1texconfig(1)                       TeX Live                       texconfig(1)
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NAME

6       texconfig - configures teTeX or TeX Live
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8       texconfig-sys - configures teTeX or TeX Live system-wide
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SYNOPSIS

11       texconfig
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13       texconfig [ commands ...]
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15       texconfig-sys
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DESCRIPTION

18       texconfig  allows one to configure and maintain TeX in an easy and con‐
19       venient manner, offering a series of dialog boxes  to  the  user.   The
20       directory  in  which  texconfig is found is also preferentially used to
21       find subprograms.
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23       The tlmgr program has subsumed this function for TeX Live.   This  pro‐
24       gram  is still supported, but the tlmgr interface is much more actively
25       developed and tested.
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27       After choosing settings or options, the appropriate files  are  changed
28       automatically  and  the  new  settings  are  applied  for the user.  If
29       needed, copies of files in TEXMFDIST or TEXMFMAIN will be made  in  the
30       user's TEXMFCONFIG tree.
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32       texconfig  uses either the whiptail(1) or dialog(1) program to communi‐
33       cate with the user, so must be run in a terminal.
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35       For making system-wide changes, which will apply to all  users  of  TeX
36       (for example, default paper size and so on), run texconfig-sys instead.
37       Changed or generated files will be placed in TEXMFSYSCONFIG.  (You  may
38       need to be root to do this.)
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40       texconfig  also  offers  a  non-interactive  batch  mode  which  can be
41       accessed with the following commands
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COMMANDS

44       Commands that accept further options usually display available  options
45       if  called  without  them.   For  example, texconfig dvipdfm paper will
46       inform about valid paper settings.
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48       conf   Display the system configuration.
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50       dvipdfm paper [letter|legal|ledger|tabloid|a4|a3]
51              Set up dvipdfm to use papersize PAPER by default.
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53       dvips add PRINTERNAME
54              Create a new (empty) configuration  file  TEXMFCONFIG/dvips/con‐
55              fig/config.PRINTERNAME.   This file can later be filled with the
56              mode, offset or printcmd options
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58       dvips del PRINTERNAME
59              Remove config.PRINTERNAME
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61       dvips mode
62              List available Metafont modes.
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64       dvips [-P PRINTER] mode MODE
65              Change the Metafont mode to MODE for PRINTER or for  all  output
66              files (config.ps), if no -P option is given.
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68       dvips [-P PRINTER] offset x-OFFSET,y-OFFSET
69              Set  printer  offset  for  PRINTER or for all output files (con‐
70              fig.ps), if no -P option is given.  Offsets must be  given  with
71              units,  e.g.   0pt,10pt  You can use testpage.tex from the LaTeX
72              distribution to find these numbers.
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74       dvips [-P PRINTER] printcmd CMD
75              Set the printing command for PRINTER or  for  all  output  files
76              (config.ps),  if no -P option is given.  Commands might be lp or
77              lpr.  See the description of the o option in info dvips  or  the
78              -O option in dvips(1).
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80       faq    Display  the list of Frequently Asked Questions about teTeX (and
81              their answers).
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83       font vardir DIR, font ro, font rw
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85       formats
86              This command allows to edit fmtutil.cnf(5) and  (re)creates  any
87              new or changed formats afterwards.
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89       hyphen FORMAT
90              This  command  allows to edit the hyphenation configuration file
91              for formats that support this, and recreates the formats  after‐
92              wards  to enable the new languages.  Available formats are shown
93              when no FORMAT is given.
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95              Note that for formats that use LaTeX's language.dat,
96               e.g.  (pdf)jadetex and latex itself, this change is not persis‐
97              tent,  since  this file is a generated file.  You should not use
98              this command in these cases, read update-language(1) for  alter‐
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101       init [format]
102              Recreate  format  or  all formats if none is given, and the font
103              information.  This is the same as calling fmtutil --byfmt format
104              or fmtutil --all, respectively, followed by updmap.
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106       mode-list
107              List  available  printer  modes, together with the printers they
108              were developed for, and their DPI resolution
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110       mode MODE
111              Set the default printer mode  in  /etc/texmf/web2c/mktex.cnf  or
112              the respective user file in $TEXMFCONFIG/web2c to MODE.
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114       paper [a4|letter]
115              Set  the  default papersize for dvips, dvipdfm, pdftex and xdvi.
116              The set is restricted because not all  programs  understand  all
117              sizes.
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119       pdftex paper [a4|letter]
120              Set the default paper size for pdftex.
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122       rehash Call mktexlsr.
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124       xdvi paper PAPER
125              Set  the default paper size for xdvi.  The (long) list is avail‐
126              able with texconfig xdvi paper.
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ENVIRONMENT

130       To let you change files, texconfig will open the  editor  specified  in
131       the VISUAL or EDITOR variables, or sensible-editor if both are unset.
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SEE ALSO

134       whiptail(1), dialog(1), tlmgr(1), tex(1), mf(1), vi(1), EDITOR environ‐
135       ment variable.
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AUTHOR

138       Thomas Esser
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142TeX Live                           July 2014                      texconfig(1)
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