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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2020-02-16 17:57:32 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2020-02-16 17:57:32 +0000
commitd4f125ea688689bc06d86ee3fb6a05abac0c64c0 (patch)
tree556c0cdc7499af8540a3543a70072ba0207423cb /Master/texmf-dist/web2c
parent01f4e7ca124b215649172d89a2d85d4ec50a3948 (diff)
optex[.fmt] executable
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@53804 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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-rw-r--r--Master/texmf-dist/web2c/fmtutil-hdr.cnf30
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/web2c/fmtutil-hdr.cnf b/Master/texmf-dist/web2c/fmtutil-hdr.cnf
index ba5d62b5467..75ae954a864 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/web2c/fmtutil-hdr.cnf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/web2c/fmtutil-hdr.cnf
@@ -1,26 +1,28 @@
# $Id$
# Originally written by Thomas Esser, 1998. Public domain.
#
-# As of TeX Live 2015, fmtutil reads *all* fmtutil.cnf files found.
-# Consequently, any manual edits of this file (fmtutil.cnf in the
-# TEXMFDIST tree) will be lost on update. So don't do that.
-#
-# For guidance on how to achieve local configurations, see the man
+# For guidance on how to support local formats, see the man
# page of fmtutil, or the output of fmtutil --help.
+#
+# any manual edits of this file (fmtutil.cnf in the TEXMFDIST tree) will
+# be lost on update. So don't do that.
#
# The format of the table is:
#
# format engine pattern-file arguments
+# Either spaces or tabs can be used as separators.
#
-# The last "argument" must be the name of the file on which to run
-# the ini-engine (such as initex). If the ini-engine is e-TeX, and the
-# e-TeX extensions should be enabled, the filename must be prefixed with
-# a * character; this is essentially equivalent to the -etex option.
+# The last "argument" must be the name of the file on which to run the
+# engine (e.g., initex). If the ini-engine is e-TeX (or compatible), and
+# the e-TeX extensions need to be enabled explicitly, the filename must
+# be prefixed with a * character; this is essentially equivalent to the
+# -etex option. (So don't use it if the engine doesn't support -etex.)
#
-# fmtutil always passes the -ini option to the engine.
+# The purpose of the pattern-file is to support fmtutil's --byhyphen
+# option. It is not included in the command line to rebuild the format.
# If no pattern-file is desired, use -.
-# Either spaces or tabs can be used as separators.
-#
+# fmtutil always passes the -ini option to the engine.
+#
# Other notes:
# 1) tex and amstex just load hyphen.tex. No customization.
# You can have your own customized (via babel's hyphen.cfg)
@@ -34,4 +36,6 @@
#
# 4) usual comments start with "# ", whereas disabled configurations
# start with "#! " in this file.
-
+#
+# 5) The entries in the main TeX Live fmtutil.cnf are created from the
+# AddFormat directives in (ultimately) the *.tlpsrc files. Don't edit here.