1 .TH "fmtutil\&.cnf" "5" "October 2000" "teTeX" "teTeX"
4 fmtutil\&.cnf \- configuration file for fmtutil
8 The \fIfmtutil\&.cnf\fP file contains the configuration information
9 for \fBfmtutil\fP(8)\&. Each line contains the name of the format
10 (e\&.g\&., ``tex\'\', ``latex\'\', ``omega\'\'), the name of the engine that
11 is used by that format (e\&.g\&., ``tex\'\', ``etex\'\', ``omega\'\'), the pattern
12 file (e\&.g\&., \fIlanguage\&.dat\fP, \fIlanguage\&.def\fP), and any
13 arguments (name of an \fI\&.ini\fP file)\&.
15 Fields are separated by whitespace\& and complete lines can be commented
16 out with ``#\'\'\&. The ``pattern file\'\' field cannot be used to
17 define a file that is used while building the format\&.
18 It tells \fBfmtutil\fP which files (separated by commas) the
19 format creation procedure reads\& and it has an effect to the options
20 \fI--showhyphen\fP and \fI--byhyphen\fP\&.
21 If the format has no way to
22 customize hyphenation, a ``-\'\' can be used to indicate this\&.
26 The \fBtex\fP(1) and \fBamstex\fP(1) formats always load
27 \fIhyphen\&.tex\fP\&. No customization by a pattern file is available
28 for these formats\&. Therefore, the pattern-file field for the
29 \fBtex\fP and \fBamstex\fP is usually indicated to be empty (``-\'\')\&.
31 You can, however, build customized formats on top of plain
32 \fBtex\fP(1) or \fBamstex\fP(1) by using \fIbplain\&.tex\fP instead of
33 \fIplain\&.tex\fP (b for the \fIBabel\fP system). See, for example,
34 the \fIbplain\&.ini\fP file for the bplain format)\&.
36 \fBetex\fP(1) loads \fIlanguage\&.def\fP, not
37 \fIlanguage\&.dat\fP\&.
39 Symbolic links to the correct engines (e\&.g\&., bplain -> tex)
40 are generated by the \fBtexlinks\fP(8) script\&. Remember to run
41 \fBtexlinks\fP(8) if you run \fBfmtutil\fP(8) yourself, rather
42 than using the FORMATS option in \fBtexconfig\fP(8)\&.
46 .IP "\fIfmtutil\&.cnf\fP"
47 default configuration file
48 .IP "\fIlanguage\&.dat\fP"
49 hyphenation pattern file
50 .IP "\fIlanguage\&.def\fP"
51 hyphenation pattern file
52 .IP "\fIlanguage\&.dat.lua\fP"
53 hyphenation pattern file
57 \fBamstex\fP(1), \fBetex\fP(1), \fBfmtutil\fP(8),
58 \fBtex\fP(1), \fBtexconfig\fP(8), \fBtexlinks\fP(8)\&.
60 Web page: <http://tug\&.org/teTeX/>
64 None known, but report any bugs found to <tetex@dbs\&.uni-hannover\&.de> (mailing list)\&.
68 \fIfmtutil\&.cnf\fP was written by Thomas Esser
69 <te@dbs\&.uni-hannover\&.de>, and is Copyright 1998,
70 1999 but released into the public domain\&.
72 This manual page was written by C\&.M\&. Connelly
74 the Debian GNU/Linux system\&. It may be used by other distributions
75 without contacting the author\&. Any mistakes or omissions in the
76 manual page are my fault; inquiries about or corrections to this
77 manual page should be directed to me (and not to the primary author)\&.