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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-findfiles.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-findfiles.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..33c1a62ddf4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-findfiles.html @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label findfiles</title> +</head><body> +<h3>Finding (La)TeX files</h3> +<p>Modern TeX distributions contain a huge array of support files of +various sorts, but sooner or later most people need to find something +that's not in their present system (if nothing else, because they've +heard that something has been updated). +<p>But how to find the files? +<p>Some sources, such as these FAQ answers, provide links to +files: so if you've learnt about a package here, you should be able to +retrieve it without too much fuss. +<p>Otherwise, the CTAN sites provide searching facilities, via the web. +The simplest search, locating files by name, is to be found on the +Dante CTAN +at <a href="http://www.dante.de/cgi-bin/ctan-index">http://www.dante.de/cgi-bin/ctan-index</a>; the script returns +the same data as does <code>quote site index</code>, but not truncated and +arranged very neatly as a series of links to directories and +individual files. +<p>The <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/search">UK</a> and +<a href="http://www.ctan.org/search">USA</a> CTANs offer a +search page that provides +<ul> +<li> a file-name search similar to the Dante machine's (above); +<li> a keyword search of the archive catalogue (see below): this is a + pretty powerful tool: the results include links to the catalogue + "short descriptions", so you can assure yourself that the package + you've found is the one you want; and +<li> a search form that allows you to use <i>Google</i> to search + CTAN. +</ul> +<p>In fact, <i>Google</i>, and other search engines, can be useful +tools. Enter your search keywords, and you may pick up a package that +the author hasn't bothered to submit to CTAN. If you're using +<i>Google</i>, you can restrict your search to CTAN by +entering +<blockquote> + <code>site:ctan.org tex-archive <<i>search term(s)</i>></code> +</blockquote> +in <i>Google</i>'s "search box". You can also enforce the +restriction using <i>Google</i>'s "advanced search" mechanism; +other search engines (presumably) have similar facilities. +<p>Many people avoid the need to go over the network at all, for their +searches, by downloading the file list that Dante's +"<code>quote site index</code>" command uses. This file, <i>FILES.byname</i>, +presents a unified listing of the archive (omitting directory names and +cross-links). Its companion <i>FILES.last07days</i> is also useful, to +keep an eye on the changes on the archive. Since these files are +updated only once a day, a nightly automatic download (perhaps using +<i>rsync</i>) makes good sense. +<dl> +<dt><tt><i>FILES.byname</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/FILES.byname">FILES.byname</a> +<dt><tt><i>FILES.last07days</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/FILES.last07days">FILES.last07days</a> +</dl> +<p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=findfiles">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=findfiles</a> +</body> |