Re: [MiKTeX] v2.5 Including project specific style files

[George N. W. I. <gn...@gm...>]

On 3/22/07, Ulrich Dirr <ud...@mu...> wrote:

> On  mik...@li... () wrote:
> > Ulrich Dirr wrote:
> >> 3. how can I add local macro files which are project specific?
> >
> > I would recommend that you maintain your own TDS-compliant project
> > directories:
> >
> > 1) Create the project directories, say C:\myproj1, C:\myproj2, ...
> > 2) Make sure that each project directories imitates the structure of
> >     the main installation directory. For example, you should install
> >     your style files in C:\myprojX\tex\latex\xxx.
> > 3) Register the project directories in MiKTeX Options.
> >
> > See the manual, for more information.
>
> But this is not what I want. In my project trees there are a lot of files
> that aren't related to TeX at all. And as I have the same structure for TeX
> input files relative to the project directory I want to have access to them
> this way. If I use local roots I will depend on the order which files are
> first found and which are found later. Then I have to fiddle with these
> order stuff with every new project.

The sort of layout you describe is common for web2c-based TeX systems.

MiKTeX does allow you to specify an inputs directory via the
tex command line or using the TEXINPUTS variable.  Have you tried
"TEXINPUTS=./macros"?

There are web2c distributions that work on Win32, or you could switch
to linux (or even run linux in a virtual machine under Win32), where
every TeX is web2c.  If you need compatibility with MiKTeX, you can
use mpm to maintain a texmf tree.

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George N. White III <aa...@ch...>
Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia