TeX Live 2020 pretest, texdoctk.exe

[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.

-- 
Siep Kroonenberg