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Dvips reads a certain set of environment variables to configure its
operation. The path variables are read as needed, after all
configuration files are read, so they override values in the
configuration files. (Except for the `TEXCONFIG' variable.)
See section `Path specifications' in Kpathsea library, for details of interpretation of environment variable values,
and the common environment variables. Only the environment specific to
`dvips' are mentioned here.
- `DVIPSFONTS'
-
Default path to search for all fonts. Overrides all the font-related
config file options and other environment variables.
- `DVIPSHEADERS'
-
Default path to search for PostScript header files. Overrides the `H'
config file option.
- `DVIPSMAKEPK'
-
Overrides `MakeTeXPK' as the name of the program to invoke to
create missing PK fonts. You can change the arguments passed to the
`MakeTeXPK' program with the `MAKETEXPK' environment
variables; see the Kpathsea documentation.
- `DVIPSSIZES'
-
Last-resort sizes for scaling for unfound fonts. Overrides the `R'
definition in config files.
- `PRINTER'
-
This environment variable is read to determine which default printer
configuration file to read in. It is the responsibility of
the configuration file to send output to the proper print queue, if such
functionality is desired.
- `TEXCONFIG'
-
This environment variable sets the directories to search for
configuration files, including the system-wide one. Using this single
environment variable and the appropriate configuration files, it is
possible to set up the program for any environment. (The other path
environment variables are thus redundant.)
- `TEXPICTS'
-
Path to search for special illustrations. Overrides the `S' config
file option. If not set, `TEXINPUTS' is used.
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