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authorManuel Pégourié-Gonnard <mpg@elzevir.fr>2008-04-15 18:17:58 +0000
committerManuel Pégourié-Gonnard <mpg@elzevir.fr>2008-04-15 18:17:58 +0000
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@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
VISIBLE -- Advice for placing new LaTeX files.
Author: Uwe L"uck, http://www.contact-ednotes.sty.de.vu,
-2004/10/18;
+2004/10/18, updated 2008/04/02;
aided by Karl Berry.
--derived from a TUGboat (vol. 24) article on Ednotes.
+Once there was a *problem* with placing new LaTeX files --
+many people use MiKTeX nowadays which usually makes getting
+and installing packages quite easy. See http://www.miktex.org,
+or
+
+ http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=inst-miktex
+
+which also gives some hints in case you even have problems with
+MiKTeX. Don't read on this file if you are happy with this/
+with MiKTeX.
+
* The problem: *
@@ -52,23 +63,17 @@ the user.
* Advice from TeX Users Groups: *
-I recommend to study the following web pages. The first two of
-them deal with installation more generally and give some hints
-that I consider worth to remind of.
+I recommend to study the following web pages:
http://tug.ctan.org/installationadvice
- http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=instpackages
+ http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=inst-wlcf
These prefer approach 3 of the above, especially the TDS
standard of arranging folders, see
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=tds
-The narrower subject matter is concerned at
-
- http://{www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=wherefiles
-
* Easy tricks that I prefer: *
@@ -93,7 +98,9 @@ o Search your installation for files with the same file name
Ok, if all this doesn't help, you may ask at comp.text.tex
-or your local TeX guru.
+or your local TeX guru, or send an email to texhax -- see
+
+ http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/texhax
Good luck!