pk <[email protected]> [09-06-28 19:37]:
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> > /home/mccramer>virtex texfile.tex
> > This is TeXk, Version 3.1415926 (Web2C 7.5.7)
> > %&-line parsing enabled.
> >
> > kpathsea: Running mktexfmt plain.fmt
> > I can't find the format file `plain.fmt'!
> >
> >
> > /home/mccramer>locate plainfmt.tex
>
> Go to http://www.tug.org/texinfohtml/web2c.html
> Search for 'plain.fmt'... It seems like this could be solved by making a
> symbolic link from 'tex.fmt' (as suggested elsewhere). Haven't tried
> this myself so no guarantees...
>
> MfG
>
> Peter K
...and dont forget to do a
ls -R . > ls-R
in the according root directory, from where are all
*.fmt are installed, otherwise kpathsea will fail to find the file.
But what was the idea behind "tex" to behave like compiling/texing
for /LaTeX/ instead of plain TeX? This is the first time, when I
have to call virtex to compile/tex for plain tex format...
Even the manpages say:
This version of TeX looks at its command line to see what name it
was called under. If they exist, then both initex and virtex are
symbolic links to the tex executable. When called as initex (or
when the -ini option is given) it can be used to precompile macros
into a .fmt file. When called as virtex it will use the plain
format. When called under any other name, TeX will use that name
as the name of the format to use. i
(But:)
For example, when called as tex the tex format is used, which
is identical to the plain format. The commands defined by
the plain format are documented in The TeX for nroffbook.
Other formats that are often available include latex and
amstex.
So, there seems something non-standard or my installation git rotten
regarding this...
Normally initex is used to create *.fmt files. And virtex (from virgin
tex) is the one which does it works without any tex format -- the
way to write in "TeX assembler" so to say...
Myterious the world we live in, mysterious the way we go...
Slightly confused,
Meino Cramer
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