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diff --git a/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/etex.1 b/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/etex.1 index dbecf3291ff..9326f10e9c8 100644 --- a/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/etex.1 +++ b/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/etex.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH ETEX 1 "7 January 2007" "pdftex 1.40" "Web2C 7.5.7" +.TH ETEX 1 "14 May 2010" "pdftex 1.40" "Web2C 2011/dev" .\"===================================================================== .if n .ds MF Metafont .if t .ds MF M\s-2ETAFONT\s0 @@ -19,19 +19,21 @@ .if n .ds AX AmSTeX .if t .ds AY \fRA\\h'-0.1667m'\\v'0.20v'M\\v'-0.20v'\\h'-0.125m'S\fP\*(LX .if n .ds AY AmSLaTeX +.if n .ds WB Web +.if t .ds WB W\s-2EB\s0 .\"===================================================================== .SH NAME -etex, einitex, evirtex \- extended TeX +etex \- extended (plain) TeX .SH SYNOPSIS .B etex .RI [ options ] -[\fB&\fR \fIformat\fR ] -[ \fIfile\fR | \fB\e\fR \fIcommands\fR ] +.RI [ \fB&\fPformat ] +.RI [ file | \fB\e\fPcommands ] .\"===================================================================== .SH DESCRIPTION Run the e-\*(TX typesetter on .IR file , -usually creating +by default creating .IR file.dvi . If the file argument has no extension, ".tex" will be appended to it. Instead of a filename, a set of e-\*(TX commands can be given, the first @@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ With a .BI & format argument e-\*(TX uses a different set of precompiled commands, contained in -.IR format.fmt ; +.IR format\fB.fmt\fP ; it is usually better to use the .B -fmt .I format @@ -61,30 +63,7 @@ several new primitives are added that facilitate (among other things) bidirectional typesetting. .PP An extended mode format is generated by prefixing the name of the -source file for the format with an asterisk (*). Such formats are -often prefixed with an `e', hence -.B etex -as the extended version of -.B tex -and -.B elatex -as the extended version of -.BR latex . -However, -.B eplain -is an exception to this rule. -.PP -The -.B einitex -and -.B evirtex -commands are e-\*(TX's analogues to the -.B initex -and -.B virtex -commands. In this installation, they are symbolic links to the -.B etex -executable. These symbolic links may not exist at all. +source file for the format with an asterisk (*). .PP e-\*(TX's handling of its command-line arguments is similar to that of the other \*(TX programs in the @@ -223,7 +202,8 @@ for the file comment instead of the date. .TP .BI -output-directory \ directory -.rb Write output files in +.rb +Write output files in .I directory instead of the current directory. Look up input files in .I directory @@ -324,7 +304,7 @@ expanded, not taken as part of the filename. Other programs, such as \*(MF, do not have this problem. .PP .TP -TEXMFOUTPUT +.B TEXMFOUTPUT Normally, e-\*(TX puts its output files in the current directory. If any output file cannot be opened there, it tries to open it in the directory specified in the environment variable TEXMFOUTPUT. @@ -337,35 +317,38 @@ e-\*(TX attempts to create .I /tmp/paper.log (and .IR /tmp/paper.dvi , -if any output is produced.) +if any output is produced.) TEXMFOUTPUT is also checked for input +files, as \*(TX often generates files that need to be subsequently +read; for input, no suffixes (such as ``.tex'') are added by default, +the input name is simply checked as given. .TP -TEXINPUTS +.B TEXINPUTS Search path for .I \einput and .I \eopenin files. -This should probably start with ``.'', so +This should start with ``.'', so that user files are found before system files. An empty path component will be replaced with the paths defined in the .I texmf.cnf -file. For example, set TEXINPUTS to ".:/home/usr/tex:" to prepend the +file. For example, set TEXINPUTS to ".:/home/user/tex:" to prepend the current direcory and ``/home/user/tex'' to the standard search path. .TP -TEXFORMATS +.B TEXFORMATS Search path for format files. .TP -TEXPOOL +.B TEXPOOL search path for .B etex internal strings. .TP -TEXEDIT +.B TEXEDIT Command template for switching to editor. The default, usually .BR vi , is set when e-\*(TX is compiled. .TP -TFMFONTS +.B TFMFONTS Search path for font metric .RI ( .tfm ) files. @@ -420,7 +403,8 @@ file will be invalid. .BR mf (1). .\"===================================================================== .SH AUTHORS -e-\*(TX was developed by Peter Breitenlohner (and the NTS team). +e-\*(TX was developed by Peter Breitenlohner and the NTS team; Peter +later continued its development outside of the team. .PP \*(TX was designed by Donald E. Knuth, who implemented it using his \*(WB system for Pascal programs. |