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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-formatstymy.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-formatstymy.html index 46463ed2b18..e2bfa9c2ecc 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-formatstymy.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-formatstymy.html @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ <head> <title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label formatstymy</title> </head><body> -<h3>“Fatal format file error; I’m stymied”</h3> -<p/>(La)TeX applications often fail with this error when you’ve been +<h3>“Fatal format file error; I’m stymied”</h3> +<p/>(La)TeX applications often fail with this error when you’ve been playing with the configuration, or have just installed a new version. <p/>The format file contains the macros that define the system you want to use: anything from the simplest (Plain TeX) all the way to the most @@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ issue, TeX knows which format you want. <pre> Fatal format file error; I'm stymied </pre> -means that TeX itself can’t understand the format you want. +means that TeX itself can’t understand the format you want. Obviously, this could happen if the format file had got corrupted, but -it usually doesn’t. The commonest cause of the message, is that a new +it usually doesn’t. The commonest cause of the message, is that a new binary has been installed in the system: no two TeX binaries on the same machine can -understand each other’s formats. So the new version of TeX you -have just installed, won’t understand the format generated by the one +understand each other’s formats. So the new version of TeX you +have just installed, won’t understand the format generated by the one you installed last year. <p/>Resolve the problem by regenerating the format; of course, this depends on which system you are using. @@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ depends on which system you are using. </pre> or <pre> - fmtutil --byfmt=<format name> + fmtutil --byfmt=<format name> </pre> to build only the format that you are interested in. -<li> On a MiKTeX system, click <code>Start</code>-> -<code>Programs</code>-> -<code>MiKTeX <em>version</em></code>-> +<li> On a MiKTeX system, click <code>Start</code>-> +<code>Programs</code>-> +<code>MiKTeX <em>version</em></code>-> <code>MiKTeX Options</code>, and in the options window, click <code>Update now</code>. </ul> |