From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MKyhu-0006jI-8c for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:02:26 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 441E3E04E6; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:02:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B0BF9E04E6 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:02:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 28 Jun 2009 18:02:23 -0000 Received: from p54850ADB.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO gmx.net) [84.133.10.219] by mail.gmx.net (mp042) with SMTP; 28 Jun 2009 20:02:23 +0200 X-Authenticated: #20088476 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18J9Os4Gj0JWOlQd9dOrk0amRm/aDCGIJP0J2+rNZ kA8seDY2xqm3jn Received: by gmx.net (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 Meino.Cramer@gmx.de; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:02:24 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:02:23 +0200 From: meino.cramer@gmx.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] plainTeX instead of LaTeX Message-ID: <20090628180223.GA30203@solfire> References: <20090628043058.GA5925@solfire> <4A472843.6030607@gmail.com> <20090628083045.GB5925@solfire> <20090628113506.GE5925@solfire> <4A47A99A.4070307@coolmail.se> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A47A99A.4070307@coolmail.se> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.53 X-Archives-Salt: 086abe5c-706f-4bb0-8870-c3f4312217a1 X-Archives-Hash: 873096caf60e982a3f3f7b19fac07d52 pk [09-06-28 19:37]: > meino.cramer@gmx.de 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 -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.