TeX Directory Structure

Directory hierarchy in typesetting software

In typesetting software, TeX Directory Structure (TDS) is a directory hierarchy for macros, fonts, and the other implementation-independent TeX system files. The top-level directories are

Directory Description
tex TeX files (including LaTeX and other macro packages)
bibtex BibTeX files
doc user documentation
fonts font-related files
metafont METAFONT files
metapost MetaPost files
scripts platform-independent executables
source sources

TDS is used by several TeX distributions, including teTeX, TeX Live and MiKTeX.

See also

  • TeX Live
  • TeX
  • LaTeX
  • "Documentation" (PDF).
  • HTML documentation on the TeX users group site
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Macro packages
  • AMS-TeX
  • ArabTeX
  • CircuiTikZ
  • ConTeXt
  • LaTeX
  • MusiXTeX
  • Plain TeX
  • OpTeX
  • PSTricks
  • TikZ
  • TIPA
  • XyMTeX
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