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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/live.tex b/Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/live.tex index 07f81bee8eb..c20f2b3cc42 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/live.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/source/english/texlive-en/live.tex @@ -3182,7 +3182,7 @@ latex --translate-file=empty.tcx yourfile.tex \subsection{Present} \label{tlcurrent} -In 2006, the major new addition to \TL{} was the Xe\TeX{} program, +In 2006--2007, the major new addition to \TL{} was the Xe\TeX{} program, available as the \texttt{xetex} and \texttt{xelatex} programs; see \url{http://scripts.sil.org/xetex}. @@ -3190,6 +3190,14 @@ MetaPost also received a notable update, with more planned for the future (\url{http://tug.org/metapost/articles}), likewise pdf\TeX{} (\url{http://tug.org/applications/pdftex}) +The \TeX\ \filename{.fmt} (high-speed format) and the similar files for +MetaPost and \MF\ are now stored in subdirectories of \url{texmf/web2c}, +instead of in the directory itself (although the directory is still +searched, for the sake of existing \filename{.fmt}'s). The +subdirectories are named for the `engine' in use, such as \filename{tex} +or \filename{pdftex} or \filename{xetex}. This change should be +invisible in normal use. + The (plain) \texttt{tex} program no longer reads \texttt{\%\&} first lines to determine what format to run; it is the pure Knuthian \TeX. (\LaTeX\ and everything else do still read \texttt{\%\&} lines). |