to run "Refresh FNDB" as Paul
explained.

I hope this adds a bit of information.

Jacob

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Paul A. Rubin  wrote:

On 9/14/2010 7:41 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:


I should add that they all used MikTeX, and we tried putting texmf in
C:\ and also in the Program Files folder (I think basically as
C:\Program Files\texmf).

What confuses me is that in Mac OS, LyX finds all the stuff inside the
texmf folder automaticallly after reconfiguring. Does this happen in
Windows? If not, is there something that needs to be done inside LyX
to help it find the correct texmf path? I am sure we missed something
really obvious.


If they are using MiKTeX:

1.  They can run the MiKTeX "Settings" application (from the Start menu)
and go to the "Roots" tab.  That lists the directories on the search path
MiKTeX uses.  They can create their local texmf folder anywhere they want,
then just add it to that tab (Add... button) and move it up to the top of
the search chain.

2.  After adding anything to their local texmf directory, they should run
the Settings application, and on the General tab click "Refresh FNDB" (which
runs texhash to update the LaTeX file databases).

/Paul





--



Ehud Kaplan, Ph.D.
Jules and Doris Stein/Research to Prevent Blindness/  Professor
*The laboratory of Visual&  Computational Neuroscience*
Depts. of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Chemical&  Structural Biology
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
One Gustave Levy Place
New York, NY, 10029

Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[Maria Gouskova]

Thank you kindly! This is most educational. I have shared a link to
this discussion with my Windows-using colleagues.

Maria


On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Jacob Bishop bishop.ja...@gmail.com wrote:
 Paul is right. You did ask, though, if there was a standard location for the
 directory in Windows. I believe there is, but it's different between xp and
 vista/w7. Mine on Windows 7 is:
 C:\Users\Jacob\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.8\...
 I'm not on my xp machine right now, but it's something like
 C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\MikTeX\2.8\...

 MikTeX created those directories for local settings when I originally
 installed it.

 You can, of course set up a custom location via the MikTeX settings
 interface, which you have to use anyway to run Refresh FNDB as Paul
 explained.

 I hope this adds a bit of information.

 Jacob

 On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 9/14/2010 7:41 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:


 I should add that they all used MikTeX, and we tried putting texmf in
 C:\ and also in the Program Files folder (I think basically as
 C:\Program Files\texmf).

 What confuses me is that in Mac OS, LyX finds all the stuff inside the
 texmf folder automaticallly after reconfiguring. Does this happen in
 Windows? If not, is there something that needs to be done inside LyX
 to help it find the correct texmf path? I am sure we missed something
 really obvious.


 If they are using MiKTeX:

 1.  They can run the MiKTeX Settings application (from the Start menu)
 and go to the Roots tab.  That lists the directories on the search path
 MiKTeX uses.  They can create their local texmf folder anywhere they want,
 then just add it to that tab (Add... button) and move it up to the top of
 the search chain.

 2.  After adding anything to their local texmf directory, they should run
 the Settings application, and on the General tab click Refresh FNDB (which
 runs texhash to update the LaTeX file databases).

 /Paul

Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[Maria Gouskova]

Thank you kindly! This is most educational. I have shared a link to
this discussion with my Windows-using colleagues.

Maria


On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Jacob Bishop bishop.ja...@gmail.com wrote:
 Paul is right. You did ask, though, if there was a standard location for the
 directory in Windows. I believe there is, but it's different between xp and
 vista/w7. Mine on Windows 7 is:
 C:\Users\Jacob\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.8\...
 I'm not on my xp machine right now, but it's something like
 C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\MikTeX\2.8\...

 MikTeX created those directories for local settings when I originally
 installed it.

 You can, of course set up a custom location via the MikTeX settings
 interface, which you have to use anyway to run Refresh FNDB as Paul
 explained.

 I hope this adds a bit of information.

 Jacob

 On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 9/14/2010 7:41 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:


 I should add that they all used MikTeX, and we tried putting texmf in
 C:\ and also in the Program Files folder (I think basically as
 C:\Program Files\texmf).

 What confuses me is that in Mac OS, LyX finds all the stuff inside the
 texmf folder automaticallly after reconfiguring. Does this happen in
 Windows? If not, is there something that needs to be done inside LyX
 to help it find the correct texmf path? I am sure we missed something
 really obvious.


 If they are using MiKTeX:

 1.  They can run the MiKTeX Settings application (from the Start menu)
 and go to the Roots tab.  That lists the directories on the search path
 MiKTeX uses.  They can create their local texmf folder anywhere they want,
 then just add it to that tab (Add... button) and move it up to the top of
 the search chain.

 2.  After adding anything to their local texmf directory, they should run
 the Settings application, and on the General tab click Refresh FNDB (which
 runs texhash to update the LaTeX file databases).

 /Paul

Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[Maria Gouskova]

Thank you kindly! This is most educational. I have shared a link to
this discussion with my Windows-using colleagues.

Maria


On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Jacob Bishop  wrote:
> Paul is right. You did ask, though, if there was a standard location for the
> directory in Windows. I believe there is, but it's different between xp and
> vista/w7. Mine on Windows 7 is:
> C:\Users\Jacob\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.8\...
> I'm not on my xp machine right now, but it's something like
> C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\MikTeX\2.8\...
>
> MikTeX created those directories for local settings when I originally
> installed it.
>
> You can, of course set up a custom location via the MikTeX "settings"
> interface, which you have to use anyway to run "Refresh FNDB" as Paul
> explained.
>
> I hope this adds a bit of information.
>
> Jacob
>
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Paul A. Rubin  wrote:
>>
>> On 9/14/2010 7:41 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I should add that they all used MikTeX, and we tried putting texmf in
>>> C:\ and also in the Program Files folder (I think basically as
>>> C:\Program Files\texmf).
>>>
>>> What confuses me is that in Mac OS, LyX finds all the stuff inside the
>>> texmf folder automaticallly after reconfiguring. Does this happen in
>>> Windows? If not, is there something that needs to be done inside LyX
>>> to help it find the correct texmf path? I am sure we missed something
>>> really obvious.
>>>
>>
>> If they are using MiKTeX:
>>
>> 1.  They can run the MiKTeX "Settings" application (from the Start menu)
>> and go to the "Roots" tab.  That lists the directories on the search path
>> MiKTeX uses.  They can create their local texmf folder anywhere they want,
>> then just add it to that tab (Add... button) and move it up to the top of
>> the search chain.
>>
>> 2.  After adding anything to their local texmf directory, they should run
>> the Settings application, and on the General tab click "Refresh FNDB" (which
>> runs texhash to update the LaTeX file databases).
>>
>> /Paul
>>
>
>

Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[Jacob Bishop]

Paul is right. You did ask, though, if there was a standard location for the
directory in Windows. I believe there is, but it's different between xp and
vista/w7. Mine on Windows 7 is:
C:\Users\Jacob\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.8\...
I'm not on my xp machine right now, but it's something like
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\MikTeX\2.8\...

MikTeX created those directories for local settings when I originally
installed it.

You can, of course set up a custom location via the MikTeX settings
interface, which you have to use anyway to run Refresh FNDB as Paul
explained.

I hope this adds a bit of information.

Jacob

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 9/14/2010 7:41 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:


 I should add that they all used MikTeX, and we tried putting texmf in
 C:\ and also in the Program Files folder (I think basically as
 C:\Program Files\texmf).

 What confuses me is that in Mac OS, LyX finds all the stuff inside the
 texmf folder automaticallly after reconfiguring. Does this happen in
 Windows? If not, is there something that needs to be done inside LyX
 to help it find the correct texmf path? I am sure we missed something
 really obvious.


 If they are using MiKTeX:

 1.  They can run the MiKTeX Settings application (from the Start menu)
 and go to the Roots tab.  That lists the directories on the search path
 MiKTeX uses.  They can create their local texmf folder anywhere they want,
 then just add it to that tab (Add... button) and move it up to the top of
 the search chain.

 2.  After adding anything to their local texmf directory, they should run
 the Settings application, and on the General tab click Refresh FNDB (which
 runs texhash to update the LaTeX file databases).

 /Paul

Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[Jacob Bishop]

Paul is right. You did ask, though, if there was a standard location for the
directory in Windows. I believe there is, but it's different between xp and
vista/w7. Mine on Windows 7 is:
C:\Users\Jacob\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.8\...
I'm not on my xp machine right now, but it's something like
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\MikTeX\2.8\...

MikTeX created those directories for local settings when I originally
installed it.

You can, of course set up a custom location via the MikTeX settings
interface, which you have to use anyway to run Refresh FNDB as Paul
explained.

I hope this adds a bit of information.

Jacob

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 On 9/14/2010 7:41 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:


 I should add that they all used MikTeX, and we tried putting texmf in
 C:\ and also in the Program Files folder (I think basically as
 C:\Program Files\texmf).

 What confuses me is that in Mac OS, LyX finds all the stuff inside the
 texmf folder automaticallly after reconfiguring. Does this happen in
 Windows? If not, is there something that needs to be done inside LyX
 to help it find the correct texmf path? I am sure we missed something
 really obvious.


 If they are using MiKTeX:

 1.  They can run the MiKTeX Settings application (from the Start menu)
 and go to the Roots tab.  That lists the directories on the search path
 MiKTeX uses.  They can create their local texmf folder anywhere they want,
 then just add it to that tab (Add... button) and move it up to the top of
 the search chain.

 2.  After adding anything to their local texmf directory, they should run
 the Settings application, and on the General tab click Refresh FNDB (which
 runs texhash to update the LaTeX file databases).

 /Paul

Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[Jacob Bishop]

Paul is right. You did ask, though, if there was a standard location for the
directory in Windows. I believe there is, but it's different between xp and
vista/w7. Mine on Windows 7 is:
C:\Users\Jacob\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.8\...
I'm not on my xp machine right now, but it's something like
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\MikTeX\2.8\...

MikTeX created those directories for local settings when I originally
installed it.

You can, of course set up a custom location via the MikTeX "settings"
interface, which you have to use anyway to run "Refresh FNDB" as Paul
explained.

I hope this adds a bit of information.

Jacob

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Paul A. Rubin  wrote:

> On 9/14/2010 7:41 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:
>
>
>> I should add that they all used MikTeX, and we tried putting texmf in
>> C:\ and also in the Program Files folder (I think basically as
>> C:\Program Files\texmf).
>>
>> What confuses me is that in Mac OS, LyX finds all the stuff inside the
>> texmf folder automaticallly after reconfiguring. Does this happen in
>> Windows? If not, is there something that needs to be done inside LyX
>> to help it find the correct texmf path? I am sure we missed something
>> really obvious.
>>
>>
> If they are using MiKTeX:
>
> 1.  They can run the MiKTeX "Settings" application (from the Start menu)
> and go to the "Roots" tab.  That lists the directories on the search path
> MiKTeX uses.  They can create their local texmf folder anywhere they want,
> then just add it to that tab (Add... button) and move it up to the top of
> the search chain.
>
> 2.  After adding anything to their local texmf directory, they should run
> the Settings application, and on the General tab click "Refresh FNDB" (which
> runs texhash to update the LaTeX file databases).
>
> /Paul
>
>

Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 9/14/2010 7:41 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:



I should add that they all used MikTeX, and we tried putting texmf in
C:\ and also in the Program Files folder (I think basically as
C:\Program Files\texmf).

What confuses me is that in Mac OS, LyX finds all the stuff inside the
texmf folder automaticallly after reconfiguring. Does this happen in
Windows? If not, is there something that needs to be done inside LyX
to help it find the correct texmf path? I am sure we missed something
really obvious.



If they are using MiKTeX:

1.  They can run the MiKTeX Settings application (from the Start menu) 
and go to the Roots tab.  That lists the directories on the search 
path MiKTeX uses.  They can create their local texmf folder anywhere 
they want, then just add it to that tab (Add... button) and move it up 
to the top of the search chain.


2.  After adding anything to their local texmf directory, they should 
run the Settings application, and on the General tab click Refresh 
FNDB (which runs texhash to update the LaTeX file databases).


/Paul

Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 9/14/2010 7:41 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:



I should add that they all used MikTeX, and we tried putting texmf in
C:\ and also in the Program Files folder (I think basically as
C:\Program Files\texmf).

What confuses me is that in Mac OS, LyX finds all the stuff inside the
texmf folder automaticallly after reconfiguring. Does this happen in
Windows? If not, is there something that needs to be done inside LyX
to help it find the correct texmf path? I am sure we missed something
really obvious.



If they are using MiKTeX:

1.  They can run the MiKTeX Settings application (from the Start menu) 
and go to the Roots tab.  That lists the directories on the search 
path MiKTeX uses.  They can create their local texmf folder anywhere 
they want, then just add it to that tab (Add... button) and move it up 
to the top of the search chain.


2.  After adding anything to their local texmf directory, they should 
run the Settings application, and on the General tab click Refresh 
FNDB (which runs texhash to update the LaTeX file databases).


/Paul

Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 9/14/2010 7:41 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:



I should add that they all used MikTeX, and we tried putting texmf in
C:\ and also in the Program Files folder (I think basically as
C:\Program Files\texmf).

What confuses me is that in Mac OS, LyX finds all the stuff inside the
texmf folder automaticallly after reconfiguring. Does this happen in
Windows? If not, is there something that needs to be done inside LyX
to help it find the correct texmf path? I am sure we missed something
really obvious.



If they are using MiKTeX:

1.  They can run the MiKTeX "Settings" application (from the Start menu) 
and go to the "Roots" tab.  That lists the directories on the search 
path MiKTeX uses.  They can create their local texmf folder anywhere 
they want, then just add it to that tab (Add... button) and move it up 
to the top of the search chain.


2.  After adding anything to their local texmf directory, they should 
run the Settings application, and on the General tab click "Refresh 
FNDB" (which runs texhash to update the LaTeX file databases).


/Paul

Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[Richard Heck]

On 09/14/2010 06:16 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:

Dear LyX users,

I am not a Windows user myself but am trying to help some people
duplicate my setup on a Windows machine. On a *nix-based system, such
as my Mac OS, the custom packages and the bib and bst files all live
in the texmf directory, like this:

HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/bibtex/bib/...
HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst/...
HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/tex/latex/...

I would like to be able to just give these people a zipped texmf
folder, so they can unzip it to the proper location. But what is the
standard location for this directory on Windows systems? Is there one?
I also don't have the specifics of their OSes (i.e., whether they use
XP, Vista, or 7), but I need answers for each version if they are
different.

   
This will depend not just on the OS but on what LaTeX distribution they 
are using. In fact, it probably doesn't depend upon the OS but only upon 
the distribution.


Most people on Windows use either miktex or texlive.

Anyway, I'd have people put your custom stuff into their LaTeX home 
directory, wherever that is. This is controlled by the TEXMFHOME variable.


This page:
http://docs.miktex.org/manual/localadditions.html
has info about setting up a local directory (like ~/texmf/, under *nix) 
for miktex. I don't know if there is a default.


This page:
http://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/texlive-en.html#x1-270003.2.3
has info about texlive, and says that TEXMFHOME defaults to 
%USERPROFILE%/texmf, whatever that means. I'm not a Windows person either.


Richard

Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[Maria Gouskova]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:
 On 09/14/2010 06:16 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:

 Dear LyX users,

 I am not a Windows user myself but am trying to help some people
 duplicate my setup on a Windows machine. On a *nix-based system, such
 as my Mac OS, the custom packages and the bib and bst files all live
 in the texmf directory, like this:

 HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/bibtex/bib/...
 HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst/...
 HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/tex/latex/...

 I would like to be able to just give these people a zipped texmf
 folder, so they can unzip it to the proper location. But what is the
 standard location for this directory on Windows systems? Is there one?
 I also don't have the specifics of their OSes (i.e., whether they use
 XP, Vista, or 7), but I need answers for each version if they are
 different.



 This will depend not just on the OS but on what LaTeX distribution they are
 using. In fact, it probably doesn't depend upon the OS but only upon the
 distribution.

 Most people on Windows use either miktex or texlive.

 Anyway, I'd have people put your custom stuff into their LaTeX home
 directory, wherever that is. This is controlled by the TEXMFHOME variable.

 This page:
http://docs.miktex.org/manual/localadditions.html
 has info about setting up a local directory (like ~/texmf/, under *nix) for
 miktex. I don't know if there is a default.

 This page:
http://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/texlive-en.html#x1-270003.2.3
 has info about texlive, and says that TEXMFHOME defaults to
 %USERPROFILE%/texmf, whatever that means. I'm not a Windows person either.

 Richard



I should add that they all used MikTeX, and we tried putting texmf in
C:\ and also in the Program Files folder (I think basically as
C:\Program Files\texmf).

What confuses me is that in Mac OS, LyX finds all the stuff inside the
texmf folder automaticallly after reconfiguring. Does this happen in
Windows? If not, is there something that needs to be done inside LyX
to help it find the correct texmf path? I am sure we missed something
really obvious.

Maria

Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[Richard Heck]

On 09/14/2010 06:16 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:

Dear LyX users,

I am not a Windows user myself but am trying to help some people
duplicate my setup on a Windows machine. On a *nix-based system, such
as my Mac OS, the custom packages and the bib and bst files all live
in the texmf directory, like this:

HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/bibtex/bib/...
HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst/...
HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/tex/latex/...

I would like to be able to just give these people a zipped texmf
folder, so they can unzip it to the proper location. But what is the
standard location for this directory on Windows systems? Is there one?
I also don't have the specifics of their OSes (i.e., whether they use
XP, Vista, or 7), but I need answers for each version if they are
different.

   
This will depend not just on the OS but on what LaTeX distribution they 
are using. In fact, it probably doesn't depend upon the OS but only upon 
the distribution.


Most people on Windows use either miktex or texlive.

Anyway, I'd have people put your custom stuff into their LaTeX home 
directory, wherever that is. This is controlled by the TEXMFHOME variable.


This page:
http://docs.miktex.org/manual/localadditions.html
has info about setting up a local directory (like ~/texmf/, under *nix) 
for miktex. I don't know if there is a default.


This page:
http://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/texlive-en.html#x1-270003.2.3
has info about texlive, and says that TEXMFHOME defaults to 
%USERPROFILE%/texmf, whatever that means. I'm not a Windows person either.


Richard

Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[Maria Gouskova]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote:
 On 09/14/2010 06:16 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:

 Dear LyX users,

 I am not a Windows user myself but am trying to help some people
 duplicate my setup on a Windows machine. On a *nix-based system, such
 as my Mac OS, the custom packages and the bib and bst files all live
 in the texmf directory, like this:

 HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/bibtex/bib/...
 HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst/...
 HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/tex/latex/...

 I would like to be able to just give these people a zipped texmf
 folder, so they can unzip it to the proper location. But what is the
 standard location for this directory on Windows systems? Is there one?
 I also don't have the specifics of their OSes (i.e., whether they use
 XP, Vista, or 7), but I need answers for each version if they are
 different.



 This will depend not just on the OS but on what LaTeX distribution they are
 using. In fact, it probably doesn't depend upon the OS but only upon the
 distribution.

 Most people on Windows use either miktex or texlive.

 Anyway, I'd have people put your custom stuff into their LaTeX home
 directory, wherever that is. This is controlled by the TEXMFHOME variable.

 This page:
http://docs.miktex.org/manual/localadditions.html
 has info about setting up a local directory (like ~/texmf/, under *nix) for
 miktex. I don't know if there is a default.

 This page:
http://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/texlive-en.html#x1-270003.2.3
 has info about texlive, and says that TEXMFHOME defaults to
 %USERPROFILE%/texmf, whatever that means. I'm not a Windows person either.

 Richard



I should add that they all used MikTeX, and we tried putting texmf in
C:\ and also in the Program Files folder (I think basically as
C:\Program Files\texmf).

What confuses me is that in Mac OS, LyX finds all the stuff inside the
texmf folder automaticallly after reconfiguring. Does this happen in
Windows? If not, is there something that needs to be done inside LyX
to help it find the correct texmf path? I am sure we missed something
really obvious.

Maria

Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[Richard Heck]

On 09/14/2010 06:16 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:

Dear LyX users,

I am not a Windows user myself but am trying to help some people
duplicate my setup on a Windows machine. On a *nix-based system, such
as my Mac OS, the custom packages and the bib and bst files all live
in the texmf directory, like this:

HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/bibtex/bib/...
HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst/...
HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/tex/latex/...

I would like to be able to just give these people a zipped texmf
folder, so they can unzip it to the proper location. But what is the
standard location for this directory on Windows systems? Is there one?
I also don't have the specifics of their OSes (i.e., whether they use
XP, Vista, or 7), but I need answers for each version if they are
different.

   
This will depend not just on the OS but on what LaTeX distribution they 
are using. In fact, it probably doesn't depend upon the OS but only upon 
the distribution.


Most people on Windows use either miktex or texlive.

Anyway, I'd have people put your custom stuff into their LaTeX home 
directory, wherever that is. This is controlled by the TEXMFHOME variable.


This page:
http://docs.miktex.org/manual/localadditions.html
has info about setting up a local directory (like ~/texmf/, under *nix) 
for miktex. I don't know if there is a default.


This page:
http://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/texlive-en.html#x1-270003.2.3
has info about texlive, and says that TEXMFHOME defaults to 
%USERPROFILE%/texmf, whatever that means. I'm not a Windows person either.


Richard

Re: Windows setup/directory structure

[Maria Gouskova]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Richard Heck  wrote:
> On 09/14/2010 06:16 PM, Maria Gouskova wrote:
>>
>> Dear LyX users,
>>
>> I am not a Windows user myself but am trying to help some people
>> duplicate my setup on a Windows machine. On a *nix-based system, such
>> as my Mac OS, the custom packages and the bib and bst files all live
>> in the texmf directory, like this:
>>
>> HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/bibtex/bib/...
>> HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst/...
>> HD/Users/Username/Library/texmf/tex/latex/...
>>
>> I would like to be able to just give these people a zipped texmf
>> folder, so they can unzip it to the proper location. But what is the
>> standard location for this directory on Windows systems? Is there one?
>> I also don't have the specifics of their OSes (i.e., whether they use
>> XP, Vista, or 7), but I need answers for each version if they are
>> different.
>>
>>
>
> This will depend not just on the OS but on what LaTeX distribution they are
> using. In fact, it probably doesn't depend upon the OS but only upon the
> distribution.
>
> Most people on Windows use either miktex or texlive.
>
> Anyway, I'd have people put your custom stuff into their LaTeX home
> directory, wherever that is. This is controlled by the TEXMFHOME variable.
>
> This page:
>http://docs.miktex.org/manual/localadditions.html
> has info about setting up a local directory (like ~/texmf/, under *nix) for
> miktex. I don't know if there is a default.
>
> This page:
>http://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/texlive-en.html#x1-270003.2.3
> has info about texlive, and says that TEXMFHOME defaults to
> %USERPROFILE%/texmf, whatever that means. I'm not a Windows person either.
>
> Richard
>
>

I should add that they all used MikTeX, and we tried putting texmf in
C:\ and also in the Program Files folder (I think basically as
C:\Program Files\texmf).

What confuses me is that in Mac OS, LyX finds all the stuff inside the
texmf folder automaticallly after reconfiguring. Does this happen in
Windows? If not, is there something that needs to be done inside LyX
to help it find the correct texmf path? I am sure we missed something
really obvious.

Maria