Re: environment variable

>>>>> "Harald" == Harald Hanche-Olsen <[email protected]> writes:

  > + Oliver Grewe <[email protected]>: | in our documents we have
  > often something like:
  > | 
  > | \usepackage{$HOME/path...}
  > | 
  > | or
  > | 
  > | \input{$HOME/path...}

  > Ugh.

  > | Must we stay on tetex-1.0 or is there a possibility to teach |
  > tetex-3.0 to know environment-variables under UNIX?

  > You might be able to use the \everyjob token register.  In
  > latex.ini, after the line with \input latex.ltx:

  > \everyjob\expandafter{\the\everyjob ...}

  > [...]

  > You need to rebuild formats after changing the .ini files, of
  > course.  Don't change them in texmf-dist.  Put copies in your
  > texmf or texmf-local tree and edit them instead.

I recommend not to modify latex macros like \usepackage or \input at
all, it certainly will lead to confusion in the future.

There is no good reason to use env-vars in (la)tex.

The most straightforward way in teTeX-3 is to put user files into
$TEXMFHOME, which usually is $HOME/texmf.

Reinhard

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