Philip Taylor writes: > If there are only TFM files in the tree, then VMS will be as efficient > as any other system in locating a particular file; if the tree has it depends how well it caches, actually. does the search speed up after one traversal? > this area for which I was seeking clarification: is TDS defined in > such a way that there is a TFM tree, a TEX/LaTeX tree, and so on, um, have you _read_ your copy of the TDS? yes, the tds says you will see fonts/tfm/<supplier>/<family>/<name> tex/<format>/<package>/<file> seems straightforward enough where there is a problem is if you search tex/.... instead of tex/<format>/... possibly. sebastian