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Diffstat (limited to 'Master/texmf-dist/web2c')
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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. |