01 June 1995 The TUG Working Group on a Tex Directory Structure announces that a draft of the proposed TeX Directory Structure standard is available for public review. You can get it by FTP from: :/tex-archive/tds/draft-standard (The `/tex-archive' may vary; see the end of this message for a list of possible hosts.) Comments and suggestions are welcome. Please communicate them by email to twg-tds@shsu.edu or by paper mail to Norman Walsh O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. 90 Sherman Street Cambridge, MA 02140 USA The primary purpose of this document is to describe a standard TeX Directory Structure (TDS) for macros, fonts, and other such implementation-independent TeX files. As a matter of practicality, it also suggests ways to incorporate the rest of the TeX files into a single structure. In the not-so-long run a consistent directory structure will make it much easier to install and maintain TeX. We hope that administrators and developers of both free and commercial implementations of TeX will adopt this standard. It has been designed to work on all modern systems. In particular, this Technical Working Group (TWG) believes it is usable under Unix, MS-DOS, OS/2, MacOS, and VMS. We hope to publish another draft, or make the final release (depending on the volume of comments and concerns) shortly after TUG 95. -- the TUG TWG on a TeX Directory Structure ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following list of CTAN hosts was generated on 01 June 1995. To obtain an up-to-date list, use the finger command to query ctan@ftp.shsu.edu. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In order to reduce network load, it is recommended that you use the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) host which is located in the closest network proximity to your site. Alternatively, you may wish to obtain a copy of the CTAN via CD-ROM (see help/CTAN.cdrom for details). Known partial mirrors of the CTAN reside on (alphabetically): ftp.adfa.oz.au (Australia) /pub/tex/ctan ftp.fcu.edu.tw (Taiwan) /pub2/tex ftp.germany.eu.net (Deutschland) /pub/packages/TeX ftp.cs.ruu.nl (The Netherlands) /pub/tex-archive ftp.uu.net (Virginia, USA) /pub/text-processing/TeX nic.switch.ch (Switzerland) /mirror/tex Known mirrors of the CTAN reside on (alphabetically): dongpo.math.ncu.edu.tw (Taiwan) /tex-archive gw.pacbell.com (California, USA) /mirror/ftp.shsu.edu/tex-archive ftp.center.osaka-u.ac.jp (Japan) /CTAN ftp.ccu.edu.tw (Taiwan) /pub/tex ftp.cs.rmit.edu.au (Australia) /tex-archive ftp.duke.edu (North Carolina, USA) /tex-archive ftp.gwdg.de (Deutschland) /pub/dante ftp.jussieu.fr (France) /pub4/TeX/CTAN ftp.loria.fr (France) /pub/unix/tex/ctan ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de (Deutschland) /pub4/tex/mirror/ftp.dante.de ftp.muni.cz (The Czech Republic) /pub/tex/CTAN ftp.riken.go.jp (Japan) /pub/tex-archive ftp.uni-bielefeld.de (Deutschland) /pub/tex ftp.uni-stuttgart.de (Deutschland) /tex-archive (/pub/tex) ftp.usafa.af.mil (Colorado, USA) /mirrors/packages/TeX ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp (Japan) /pub/CTAN ftpserver.nus.sg (Singapore) /pub/zi/TeX kadri.ut.ee (Estonia) /pub/tex src.doc.ic.ac.uk (England) /packages/tex/uk-tex sunsite.unc.edu (North Carolina, USA) /pub/packages/TeX wuarchive.wustl.edu (Missouri, USA) /packages/TeX Please send updates to this list to . The participating hosts in the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network are: ftp.dante.de (Deutschland) -- anonymous ftp /tex-archive (/pub/tex /pub/archive) -- gopher on node sun.dante.de -- e-mail via ftpmail@dante.de -- Administrator: ftp.shsu.edu (Texas, USA) -- anonymous ftp and gopher /tex-archive (/pub/tex /pub/archive) -- NFS mountable from ftp.SHSU.edu:/pub/ftp/tex-archive -- e-mail via ftpmail@ftp.SHSU.edu -- World Wide Web access on www.SHSU.edu -- Administrator: ftp.tex.ac.uk (England) -- anonymous ftp /tex-archive (/pub/tex /pub/archive) -- gopher on node gopher.tex.ac.uk -- NFS mountable from nfs.tex.ac.uk:/public/ctan/tex-archive -- World Wide Web access on www.tex.ac.uk -- Administrator: