Helmut Kopka's interpretation of the TDS

[Joachim Schrod]

>>>>> "ML" == Michel LAVAUD <lavaud@centre.univ-orleans.fr> writes:

ML> I think TDS is adapted to Unix and not adapted to PC because of
ML> (at least) two technical reasons, that are bound to each other:
ML> 1 - there is no equivalent of "ln" Unix command, neither in DOS,
ML> nor OS/2 nor Windows 95 nor Windows NT. Therefore, users can have
ML> several TDS hierarchies if they have several disks.

Why do you need links? Do you want to turn a well-structured file
system into a brush?

ML> 2 - Length allowed for environment variables is very short (127
ML> characters in DOS and DOS emulators of OS/2 and Windows95/NT). 

Why do you need long environment variables?
Does your TeX support no config files and no recursive searches?

	Joachim

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