1 .TH VIRTEX 1 "14 December 1993"
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3 .if t .ds TX \fRT\\h'-0.1667m'\\v'0.20v'E\\v'-0.20v'\\h'-0.125m'X\fP
5 .ie t .ds OX \fIT\v'+0.25m'E\v'-0.25m'X\fP for troff
6 .el .ds OX TeX for nroff
7 .\" the same but obliqued
8 .\" BX definition must follow TX so BX can use TX
9 .if t .ds BX \fRB\s-2IB\s0\fP\*(TX
11 .\" LX definition must follow TX so LX can use TX
12 .if t .ds LX \fRL\\h'-0.36m'\\v'-0.15v'\s-2A\s0\\h'-0.15m'\\v'0.15v'\fP\*(TX
14 .if t .ds AX \fRA\\h'-0.1667m'\\v'0.20v'M\\v'-0.20v'\\h'-0.125m'S\fP\*(TX
16 .if t .ds AY \fRA\\h'-0.1667m'\\v'0.20v'M\\v'-0.20v'\\h'-0.125m'S\fP\*(LX
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20 virtex \- virgin TeX for production typesetting
23 is a version of the \*(TX program that has no
24 preloaded macro packages, but is capable of
25 loading a special preformatted binary file, called
33 Preprocessing of large macro files and font
36 makes it possible to rapidly load complex
37 packages, like plain \*(TX, \*(AX, \*(AY, or \*(LX,
38 without the overhead of macro parsing and file
39 opening that would otherwise be experienced.
42 can be invoked directly, providing it with a name
43 of a format file specially prefixed by an
46 .I "virtex '&plain' filename"
48 This causes it to load the binary file named
50 from a directory in the standard TEXINPUTS search
51 path, and then load the text file
53 and process it. The quotes are needed to protect
54 the ampersand from Unix shell interpretation.
56 Because this need occurs frequently, Unix
58 provides a convenient shorthand. If it is invoked
59 under a name other than
63 it will behave as if it had been invoked as
65 and first load a file named
75 and others can all be file system links to
77 without requiring additional disk space.
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