typedef pair<int, string> cmdret;
-static cmdret do_popen(string const & cmd)
+static
+cmdret do_popen(string const & cmd)
{
// One question is if we should use popen or
// create our own popen based on fork, exec, pipe
return MakeAbsPath(fil);
// No we try to find it using kpsewhich.
+ // It seems from the kpsewhich manual page that it is safe to use
+ // kpsewhich without --format: "When the --format option is not
+ // given, the search path used when looking for a file is inferred
+ // from the name given, by looking for a known extension. If no
+ // known extension is found, the search path for TeX source files
+ // is used."
+ // However, we want to take advantage of the format sine almost all
+ // the different formats has environment variables that can be used
+ // to controll which paths to search. f.ex. bib looks in
+ // BIBINPUTS and TEXBIB. Small list follows:
+ // bib - BIBINPUTS, TEXBIB
+ // bst - BSTINPUTS
+ // graphic/figure - TEXPICTS, TEXINPUTS
+ // ist - TEXINDEXSTYLE, INDEXSTYLE
+ // pk - PROGRAMFONTS, PKFONTS, TEXPKS, GLYPHFONTS, TEXFONTS
+ // tex - TEXINPUTS
+ // tfm - TFMFONTS, TEXFONTS
+ // This means that to use kpsewhich in the best possible way we
+ // should help it by setting additional path in the approp. envir.var.
string kpsecmd = "kpsewhich " + fil;
cmdret c = do_popen(kpsecmd);