Thread: [MiKTeX] MikTeX with personalized settings in computer labs
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From: Bornhorst, F. <Fabian.Bornhorst@IUE.it> - 2003-02-25 08:31:29
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Hi, - I am new on the list, so apologies if this issue has been widely discussed or this is not the place to ask installation questions, quickly browsing through the archives, however, did not help here - We want to install MikTeX (together with WinEdt) in our computer room here at the university (on Win NT machines with Novell network). I am planing to use the "Large MiKTeX" package set. Program files will be installed locally (C:). Every user, after log in, has a personalized server space on a network drive G:/. My question is if anyone has experience in storing additional packages in a user specific network drive (e.g. G:\Local TexMF) and if this is recommended at all. Of course, whenever a user uses additionally installed packages he would have to refresh the name data base in the MikTeX Wizard. It would be good to know if this has worked in other places! Thank you very much for your help Fabian |
From: Dr F. J. W. <F.J...@qm...> - 2003-02-25 13:08:35
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From: "Bornhorst, Fabian" <Fabian.Bornhorst@IUE.it> To: <mik...@li...> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 8:31 AM Subject: [MiKTeX] MikTeX with personalized settings in computer labs > My question is if anyone has experience in storing additional packages > in a user specific network drive (e.g. G:\Local TexMF) and if this is > recommended at all. Of course, whenever a user uses additionally > installed packages he would have to refresh the name data base in the > MikTeX Wizard. It would be good to know if this has worked in other places! I recommend avoiding spaces in directory names; they always end up causing problems with software ported from other environments. Francis |
From: <joe...@t-...> - 2003-02-25 16:09:01
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Hello Fabian, > My question is if anyone has experience in storing additional packages > in a user specific network drive (e.g. G:\Local TexMF) and if this is > recommended at all. Of course, whenever a user uses additionally > installed packages he would have to refresh the name data base in the > MikTeX Wizard. It would be good to know if this has worked in other places! I've no networking experience with MiKTeX. However, I have successfully created a multiple user setup on one Windows 2000 machine. I've created a directory C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\MiKTeX for each user that contains a personal configuration file and additional user-specific packages (installed by hand if needed). The personal configuration file contains some lines like [LaTeX] Input Dirs=.;D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\MiKTeX//;%R\tex\latex//;%R\tex\generic//;%R\tex// This way LaTeX can find the additional packages. There's no need to refresh the file name database, I think. Here's what another user wrote about personal configuration files: > I suspect that you had your miktex.ini file under the texmf tree, right? > You probably just altered the original file, right? Did you not notice the > following lines at the top of the file? > > ;; YOU SHOULD NOT MODIFY THIS FILE. You can create a personal > ;; configuration file instead. See the MiKTeX manual, for more > ;; information. > > In fact, the entire texmf tree can and will be modified on upgrade and thus > should NEVER be used for personalised files - they will inevitably be LOST. > > Just create a parallel tree called (usually) localtexmf and use the Options > wizard to define it as the local tree ("Roots" tab and "define as local" > button). Then you can put all your personalised files there - try to > maintain the same structure as the texmf tree itself. To make sure that your > miktex.ini file is used, issue (all on one DOS command line): > > "C:\...\texmf\miktex\bin\initexmf.exe" --verbose > --personal=C:\...\localtexmf\miktex\config\miktex.ini > > where \...\ wil depend on the exact location you used (I use > C:\TeX\texmf\...) > > Note that your miktex.ini need only contain the lines you alter and sinply > overrides the default miktex.ini on those points. > > Cheers, Phil Ratcliffe Regards, Joerg |
From: Ko-Kang K. W. <Ko...@xt...> - 2003-03-08 08:47:11
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Hi, If I am going to insert a graph into my tex file, and the fill will be need to produce a PS and a PDF copy, do I have to create two different formats (e.g. a EPS and a PNG) of the same picture? My understanding is latex only accepts PS/EPS pictures while pdflatex only accepts PNG/PDF/JPEG formats. Kevin ------------------------------------------------ Ko-Kang Kevin Wang Master of Science (MSc) Student Department of Statistics University of Auckland New Zealand www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~kwan022 |
From: Bhaskaracharya P. <bha...@vs...> - 2003-03-08 09:22:07
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Yes! This is true. I am thinking..why it is made like this. Then we have to make 2 formats of the fig.s What is the advantage of it? Manjusha Joshi Ko-Kang Kevin Wang wrote: >Hi, > >If I am going to insert a graph into my tex file, and the fill will be need >to produce a PS and a PDF copy, do I have to create two different formats >(e.g. a EPS and a PNG) of the same picture? > >My understanding is latex only accepts PS/EPS pictures while pdflatex only >accepts PNG/PDF/JPEG formats. > >Kevin > >------------------------------------------------ >Ko-Kang Kevin Wang >Master of Science (MSc) Student >Department of Statistics >University of Auckland >New Zealand >www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~kwan022 > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger >for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and >disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX >and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com >_______________________________________________ >MiKTeX-Users mailing list >MiK...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > > -- ====================================================== Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana An Educational and Research Institute in Mathematics 56/14, Erandavane, Damle Path, Off Law College Road, Pune-411 004, India. phone: 020-543 45 47 email: bha...@vs... home page: http://education.vsnl.com/bp ====================================================== |
From: Arnout S. <arn...@st...> - 2003-03-08 09:34:42
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Ko-Kang Kevin Wang wrote: >Hi, > >If I am going to insert a graph into my tex file, and the fill will be need >to produce a PS and a PDF copy, do I have to create two different formats >(e.g. a EPS and a PNG) of the same picture? > >My understanding is latex only accepts PS/EPS pictures while pdflatex only >accepts PNG/PDF/JPEG formats. > That is generally true. But it's simple: just produce the EPS like you normally do, then convert it to PDF format with epstopdf. This preserves the vector format of your picture with all its advantages. Regards, Wald |
From: Christoph H. <chr...@ar...> - 2003-03-08 10:05:34
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> Hi, > > If I am going to insert a graph into my tex file, and the fill > will be need > to produce a PS and a PDF copy, do I have to create two different formats > (e.g. a EPS and a PNG) of the same picture? > > My understanding is latex only accepts PS/EPS pictures while pdflatex only > accepts PNG/PDF/JPEG formats. > > Kevin Hello, I may be wrong now, but I use latex with included eps-graphics; I then produce the ps-file with dvips and then convert the ps-file with ps2pdf to the resppective pdf-file. This works nice and I do not need to insert two different types of graphics in the tex-file... Regards, Christoph Hoh |
From: Arnout S. <arn...@st...> - 2003-03-08 12:24:25
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Christoph Hoh wrote: >>Hi, >> >>If I am going to insert a graph into my tex file, and the fill >>will be need >>to produce a PS and a PDF copy, do I have to create two different formats >>(e.g. a EPS and a PNG) of the same picture? >> >>My understanding is latex only accepts PS/EPS pictures while pdflatex only >>accepts PNG/PDF/JPEG formats. >> >> > >Hello, > >I may be wrong now, but I use latex with included eps-graphics; I then >produce the ps-file with dvips and then convert the ps-file with ps2pdf to >the resppective pdf-file. This works nice and I do not need to insert two >different types of graphics in the tex-file... > > But you lose the convenience of PDFLaTeX/hyperref to insert hyperlinks in your PDF documents... Wald |
From: Albert K. <ak...@ka...> - 2003-03-08 16:22:54
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> >I may be wrong now, but I use latex with included eps-graphics; I > >then produce the ps-file with dvips and then convert the ps-file with > >ps2pdf to the resppective pdf-file. This works nice and I do not need > >to insert two different types of graphics in the tex-file... > > > > > But you lose the convenience of PDFLaTeX/hyperref to insert hyperlinks > in your PDF documents... > Hmm -- that's definitively not true. ps2pdf preserves all your internal and external references as well as your bookmarks. The only thing to do is to set hyperref's parameter properly. Kind regards Albert -- Dr. Albert Kapune Brunnenstrasse 1 D-59514 Welver-Nateln Telefon: (02384) 911012 Telefax: (02384) 911011 |
From: Arnout S. <arn...@st...> - 2003-03-09 20:43:24
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Albert Kapune wrote: >>>I may be wrong now, but I use latex with included eps-graphics; I >>>then produce the ps-file with dvips and then convert the ps-file with >>>ps2pdf to the resppective pdf-file. This works nice and I do not need >>>to insert two different types of graphics in the tex-file... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>But you lose the convenience of PDFLaTeX/hyperref to insert hyperlinks >>in your PDF documents... >> >> >> > >Hmm -- that's definitively not true. ps2pdf preserves all your >internal and external references as well as your bookmarks. The only >thing to do is to set hyperref's parameter properly. > Allright, then there's some research waiting for me... I didn't know this was possible. Thanks, Wald |