Hi Paul,
excuse me for my intrusion but being interested in the same subject could you
send me what you call your "simple class".
Vittorio
Paul Huygen [debian-user] <17/10/01 10:35 +0200>:
> martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > having tried LaTeX classes and style files, i am now resorting to
> > simple \includes for letters, invoices and whatever; classes and style
> > files are nice, but too complicated for my use
>
> Classes are not really complicated. In fact, you can make a kind of
> sub-class that inherits everyting from a general class and adds
> some customization. If you wish, I can send you my
> simple class that I use to make letters. On the other hand, inclusion
> of files with customization commands is simple too.
>
> > now, i have a number such "templates" and i'd like to keep them all in
> > one place, telling LaTeX of this include location. how?
>
> The file /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf determines the places where TeX looks
> for files. This file is well documented. For instance, my texmf.cnf
> contains lines like:
>
> HOMETEXMF = $HOME/texmf
> TEXMF = {!!$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN}
> TEXINPUTS.latex = .;$TEXMF/tex/{latex,generic,}//
>
> These lines instruct Tex to look in my directory
>
> /home/paul/texmf/latex
>
> and subdirectories of this directory, to find LaTeX files.
>
>
> Actually, TeX does not search directly in the directories, but in
> lists of the files in those directories. When you put files in one of
> the directories, you have to update the file lists with the command
>
> mktexlsr
>
>
> Greet
>
> Paul Huygen
>
>
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