texlinks(8) teTeX texlinks(8)NAME
texlinks - maintain symbolic links from format to engine
SYNOPSIS
texlinks [ OPTIONS... ] DIRECTORIES...
DESCRIPTION
texlinks is used to create or recreate symbolic links from formats to engines according to the information in fmtutil.cnf or a file speci-
fied with --cnffile.
DIRECTORIES is an optional list of directories in which to operate. If no directories are specified the list of directories depends on the
--multiplatform option.
OPTIONS --cnffile FILE or -f FILE
use file as configuration file (default: fmtutil.cnf)
--help or -h
show some help text
--multiplatform or -m
operate in all platform-specific directories (default: operate only in the directory for this platform)
--silent or -s
silently skip over existing scripts/binaries instead of printing a warning
--unlink or -u
Unlink previously created symlinks
--verbose or -v
+set verbose mode on (default: off)
FILES
fmtutil.cnf
default configuration file
SEE ALSO fmtutil(1), fmtutil.cnf(5)
Web page: <http://tug.org/teTeX/>
BUGS
None known, but report any bugs found to <tex-k@tug.org> (mailing list).
AUTHOR
texlinks was written by Thomas Esser <te@dbs.uni-hannover.de> in 1999. texlinks has been 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 November 2007 texlinks(8)
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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)