<div dir="ltr"><div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">Thank you both for your replies; all clear, but I am very surprised that
a directory under .../texmf-dist/tex/latex/ should be in my TeX input
path; I can understand it being in a LaTeX input path, but in a TeX
input path as well ?<br></blockquote><br></div>many latex packages (eg color or graphics) will work with plain, but they don't work too well if they are not in the input path:-)<br></div>