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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 en-
gine 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 am-
stex 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 AT dbs.de> (mailing list).
AUTHOR
fmtutil.cnf was written by Thomas Esser <te AT dbs.de>, and is Copyright 1998,
1999 but released into the public domain.
This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly <c AT eskimo.com>, for the Debian GNU/Linux
system. It may be used by other distributions without contacting the author. Any mis-
takes 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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