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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 index f8298cfb5c1..dac5bec453a 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-findfiles.html +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-findfiles.html @@ -2,22 +2,22 @@ <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 +<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 +<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. +<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 scans a list of files (<i>FILES.byname</i> — see below) and returns a list of matches, arranged very neatly as a series of links to directories and to individual files. -<p>The <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/search">UK</a> and +<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> @@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ search page that provides <li> a search form that allows you to use <i>Google</i> to search CTAN. </ul> -<p>An alternative way to scan the catalogue is to use the catalogue’s +<p/>An alternative way to scan the catalogue is to use the catalogue’s <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/bytopic.html">“by topic” index</a>; this lists a series of topics, and (La)TeX projects that are worth considering if you’re working on matters related to the topic. -<p>In fact, <i>Google</i>, and other search engines, can be useful +<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 @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ entering 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 +<p/>Many people avoid the need to go over the network at all, for their searches, by downloading the file list that the archives’ web file searches use. This file, <i>FILES.byname</i>, presents a unified listing of the archive (omitting directory names and @@ -57,5 +57,5 @@ updated only once a day, a nightly automatic download (perhaps using <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> +<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> |