Re: texconfig runs

[Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <antkaij@cc.jyu.fi>]

On Sun, Oct 04, 1998 at 06:47:46PM -0400, Adam P. Harris wrote:
> It runs (it's own copy of) 'texconfig init' rather than just
> generating .fmt's for what it is installing (jadetex and
> pdfjadetex).

Solution: instead of 'texconfig init', do 'fmtutil --byfmt
formatname', where in jadetex's case formatname is one of jadetex and
pdfjadetex.  Other solutions may be possible, for example, by creating
a custom fmtutil conffile and using it with 'fmtutil --cnffile
/path/to/my-conf --all'.

> since my concept of the true function of texconfig is a little clear,

texconfig is an interface, a wrapper around the real tools.  For
example, 'texconfig init' is equivalent to 'fmtutil --all'.  OTOH
fmtutil is a wrapper too; a Real TeX Guru(tm) would use initex and
pdfinitex directly :-)



        Antti-Juhani
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