Re: [PATCH] texdoc and xdvi (Re: [Q] gzipped documentations)

[Sebastian Rahtz]

Denis Barbier writes:
 > For maximal customization, i prefer reading variables from texmf.cnf.
 > Attached patch works with those lines in texmf.cnf:
 >   TEXDOCSSUFFIX = :.dvi:.ps:.html:.txt
 >   TEXDOCSCOMPRESS = :.gz:.bz2:.zip:.Z
 >   TEXDOCEXT = {$TEXDOCSSUFFIX}{$TEXDOCSCOMPRESS}

not a good idea, on TeX Live at least. you do
 texdoc longtable
and it finds longtable.html from the Williams Catalogue *before*
longtable.dvi.bz2. You need to try .dvi.bz2 immediately after .dvi

 > There is one funny drawback: temporary file is removed before viewer is
 > launched, but this should be easy to fix.
sounds a bit fundamental...

Sebastian