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author | Vladimír Čunát <vcunat@gmail.com> | 2016-03-26 10:26:29 +0100 |
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committer | Vladimír Čunát <vcunat@gmail.com> | 2016-03-27 14:29:18 +0200 |
commit | e3da83297fdfcac1af29805aa55e437bc1d45d3a (patch) | |
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texlive: document in nixpkgs manual
Fixes #13240. It's not really better than source-code comments it replaced, but it's in a better accessible place.
-rw-r--r-- | doc/languages-frameworks/index.xml | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/languages-frameworks/texlive.xml | 59 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive-new/default.nix | 28 |
3 files changed, 63 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/index.xml b/doc/languages-frameworks/index.xml index 7922f2a5f5a..ab62afa40d6 100644 --- a/doc/languages-frameworks/index.xml +++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/index.xml @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ such as Perl or Haskell. These are described in this chapter.</para> <xi:include href="idris.xml" /> <!-- generated from ../../pkgs/development/idris-modules/README.md --> <xi:include href="r.xml" /> <!-- generated from ../../pkgs/development/r-modules/README.md --> <xi:include href="qt.xml" /> +<xi:include href="texlive.xml" /> </chapter> diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/texlive.xml b/doc/languages-frameworks/texlive.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..0e3c1dd13d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/texlive.xml @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" + xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" + xml:id="sec-language-texlive"> + +<title>TeX Live</title> + +<para>Since release 15.09 there is a new TeX Live packaging that lives entirely under attribute <varname>texlive</varname>.</para> +<section><title>User's guide</title> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para> + For basic usage just pull <varname>texlive.combined.scheme-basic</varname> for an environment with basic LaTeX support.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + It typically won't work to use separately installed packages together. + Instead, you can build a custom set of packages like this: + <programlisting> +texlive.combine { + inherit (texlive) scheme-small collection-langkorean algorithms cm-super; +} + </programlisting> + There are all the schemes, collections and a few thousand packages, as defined upstream (perhaps with tiny differences). + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + By default you only get executables and files needed during runtime, and a little documentation for the core packages. To change that, you need to add <varname>pkgFilter</varname> function to <varname>combine</varname>. + <programlisting> +texlive.combine { + # inherit (texlive) whatever-you-want; + pkgFilter = pkg: + pkg.tlType == "run" || pkg.tlType == "bin" || pkg.pname == "cm-super"; + # elem tlType [ "run" "bin" "doc" "source" ] + # there are also other attributes: version, name +} + </programlisting> + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + You can list packages e.g. by <command>nix-repl</command>. + <programlisting> +$ nix-repl +nix-repl> texlive.collection-<TAB> + </programlisting> + </para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> +</section> + +<section><title>Known problems</title> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para> + Some tools are still missing, e.g. luajittex;</para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + some apps aren't packaged/tested yet (asymptote, biber, etc.);</para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + feature/bug: when a package is rejected by <varname>pkgFilter</varname>, its dependencies are still propagated;</para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + in case of any bugs or feature requests, file a github issue or better a pull request and /cc @vcunat.</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> +</section> + + +</section> + diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive-new/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive-new/default.nix index 5fe52ba07ba..fbf4adde2ae 100644 --- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive-new/default.nix +++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive-new/default.nix @@ -1,29 +1,7 @@ -/* (new) TeX Live user docs - - Basic usage: just pull texlive.combined.scheme-basic - for an environment with basic LaTeX support. - There are all the schemes as defined upstream (with tiny differences, perhaps). - - You can compose your own collection like this: - texlive.combine { - inherit (texlive) scheme-small collection-langkorean algorithms cm-super; - } - - By default you only get executables and files needed during runtime, - and a little documentation for the core packages. - To change that, you need to add `pkgFilter` function to `combine`. - texlive.combine { - # inherit (texlive) whatever-you-want; - pkgFilter = pkg: - pkg.tlType == "run" || pkg.tlType == "bin" || pkg.pname == "cm-super"; - # elem tlType [ "run" "bin" "doc" "source" ] - # there are also other attributes: version, name - } - - Known bugs: - * some tools are still missing, e.g. luajittex - * some apps aren't packaged/tested yet (xdvi, asymptote, biber, etc.) - * feature/bug: when a package is rejected by pkgFilter, - its dependencies are still propagated - * in case of any bugs or feature requests, file a github issue and /cc @vcunat +/* TeX Live user docs + - source: ../../../../../doc/languages-frameworks/texlive.xml + - current html: http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#sec-language-texlive */ - { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, runCommand, writeText, buildEnv , callPackage, ghostscriptX, harfbuzz, poppler_min , makeWrapper, perl, python, ruby |