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NAME
       fmtutil.cnf - configuration file for fmtutil


DESCRIPTION
       The  fmtutil.cnf  file contains the configuration informa-
       tion for fmtutil(l).  Each line contains the name  of  the
       format  (e.g., ``tex'', ``latex'', ``omega''), the name of
       the engine that uses that format (e.g., ``tex'', ``etex'',
       ``omega''),  the  pattern  file  (e.g., language.dat, lan-
       guage.def), and any arguments (name of an .ini file).

       Fields are separated by whitespace.  A ``-'' can  be  used
       to  indicate an empty field (only used in practice for the
       pattern-file field for the tex and amstex  formats,  which
       cannot be customized in this way.).  Line can be commented
       out with ``#''.


NOTES
       The tex(x) and amstex(x) formats load hyphen.tex.  No cus-
       tomization is available for these formats.

       You can, however, build customized formats on top of plain
       tex(x)  or  amstex(x)  by  using  bplain.tex  instead   of
       plain.tex  (see,  for example, the bplain.ini file for the
       bplain format).

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

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


FILES
       fmtutil.cnf
              default configuration file

       language.dat
              hyphenation pattern file

       language.def
              hyphenation pattern file


SEE ALSO
       amstex(x),   etex(x),  fmtutil(l),  tex(x),  texconfig(g),
       texlinks(s).

       Web page: <http://tug.cs.umb.edu/tetex/>


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


AUTHOR
       fmtutil.cnf   was   written  by  Thomas  Esser  <te@infor-
       matik.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  without 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).



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