install-tl-windows.bat Suggestions for Enhancement
M. Münch
Martin.Muench at Uni-Bonn.de
Fri Apr 12 15:14:13 CEST 2024
Hello!
1. In line 19 of current install-tl-windows.bat, see
https://github.com/TeX-Live/installer/blob/fa57b0f4cccd7d00875b80a62f2e55f4606bcb70/install-tl-windows.bat#L19
, it probably should be
"*Since* 2020 TeX Live has not been tested on Windows Vista."
or
"TeX Live *2024* has not been tested on Windows Vista."
instead of the current text
"TeX Live *2020* has not been tested on Windows Vista."
(which is neither wrong nor helpful for TL24ff.).
2. At the end of the file:
:tooold
echo TeX Live does not run on this Windows version.
echo TeX Live is supported on Windows 7 and later.
pause
That is correct, but on the off-chance that somebody upgrades from some
old Windows (32 bit) to Windows 7 (32 bit) (or a 32 bit version of Win
8.1 or 10) and *then* is told that their 32 bit version is not
supported, maybe additionally include the "64 bit required" here?
The test for 32 vs. 64 bit is not even run for "too old".
3.
rem $Id: install-tl.bat 30369 2018-03-11 13:01:27Z siepo $
"install-tl.bat" is now "install-tl-windows.bat", and it has been
updated (e.g. regarding 32 -> 64 bit), but the ID still claims it is
from 2018.
Yours
Martin Münch
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