TeX Live 2020 pretest, texdoctk.exe

[Hoffmann, Jobst]

Am Mittwoch, den 25.03.2020, 20:56 +0100 schrieb Siep Kroonenberg:
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 06:15:13PM +0000, Hoffmann, Jobst wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, den 25.03.2020, 17:30 +0100 schrieb Siep Kroonenberg:
> > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 10:35:37AM +0000, Hoffmann, Jobst wrote:
> > > > Per chance I've just stumbled upon the following error:
> > > > 
> > > > I tried to start texdoctk.exe, then a window with the following
> > > > message
> > > > popped up:
> > > > 
> > > > E:\texlive\2020\bin\win32\runscript.tlu:915: command failed
> > > > with exit code 1:
> > > > wperl.exe
> > > > e:\texlive\2020\texmf-dist\scripts\texdoctk\texdoctk.pl
> > > > 
> > > > Best wishes, stay healthy
> > > > Jobst
> > > 
> > > This utility requires an external perl with a Perl/Tk module. We
> > > do
> > > not guarantee that all third-party perl scripts run with the
> > > built-in perl.
> > 
> > If you know that there are special requirements, why couldn't you
> > test
> > them and give a more specific (error) message?
> 
> That happens, but in such a way that it does not work on Windows.
> I'll look into that.
> 
> > > But you will be better off browsing doc.html in the root of the
> > > installation. This file also has links into CTAN.
> > > 
> > 
> > Ok, but in a practical training I don't like to say "start your
> > browsers", I'd prefer to say "enter texdoc scrguide" or "click on
> > that
> > icon and enter scrguide". In the labs I can install texdoctk.pl
> > correctly, but at home every student is on her/his own and doesn't
> > know,
> > what's going on there.
> > 
> > And additionally: On doc.html I can't find neither the documentation
> > scrguide nor a link to koma-script, can you give me a hint?
> 
> Try
>   texdoc srcguien
> or
>   texdoc -l koma
> to get a list of all komascript manuals.
> 

texdoc is working of course. The problem is, that on doc.html I can't
find the corresponding entry and so I can't point the students to that
point.

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