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texlive.combine: document how to create custom packages with pkgs and tlDeps attributes

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Vincenzo Mantova 2023-03-11 20:57:23 +00:00
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doc/languages-frameworks/texlive.section.md
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@ -40,17 +40,24 @@ Since release 15.09 there is a new TeX Live packaging that lives entirely under
## Custom packages {#sec-language-texlive-custom-packages}
You may find that you need to use an external TeX package. A derivation for such package has to provide the contents of the "texmf" directory in its output and provide the appropriate `tlType` attribute (one of `"run"`, `"bin"`, `"doc"`, `"source"`). Dependencies on other TeX packages can be listed in the attribute `tlDeps`.
You may find that you need to use an external TeX package. A derivation for such package has to provide contents of the "texmf" directory in its output and provide the `tlType` attribute. Here is a (very verbose) example:
Such derivation must then be listed in the attribute `pkgs` of an attribute set passed to `texlive.combine`, for instance by passing `extraPkgs = { pkgs = [ custom_package ]; };`. Within Nixpkgs, `pkgs` should be part of the derivation itself, allowing users to call `texlive.combine { inherit (texlive) scheme-small; inherit some_tex_package; }`.
Here is a (very verbose) example where the attribute `pkgs` is attached to the derivation itself, which requires creating a fixed point. See also the packages `auctex`, `eukleides`, `mftrace` for more examples.
```nix
with import <nixpkgs> {};
let
foiltex_run = stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
foiltex = stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
pname = "latex-foiltex";
version = "2.1.4b";
passthru.tlType = "run";
passthru = {
pkgs = [ finalAttrs.finalPackage ];
tlDeps = with texlive; [ latex ];
tlType = "run";
};
srcs = [
(fetchurl {
@ -102,8 +109,7 @@ let
maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
platforms = platforms.all;
};
};
foiltex = { pkgs = [ foiltex_run ]; };
});
latex_with_foiltex = texlive.combine {
inherit (texlive) scheme-small;

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pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/combine.nix
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@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ in (buildEnv {
# now filter hyphenation patterns and formats
(let
hyphens = lib.filter (p: p.hasHyphens or false && p.tlType == "run") pkgList.splitBin.wrong;
hyphenPNames = lib.sort (a: b: a < b) (map (p: p.pname) hyphens);
hyphenPNames = map (p: p.pname) hyphens;
formats = lib.filter (p: p.hasFormats or false && p.tlType == "run") pkgList.splitBin.wrong;
formatPNames = lib.sort (a: b: a < b) (map (p: p.pname) formats);
formatPNames = map (p: p.pname) formats;
# sed expression that prints the lines in /start/,/end/ except for /end/
section = start: end: "/${start}/,/${end}/{ /${start}/p; /${end}/!p; };\n";
script =