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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-tds.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-tds.html index 440768486bc..efb86a77d5b 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-tds.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-tds.html @@ -5,29 +5,28 @@ <p/> TDS stands for the TeX Directory Structure, which is a standard way of organising all the TeX-related files on a computer system. <p/> Most modern distributions conform to the TDS, which -provides for both a ‘standard’ and a (set of) ‘local’ hierarchies of -directories containing TeX-related files. The -TDS reserves the name <code>texmf</code> as the name of the root directory -(folder) of the hierarchies. Files supplied as part of the -distribution are put into the standard hierarchy. The location of the -standard hierarchy is system dependent, but on a Unix system it might -be at -<i>/usr/local/texmf</i>, or -<i>/usr/local/share/texmf</i>, or +provides for both a ‘distribution’ and a (set of) ‘local’ directory +trees containing TeX-related files. The TDS reserves the +name <code>texmf</code> as the name of the root directory (folder) of the +hierarchies, and most distributions use that name for their ‘own’ +trees. Files supplied as part of the distribution are put into the +distribution’s tree. The location of the distribution’s hierarchy is +system dependent, but on a Unix system it might be at +<i>/usr/share/texmf</i> or <i>/opt/texmf</i>, or -a similar location, but in each case the TeX files will be under the -<i>/texmf</i> subdirectory. -<p/>There may be more than on ‘local’ hierarchy in which additional files -can be stored. In the extreme an installation can have a local -hierarchy and each user can also have an individual local hierarchy. The -location of any local hierarchy is not only system dependent but also user -dependent. Again, though, all files should be put under a local <i>/texmf</i> -directory. -<p/>The TDS is published as the output of a TUG -<a href="FAQ-TUGstar.html">Technical Working Group</a>. -You may browse an <a href="http://tug.org/tds/">on-line version</a> of the -standard, and copies in several other formats (including source) are -available on CTAN. +a similar location, but in each case the TeX files will be in the +tree starting at the <i>/texmf</i> subdirectory. +<p/>There may be more than one ‘local’ hierarchy in which additional files +can be stored. In the extreme an installation can have a local +hierarchy and each user can also have an individual local hierarchy. +The location of any local hierarchy is not only system dependent but +also user dependent. Again, though, all files should be put under a +local <i>/texmf</i> directory. +<p/>The TDS itself is published as the output of a TUG +<a href="FAQ-TUGstar.html">Technical Working Group</a>. You may browse an +<a href="http://tug.org/tds/">on-line version</a> of the standard, and +copies in several other formats (including source) are available on +CTAN. <dl> <dt><tt><i>TDS specification</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/tds.zip">tds</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/tds/">browse the directory</a>) </dl> |