[tex-live] TeXLive 2018 (Windows): unclear message from the installer
Ilya Zakharevich
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Wed Jun 20 11:52:21 CEST 2018
On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 10:49:01AM +0900, Norbert Preining wrote:
> Ok, I have adjusted the text and wizards installer, but the perltk
> installer is slightly different and I hope Siep will fix this.
Thanks!
> > How would I be able to “try unsetting them” if the list disappears
> > when I close the window?
>
> You should be aware of these environment variables, because you did set
> them. Then, copy and paste should work.
You have a very particular usage model in your head. Most people have
no clue about environment variables; if the variables are set, they
were set by somebody else.
> > B) The message is not very comprehensible (to put it mildly). I
> > propose to restate it like this:
> > set environment variables in windows
>
> But this is nothing Windows specific, the same happens on Linux,
> Solaris, AIX, whatever.
But this is Perl, right?
$msg .= " in windows" if $Config{osname} eq 'MSWin32'; # spelling?
is not a big deal…
Yours,
Ilya
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