Re: error in using texdoc

Andreas Eder <[email protected]> Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:08:13 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.live
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On So 08 Mär 2026 at 00:28, andreas wrote:

> Thank you for your answer.
> Unfortunately renoving that cache file doesn't solve the problem.
> I'll try to post a bug report to the texdoc list.
>
> 'Andreas
>
> 08.03.2026 00:07:43 Karl Berry <[email protected]>:
>
>>     ~>texdoc latex-first-aid
>>
>> [email protected] is the mailing list for texdoc, or open an issue at
>> https://github.com/TeX-Live/texdoc/issues.
>>
>> My wild guess is that something is awry in texdoc's cache file on your
>> system.  You might try (re)moving
>> .texlive2026/texmf-var/texdoc/cache-tlpdb.lua (i.e., under TEXMFVAR).
>> --best, karl.

I found the culprit!
I had 'mode = mixed'  in my texdoc.cnf. I changed it to 'mode = list' and the
error went away. The default 'mode = view' is also ok.

Nevertheless I think this is an error as the value 'mixed' is mentioned
in the documentation and therefore should work.

'Andreas

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