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authorRobin Haberkorn <robin.haberkorn@googlemail.com>2015-03-07 21:18:34 +0100
committerRobin Haberkorn <robin.haberkorn@googlemail.com>2015-03-07 21:18:34 +0100
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canonicalize $SCITECOCONFIG and $SCITECOPATH variables
* this makes them absolute and also resolves links on Unix * macros can now assume the corresponding Q-regs to be absolute * Currently this does not make a big difference since the working directory of the SciTECO process cannot be changed. Once I implement a command to change the working dir, this is essential.
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@@ -168,6 +168,13 @@ On all other platforms (including UNIX/Linux) this variable
defaults to the standard library installation path at
.BR "@scitecolibdir@" .
.
+.LP
+Both the \fBSCITECOCONFIG\fP and \fBSCITECOPATH\fP environment
+variables are canonicalized to absolute paths.
+Therefore it is possible to define them relative to the
+working directory of \*(ST when it starts up while macros
+can work with the corresponding registers to locate files
+even when the working directory of \*(ST is changed later on.
.
.SH FILES
.