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Tlaunch, the TEX Live LauncherSiep KroonenbergRijksuniversiteit Groningen

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Why a TEX Live launcher?

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The university network

• Centrally managed Windows workstations(RES software)

• Roaming pro�les• Remote desktop• Users have limited rights

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Problem

• TEX Live already present on network• Windows-speci�c con�guration still to be done• Integrate other TEX-related software

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The launcher

• Menus and buttons replace TEX Live submenu• User con�guration at �rst startup• Ini �le• Forgetter• Ini �le can be overridden by higher-priority one

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Default TEX Live con�guration

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Viewers menu

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Tools menu

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Documentation menu

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Editor choice

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Custom editor

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The ini �le

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Ini �le

• Filetype associations• Menu- and button controls• Options for path adjustment, �letypes

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Windows �letype associations

• Filename extensions are associated with �letypes.• Filetypes are associated with commands.

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Filetype de�nitions

[FT:TL.TeXworks.edit.%VERSION%]

COMMAND="%tlroot%\bin\win32\TeXworks.exe"

EXTENSIONS=.tex .cls .sty

[FT:TL.DVIOUT.view.%VERSION%]

COMMAND="%tlroot%\bin\win32\dviout.exe"

EXTENSIONS=.dvi

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Menus

[MN:File]Browse TeX Live installation=explorer.exe "%tlroot%\.."Quit=FU:quit

[MN:Viewers]PostScript Viewer=FT:TL.PSView.view.%VERSION%DVI Viewer=FT:TL.DVIOUT.view.%VERSION%

[MN:Documentation]LaTeX Introduction=SO:%tlroot%\texmf-dist\...\lshort.pdfLaTeX Reference=SO:%tlroot%\texmf-dist\...\latex2e.pdfAll TeX Live documentation by package=SO:%tlroot%\doc.htmlFAQ=SO:%tlroot%\texmf-dist\doc\generic\FAQ-en\newfaq.pdf=AmsMath User Guide=SO:%tlroot%\texmf-dist\...\amsldoc.pdfBeamer User Guide=SO:%tlroot%\texmf-dist\...\beameruserguide.pdf

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Buttons

[Buttons]

LaTeX Editor=FU:default_editor

Select default editor...=FU:editor_select

TeX Live Command Prompt=%comspec% /T "TeX Live" /e:on

Quit=FU:quit

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General section

[General]

; allowed values: none, new, overwrite

FILETYPES=new

; 1: modify; anything else: leave alone

SEARCHPATH=1

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Launcher-based installations

• TEX Live installer gets new option for desktop integration• Launcher has ‘install’- and uninstall modes• tlaunchmode script

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The RUG installation

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The RUG installation

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Add-ons

• Editors: TeXstudio, TeXnicCenter• LyX (wysywyg LaTEX editor)• Pdf viewer: SumatraPDF• Bibliography manager: JabRef• Epspdftk GUI conversion utility• LaTEX house style

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Editor choice

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Viewers menu

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Tools menu

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Documentation menu

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Integrating add-ons

• Install on scratch system, and copy its directory to thenetwork.

• Many TEX-related programs do not require installation.• Some �xes may be desirable.

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Fixes

• LyX: copy pre-made con�guration to user pro�le• SumatraPDF: registry entry to make it non-portable• TeXstudio, SumatraPDF: suppress checking for new release(con�g �le)

• TeXnicCenter: con�gure output pro�les (registry)• TeXworks: add some dictionaries

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RUG post-con�g

[Strings]

TLEXTRAS=%tlroot%\extras

TLSCRIPTS=%TLEXTRAS%\scripts

POST_CONFIG=%TLSCRIPTS%\post_config.cmd

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Problems

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Problems: �letype associations

• Filetype associations do not roam; solution planned in futureupdate; not a problem with RES

• ‘User choice’ �letype associations do roam, but cannot easilybe set programmatically

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Uninstalling and forgetting

• Forgetter may not show up in start menu• Inappropriate UAC prompt when invoked from Settings /Apps & features

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RES idiosyncracies

• RES preempts certain �le extensions (but lets other �letypeassociations roam)

• User-initiated switch to new release seems impossible• Garbage from previous releases may get in the way• User searchpath ine�ective under RES

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Searchpath remedies

• Not a problem for TEX Live GUI programs (runscriptwrapper)• Not a problem for programs started from the launcher• Wrapper for TeXstudio• TeXnicCenter uses registry settings• The ICT people need to take care of external programs suchas R and WinEdt which use LaTEX

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http://mirror.ctan.org/support/tlaunch/tlaunch.pdf

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