Re: [MiKTeX] Adding local directories to search path

[Christian S. <cs...@mi...>]

Lothar Birk wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> in the past (MikTeX < 2.5) one could create a modified miktex.ini file
> and store it in the local MikTeX tree. Now we have seperate .ini files
> for the different applications which all state they should not be
> edited.
> 
> What would be the proper method to make local changes (e.g. adding a
> directory "./Fig//" to the search path for figures). Which files
> should be changed and where should they go to be save during updates?

Try the following:

1. Create a format-specific configuration file. For LaTeX:
    initexmf --edit-config-file=miktex/config/latex.ini

2. Enter these two lines:
[ft.tex]
path;=./Fig//

3. To be on the safe side: refresh the file name database:
    initexmf -u