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fmtutil.cnf(5)							       teTeX							    fmtutil.cnf(5)

NAME

       fmtutil.cnf - configuration file for fmtutil

DESCRIPTION

       The  fmtutil.cnf  file  contains  the  configuration information for fmtutil(8).  Each line contains the name of the format (e.g., ``tex'',
       ``latex'', ``omega''), the name of the engine that is used by that format (e.g., ``tex'', ``etex'', ``omega''),	the  pattern  file  (e.g.,
       language.dat, language.def), and any arguments (name of an .ini file).

       Fields are separated by whitespace and complete lines can be commented out with ``#''.  The ``pattern file'' field cannot be used to define
       a file that is used while building the format.  It tells fmtutil which files (separated by commas) the format creation procedure reads  and
       it  has	an  effect  to the options --showhyphen and --byhyphen.  If the format has no way to customize hyphenation, a ``-'' can be used to
       indicate this.

NOTES

       The tex(1) and amstex(1) formats always load hyphen.tex.  No customization by a pattern file is available for these formats. Therefore, the
       pattern-file field for the tex and amstex is usually indicated to be empty (``-'').

       You  can,  however,  build customized formats on top of plain tex(1) or amstex(1) by using bplain.tex instead of plain.tex (b for the Babel
       system). See, for example, the bplain.ini file for the bplain format).

       etex(1) loads language.def, not language.dat.

       Symbolic links to the correct engines (e.g., bplain -> tex) are generated by the texlinks(8) script.   Remember to run texlinks(8)  if  you
       run fmtutil(8) yourself, rather than using the FORMATS option in texconfig(8).

FILES

       fmtutil.cnf
	      default configuration file

       language.dat
	      hyphenation pattern file

       language.def
	      hyphenation pattern file

       language.dat.lua
	      hyphenation pattern file

SEE ALSO

       amstex(1), etex(1), fmtutil(8), tex(1), texconfig(8), texlinks(8).

       Web page: <http://tug.org/teTeX/>

BUGS

       None known, but report any bugs found to <tetex@dbs.uni-hannover.de> (mailing list).

AUTHOR

       fmtutil.cnf was written by Thomas Esser <te@dbs.uni-hannover.de>, and is Copyright 1998, 1999 but released into the public domain.

       This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly <c@eskimo.com>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.  It may be used by other distributions with-
       out contacting the author.  Any mistakes or omissions in the manual page are my fault; inquiries about or corrections to this  manual  page
       should be directed to me (and not to the primary author).

teTeX								   October 2000 						    fmtutil.cnf(5)

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NAME

       fmtutil - utility for maintaining TeX format files

       fmtutil-sys - utility for maintaining TeX format files system-wide

SYNOPSIS

       fmtutil [OPTION...]  COMMAND

       fmtutil-sys [OPTION...]	COMMAND

DESCRIPTION

       fmtutil is used to create or recreate format and hyphenation files or show information about format files.

       COMMAND is one of:

       --all  recreate all format files

       --byengine enginename
	      (re)create formats that depend on the engine enginename

       --byfmt formatname
	      (re)create the format for format formatname

       --byhyphen hyphenfile
	      (re)create formats that depend on the hyphenation file hyphenfile

       --catcfg
	      output the content of the config file

       --disablefmt formatname
	      disable formatname in config file

       --edit no-op in TeX Live

       --enablefmt formatname
	      ensable formatname in config file

       --help print a summary of commands and options

       --listcfg
	      list (enabled and disabled) configurations, filtered to available formats

       --missing
	      create all missing format files

       --refresh
	      recreate only existing format files

       --showhyphen formatname
	      print the name of the hyphenation file for the format formatname

       --version
	      show version info

OPTIONS

       --cnffile file
	      specify the configuration file fmtutil should use

       --dolinks
	      (not implemented, just for compatibility)

       --fmtdir directory
	      set the destination directory for format files generated by fmtutil to directory

       --force
	      (not implemented, just for compatibility)

       --no-engine-subdir
	      don't use engine-specific subdir of the fmtdir

       --no-error-if-no-format
	      exit successfully if no format is selected

       --quiet
	      be silent

       --test (not implemented, just for compatibility)

FILES

       fmtutil.cnf
	      default configuration file

SEE ALSO

       kpsewhich(1)

BUGS

       None known, but report any bugs found to <tex-k@tug.org> (mailing list).

AUTHOR

       fmtutil was written by Thomas Esser <te@dbs.uni-hannover.de> and is in the public domain.

       This  manual  page  was written by C.M. Connelly <c@eskimo.com>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system and later slightly adapted for the teTeX 3
       release.

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