[OS X TeX] More basic questions

[Martin Stokhof]

On Jan 31, 2005, at 11:07, cormullion wrote:

> Thanks very much to everyone - some light is now visible at the other 
> end of the tunnel.
>
> I suspect that the basic i-install doesn’t include much documentation, 
> since the folder /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/doc/ doesn’t 
> exist. There are a few PDF’s sprinkled around in 
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/, though. I’ll also continue to rely on Google 
> - the site tex.loria.fr looks  pretty useful for documentation.
>

Are you also aware of texdoc command in the Terminal? Just type 'texdoc 
x' (without the quotes and x the name of some package), and if the 
teTeX install contains any documentation for the package, it will open 
it for you (usually in Preview). Very nifty feature.

Hth,
Martin Stokhof

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