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- Subject: File structure for TeX and friends: questions.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.221022.6205@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz>
- From: hafner@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Dr. Paul R Hafner)
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 22:10:22 GMT
- Organization: University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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- I am reasonably well acquainted with a traditional setup of TeX in
- /usr/local/lib/tex etc. In planning an update of TeX, some questions arose
- for which I invite comment.
-
- * Overall system philosophy *
-
- Our administrator is in the process of changing all (?) applications
- into a structure with paths
- _ bin
- |
- |_ doc
- |
- .../myapplication/current/
- |_ lib
- |
- |_ man
-
- Here, <current> is a link to a directory, say 'version1.1'.
- The main idea is that upgrades to new versions can be made quite simply,
- by compiling and testing in a directory ..../myapplication/version1.2/...
- The final installation then consists in making the link from current to
- version1.2.
-
- * TeX considerations *
-
- TeX, mf, bibtex and friends seem to be so totally interwoven that I have
- doubts that it makes sense to split them completely into 3 such setups:
- .../TeX/current/... , .../MetaFont/current/... , .../BibTex/current/...
- (but correct me if you think I am wrong on this point!). And exactly
- where would dvips fit into it?
-
- Somewhat independent of the general setup is the question for a
- rational setup of fonts (and inputs). Is it worth structuring
- .../TeX/current/lib/fonts any deeper than into tfm, pk, vf? e.g. to
- accommodate entire groups of fonts in diretories of their own (the same
- qustion is also relevant for TeX and mf inputs).
-
- Are the hassles of insisting on a logical structure too great to make
- the exercise worthwile?
-
-
- I would be glad to have comments of any general nature on these problems.
- In particular:
-
- 1) are we asking for unnecessary trouble by deviating from the 'norm'
- --- or is it worth starting a new trend?
-
- 2) if the overall scheme is adopted for TeX etc, what would in your
- opinion be the most desirable file structure?
-
- Thanks in advance,
-
- Paul
-
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