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Documentation

Most packages come with some form of documentation: user manuals, example files, programming guides, etc. In addition, many independent files not part of a macro or other package describe various aspects of the TeX system.

The TDS specifies that these additional documentation files shall be stored in a structure that parallels to some extent the `fonts' and `tex' directories, as follows:

texmf/doc/category/...

`category' identifies the general topic of documentation that resides below it; for example, a TeX format name (`latex'), program name (`bibtex', `tex'), language (`french', `german'), or other system components (`web', `fonts').

The TDS reserves the following categories:

The `doc' directory is intended for implementation-independent and operating system-independent documentation files. Implementation-dependent files shall be stored elsewhere, as provided for by the implementation and/or TeX administrator (for example, VMS help files under `texmf/vms/help').

The documentation directories may contain TeX sources, DVI files, PostScript files, text files, example input files, or any other useful documentation format(s).

See Section section Documentation tree summary for a summary.


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