Some comments on CTAN:info/tdscd

[Thomas Esser]

> > /teTeX/doc/german/koma-script:
> > scr_new1.dvi
> [...]
> > scrguide.dvi
> 
> Doesn't that belong into teTeX/texmf/doc/german ?

I dont see why the koma-script should be omitted.

> > /teTeX/texmf/bibtex/bib:
> > README
> > harvard
> > 
> Where's mrabbrev.bib (from AMS-LaTeX)?
> Where's xampl.bib (from BibTeX)?

There are no .bib files in teTeX at all (there have been too many to
include all of them and I did not know which ones are the most important).
But, of course, for the CD there sould be as many as one can find.

> > /teTeX/texmf/doc/babel:
> Should be texmf/doc/generic/babel according to TDS.

Thanks, I will fix this for teTeX.

> > /teTeX/texmf/doc/dc:
> 
> Should be texmf/doc/fonts/dc.  In fact, that directory already exists,
> but the contents is slightly different.  So what's messed up here?
> BTW, it would be nice to include a DVI file of dcdoc.tex as well.

dcdoc.dvi is part of teTeX (directory: texmf/doc/fonts/dc). texmf/doc/dc
does not exist in teTeX. Mayby, Sebastian added /teTeX/texmf/doc/dc??

> > /teTeX/texmf/doc/fontname:
> > ChangeLog
...
> Should be texmf/doc/fonts/fontname.  I'm also doubtful whether
> ChangeLog will be of interest for anyone, if the full sources
> aren't kept here.

Thanks.

> > /teTeX/texmf/doc/help:
> Should have subdirectories help/ctan, help/faq, etc. according 
> to TDS.  At least, that's what the doc summary figure says.

Thanks.

> > /teTeX/texmf/doc/latex/base:
> > 00readme.txt
> > Makefile.unx
> > alltt.dtx
> > alltt.ins
> [...]
> 
> What are all the .dtx and .ins files doing here?  Doesn't the TDS 
> say explicitly that thex belong into texmf/source/latex/base:

They have been added by Sebastian here. I think, he will fix this.

> IMHO, texmf/doc/latex/base should only include the following:
>  - *.txt (perhaps not even all of them)
>  - *.err 
>  - ltnews*.{tex,dvi}
>  - *guide.{tex,dvi}
>  - {small2e,sample2e}.tex (but also in tex/latex/base)
>  - *.dvi (for any other formatted source documentation)

Yes. The "rest" like 00readme.txt, Changelog, ... should go to
texmf/sources.

> The same applies for texmf/doc/latex/{graphics,tools}, except
> that graphics should also include .ps files, not only .dvi.

As for some few .dvis files that should be available as .ps, too
(like the graphics docs), there is a Makefile in texmf/doc as part
of teTeX. Maybe, Sebastian did not yet notice it... :-)

> > /teTeX/texmf/doc/latex/styles:
> [...]
> > here.doc
> > index.doc
> > ulem.doc
> 
> I believe these are old (pre-LaTeX2e) .doc (pre-.dtx) files 
> that should be LaTeXable somehow to produce DVI documentation.  
> They are not necessarily meant to be read in source form.

That was me. So, they should go into texmf/source/latex/misc, right?

> 
> > /teTeX/texmf/doc/latex/umlaute:
> > anleitung.dvi
> > umlaute.dvi
> 
> Might this is belong into texmf/doc/latex/german perhaps?  

Why not texmf/doc/german/umlaute ?

> > /teTeX/texmf/doc/programs:
> > dvipsk.dvi
> > info-stnd.dvi
> > info.dvi
> > kpathsea.dvi
> > makeinfo.dvi
> 
> Where's texinfo.dvi?  I guess that would be more interesting
> than makeinfo, info and info-stnd.

That should be added.

> > /teTeX/texmf/fonts/tfm:
> [...]
> > bitstrea
> > bitstream

I used only the fontname-2.0 directory names for directories. Maybe,
Sebastian still uses different names somewhere.

> > dctt2074.tfm
> > dctt2488.tfm
> > jknappen
> > monotype
> 
> Something must have been screwed up here!

Yes, has to be fixed...

> > /teTeX/texmf/fonts/tfm/public/mflogo:
> logobf10.tfm is missing!

I will add this one to teTeX, too.

> > /teTeX/texmf/tex/plain/misc:
> [...]
> > dcstdedt.tex
> 
> I don't think dcstdedt.tex makes much sense here.  It's just an utility

That was me. I will delete the file there for teTeX.

> > epsf.tex
> 
> There's already an "epsf.tex" in tex/generic/dvips, so I don't think

texmf/tex/plain/misc/epsf.tex comes from teTeX. If
tex/generic/dvips/epsf.tex is the same, texmf/tex/plain/misc/epsf.tex
should be removed.

> Which languages for hypenation tables will be configured into the
> distributed latex.fmt file on the CD?  Remember that this is something
> that users may well want to configure, so it would be a good idea to
> set up texmf.cnf, so that format files by default will also be searched 
> in the corresponding directory on disk, no just on the CD.

That is already done.

So, that have been my comments to Ulrik's feedback from the teTeX
point-of-view. I think, this feedback was very helpful for both
the TeX CD and my teTeX distribution :-) So, many thanks!

Thomas