TeX Live 2020 pretest, texdoctk.exe

[Siep Kroonenberg]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 08:22:10PM +0000, Hoffmann, Jobst wrote:
> 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.

This file doc.html is generated automatically. I do not understand
myself why the koma-script documentation cannot be found there.

Another way to find the documentation is by searching for koma in
the CTAN catalogue, at https://www.ctan.org/

-- 
Siep Kroonenberg