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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-whatTeX.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-whatTeX.html deleted file mode 100644 index f2829abb5a2..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-whatTeX.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,46 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label whatTeX</title> -</head><body> -<h3>What is TeX?</h3> -<p/>TeX is a typesetting system written by -<a href="http://sunburn.stanford.edu/~knuth/">Donald E. Knuth</a>, who -says in the Preface to his book on TeX -(see <a href="FAQ-books.html">books about TeX</a>) that it is - -“<em>intended for the creation of beautiful books —</em> -<em>and especially for books that contain a lot of mathematics</em>”. -(If TeX were <em>only</em> good for mathematical books, much of its -use nowadays would not happen: it’s actually a pretty good general -typesetting system.) -<p/>Knuth is Emeritus Professor of the Art of Computer Programming at -Stanford University in California, USA. Knuth developed the -first version of TeX in 1978 to deal with revisions to his series -“the Art of Computer Programming”. The idea proved popular and -Knuth produced a second version (in 1982) which is the basis of what -we use today. -<p/>Knuth developed a system of -‘<a href="FAQ-lit.html">literate programming</a>’ to write TeX, -and he provides the literate (WEB) source of TeX free of charge, -together with tools for processing the <code>web</code> source into something -that can be compiled and something that can be printed; there is (in -principle) never any mystery about what TeX does. Furthermore, the -WEB system provides mechanisms to port TeX to new operating -systems and computers; and in order that one may have some confidence -in the ports, Knuth supplied a <a href="FAQ-triptrap.html">test</a> by -means of which one may judge the fidelity of a TeX system. TeX -and its documents are therefore highly portable. -<p/>For the interested programmer, the distribution of TeX has some -fascination: it’s nothing like the way one would construct such a -program nowadays, yet it has lasted better than most, and has been -ported to many different computer architectures and operating -systems — the sorts of attributes that much modern programming -practice aims for. The processed ‘readable’ source of TeX the -program may be found in the - <a href="FAQ-tds.html">TDS structured version</a> of the distribution. - -<dl> -<dt><tt><i>Knuth’s source distribution</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/knuth/dist.zip">systems/knuth/dist</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/knuth/dist/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/knuth-dist.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>Knuth’s sources in TDS layout</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/latex-tds/knuth.tds.zip">macros/latex/contrib/latex-tds/knuth.tds.zip</a> -</dl> -<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=whatTeX">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=whatTeX</a> -</body> |