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- 22) What repositories of TeX material are available, and how can I access
- them?
-
- There are many repositories of TeX material available. Most of them
- also have a mail server, i.e., a program that will send you files
- via electronic mail. Here are some of the better ones:
- - In the US, the archive at ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23) has
- a lot of PD TeX software, and even if it's not explicitly stated,
- much of the software mentioned in this document is available there.
- Anonymous ftp is supported, as is a mail server. Unfortunately,
- executables are not available through the mail server. Send a
- message containing the line ``help'' to MAILSERV@ymir.claremont.edu.
- - The archive at Clarkson University, although out of date, still has
- some things of interest. Use anonymous ftp to get files from
- sun.soe.clarkson.edu (128.153.12.3). An archive server is available
- if you can send mail to the United States. Send a one-line message
- ``help'' to archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu and it will send
- you a file describing how to use it more fully. If you have
- problems, contact archive-management@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
- - In the United Kingdom, you can get TeX-related material from the
- UK TeX archive at the University of Aston. (FTP access is also
- available for people on JANET or the Internet. Use anonymous ftp
- to tex.ac.uk (134.151.40.18). You will be placed in the root of
- of the [tex-archive]. Telnet access is also allowed, to permit
- more intelligent browsing. Use the username PUBLIC and the same
- password. A known file is [tex-archive]000directory.list.) For
- electronic mail access, send a message to texserver@tex.ac.uk. The
- first non-blank line of the message must contain a valid TeXserver
- command (help, directory, files, whereis, search, or path). The
- program will then mail you a response notifying you that your
- request has been received. If you fail to get a response from the
- TeXserver, you may need to use the ``path'' command to help the
- program out. For Internet users the return address is of the form
- name%site@nsfnet-relay, while for Bitnet and EARN it is
- name%site@earn-relay (i.e., include a line that says
- ``path name%site@nsfnet-relay'' along with a line containing
- ``help''). Note that the old three hyphen format is obsolete, but
- still accepted by the program for backward compatibility.
- - ftp.cs.ruu.nl (131.211.80.17) also contains a substantial TeX
- archive with ftp access. To use it via email, send a message
- containing the line ``help'' to mail-server@cs.ruu.nl. This mail
- server can send binary files in a variety of different formats.
- - In Germany, the host rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.1.12)
- is an anonymous ftp site with much TeX material. In particular
- it is the definitive source for new font selection scheme in
- LaTeX, for emtex (TeX for the IBM PC, see question 19), and contains
- a set of hyphenation patterns for languages other than English. To
- use it via email, send a message containing the line ``help'' to
- mail-server@rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de.
- - There are LISTSERV facilities for TeX at LISTSERV@DHDURZ1.BITNET.
- Send a message containing the line ``help'' to this address.
- - Another aggressively maintained archive is FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET.
- Sending a message with the line HELP will get help, and
- SENDME FILELIST will get an annotated listing of all packages
- available there. The archive is accessible via anonymous ftp to
- the host niord.shsu.edu (192.92.115.8).
- - For users on BITNET, access to anonymous ftp for some files can
- be obtained indirectly by sending mail to BITFTP@PUCC.BITNET.
- Send a message containing the line ``help'' to this address for
- more information.
-
- There is also the DECUS TeX collection, a collection of TeX material
- for VMS, Unix, MS-DOS, and the Macintosh. It is available via
- anonymous ftp from wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) in ./decus/tex.
- It can also be obtained from the DECUS Library (reference number
- VS0058) in the US, or through your DECUS office outside of the US. To
- contact the DECUS Library, send mail or call:
- The DECUS Program Library
- 219 Boston Post Road BP02
- Marlboro, MA 01752-1850
- (508)480-3418
- or send electronic mail to the DECUS TeX Collection Editor, Ted
- Nieland, at decus_tex@nieland.dayton.oh.us.
-
- Another good source of information is NETWORK SOURCES OF TeX WARE by
- Peter Flynn which appeared in TeXhax, volume 90, issues 45-47 (in
- May 1990).
-