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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-what-TDS.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-what-TDS.html index 08b29711676..a09dc55989a 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-what-TDS.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-what-TDS.html @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ </head><body> <h3>Which tree to use</h3> <p/>In almost all cases, new material that you install should go into the -“local” tree of your (La)TeX installation. (A discussion of +“local” tree of your (La)TeX installation. (A discussion of reasons <em>not</em> to use the local tree appears below.) <p/>On a Unix(-alike) system, using teTeX or TeX Live, the root directory will be named something like <i>/usr/share/texmf-local/</i> @@ -24,39 +24,39 @@ author is using today): <p/>In a MiKTeX installation, the location will in fact typically be something you specified yourself when you installed MiKTeX in the first place, but you may find you need to create one. The MiKTeX -“Settings” window ( - <code>Start</code>-> - <code>Programs</code>-> - <code>MiKTeX</code>-> +“Settings” window ( + <code>Start</code>-> + <code>Programs</code>-> + <code>MiKTeX</code>-> <code>Settings</code>) -has a tab “<code>Roots</code>”; that tab gives a list of current -TDS roots (they’re typically not called -<code>texmf</code>-anything). If there’s not one there with -“<code>local</code>” in its name, create an appropriate one (see below), -and register it using the window’s -“<code>Add</code>” button. +has a tab “<code>Roots</code>”; that tab gives a list of current +TDS roots (they’re typically not called +<code>texmf</code>-anything). If there’s not one there with +“<code>local</code>” in its name, create an appropriate one (see below), +and register it using the window’s +“<code>Add</code>” button. <p/>The <a href="http://docs.miktex.org/faq/maintenance.html">MiKTeX FAQ</a> suggests that you should create -“<code>C:\Local TeX Files</code>”, which is good if you +“<code>C:\Local TeX Files</code>”, which is good if you manage your own machine, but often not even possible in corporate, or -similar, environments — in such situations, the user may have no +similar, environments — in such situations, the user may have no control over the hard disc of the computer, at all. <p/>So the real criterion is that your local tree should be somewhere that <em>you</em>, rather than the system, control. Restrictive systems often -provide a “home directory” for each user, mounted as a network -drive; this is a natural home for the user’s local tree. Other (often +provide a “home directory” for each user, mounted as a network +drive; this is a natural home for the user’s local tree. Other (often academic) environments assume the user is going to provide a memory -stick, and will assign it a defined drive letter — another good +stick, and will assign it a defined drive letter — another good candidate location. Note that the semantics of such a tree are indistinguishable from those of a -<a href="FAQ-privinst.html">“home” TEXMF tree</a>. -<p/>There are circumstances when you might not wish to use the ‘local’ tree: +<a href="FAQ-privinst.html">“home” TEXMF tree</a>. +<p/>There are circumstances when you might not wish to use the ‘local’ tree: <ul> -<li> if the package, or whatever, is “personal” (for example, +<li> if the package, or whatever, is “personal” (for example, something commercial that has been licensed to you alone, or - something you’re developing yourself), it should go in your - <a href="FAQ-privinst.html">“home” TEXMF tree</a>; + something you’re developing yourself), it should go in your + <a href="FAQ-privinst.html">“home” TEXMF tree</a>; <li> if you <em>know</em> that the package you are installing is a replacement for the copy on the TEXMF tree of your (La)TeX distribution, you should replace the existing copy in the @@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ indistinguishable from those of a </ul> The reason one would put things on a local tree is to avoid their disappearance if the system is upgraded (or otherwise re-installed). -<p/>The reason one might place upgrades the distribution’s main tree is to +<p/>The reason one might place upgrades the distribution’s main tree is to avoid confusion. Suppose you were to place the file on the local -tree, and then install a new version of the distribution — you might +tree, and then install a new version of the distribution — you might have an effect like: <ul> <li> distribution comes with package version n; @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ n+1 (from the local tree) <em>after</em> the new distribution has been installed. <p/>If you install in the local tree, the only way to avoid such problems is to carefully purge the local tree when installing a new -distribution. This is tedious, if you’re maintaining a large +distribution. This is tedious, if you’re maintaining a large installation. <p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=what-TDS">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=what-TDS</a> </body> |