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From: mmoore@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Mike Moore)
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Subject: Re: Path for style files for LaTeX.
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Date: 15 Apr 91 14:36:33 GMT
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In article <41182@netnews.upenn.edu> pravin@eniac.seas.upenn.edu writes:
>How do I set the path for the directory, where I keep my style files for
>LaTeX (the ones not included in the installed lib on the system).  Is

Put a line like the following in some init file (or execute this command
before you do LaTeX).  This tells tex to search first in the current
directory, then in ~/bib, then in ~/tex, and finally in the system directory.

setenv TEXINPUTS .:$HOME/bib:$HOME/tex:/usr/lib/tex/macros


Mike