NAME¶
fmtutil.cnf - configuration file for fmtutil
DESCRIPTION¶
The
fmtutil.cnf file contains the configuration information for
fmtutil(8). Each line contains the name of the format (e.g.,
``tex´´, ``latex´´, ``omega´´), the name of the
engine that is used by that format (e.g., ``tex´´,
``etex´´, ``omega´´), the pattern file (e.g.,
language.dat,
language.def), and any arguments (name of an
.ini file).
Fields are separated by whitespace and complete lines can be commented out with
``#´´. The ``pattern file´´ field cannot be used to define
a file that is used while building the format. It tells
fmtutil which
files (separated by commas) the format creation procedure reads and it has an
effect to the options
--showhyphen and
--byhyphen. If the format
has no way to customize hyphenation, a ``-´´ can be used to indicate
this.
NOTES¶
The
tex(1) and
amstex(1) formats always load
hyphen.tex. No
customization by a pattern file is available for these formats. Therefore, the
pattern-file field for the
tex and
amstex is usually indicated
to be empty (``-´´).
You can, however, build customized formats on top of plain
tex(1) or
amstex(1) by using
bplain.tex instead of
plain.tex (b for
the
Babel system). See, for example, the
bplain.ini file for the
bplain format).
etex(1) loads
language.def, not
language.dat.
Symbolic links to the correct engines (e.g., bplain -> tex) are generated by
the
texlinks(8) script. Remember to run
texlinks(8) if you run
fmtutil(8) yourself, rather than using the FORMATS option in
texconfig(8).
FILES¶
- fmtutil.cnf
- default configuration file
- language.dat
- hyphenation pattern file
- language.def
- hyphenation pattern file
- language.dat.lua
- hyphenation pattern file
SEE ALSO¶
amstex(1),
etex(1),
fmtutil(8),
tex(1),
texconfig(8),
texlinks(8).
Web page: <
http://tug.org/teTeX/>
BUGS¶
None known, but report any bugs found to <tetex@dbs.uni-hannover.de>
(mailing list).
AUTHOR¶
fmtutil.cnf was written by Thomas Esser <te@dbs.uni-hannover.de>,
and is Copyright 1998, 1999 but released into the public domain.
This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly <c@eskimo.com>, for the
Debian GNU/Linux system. It may be used by other distributions without
contacting the author. Any mistakes or omissions in the manual page are my
fault; inquiries about or corrections to this manual page should be directed
to me (and not to the primary author).