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Re: Debian Bug#338046: whizzytex: einitex unavailable from tetex and no longer functions.



On 12.11.05 Junichi Uekawa (dancer@netfort.gr.jp) wrote:

Hi all,

> anyway, the following changes will be applied to Debian whizzytex default
> configuration to work around the problem.
> 
> --- whizzytexrc	24 Mar 2005 23:19:26 -0000	1.4
> +++ whizzytexrc	12 Nov 2005 03:42:20 -0000
> @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
>  # This pair specifies advi. Specify a lower level value for any other viewer
>  VIEWCOMMAND="advi -html Start-Document"
>  LEVEL=2
> -INITEX=einitex
> +INITEX="pdfetex -ini "
>  LATEX=latex
>  FORMAT=latex
> -FMT=efmt
> +FMT=fmt
>  BIBTEX=bibtex
> cvs server: Diffing patches
> 
I guess a much better idea is to use the interface provide by fmtutil
if you need additional formats. In the "Debian TeX policy" (from
tex-common) we mention that. In the Version as of 18th of July it is
not written clearly how to use it. This needs work, if not done yet.
I'll have a look at that.


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