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From: "Arttu V." <arttuv69@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] plainTeX instead of LaTeX
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:48:08
Message-Id: fecdbac60906280448q6ed1b09bo2b477359a0e2cd6@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] plainTeX instead of LaTeX by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On 6/28/09, meino.cramer@×××.de <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote:
2 > Arttu V. <arttuv69@×××××.com> [09-06-28 13:27]:
3 >> man tex
4 >>
5 >> "When called as virtex it will use the plain format."
6 >>
7 >> Not sure if this is what is called "plainTeX", I've only used LaTeX.
8 >
9 > Yes, it is...
10 > tetex leaves the names of the executables untouched...
11 >
12 > Ok, here is what I got:
13 >
14 > /home/mccramer>virtex texfile.tex
15 > This is TeXk, Version 3.1415926 (Web2C 7.5.7)
16 > %&-line parsing enabled.
17 >
18 > kpathsea: Running mktexfmt plain.fmt
19 > I can't find the format file `plain.fmt'!
20
21 Could they be hidden in the USE=""extra" as Debian seems to have
22 something similar sounding in such a package:
23
24 http://packages.debian.org/fi/lenny/texlive-formats-extra
25
26 "texsis -- Plain TeX macros for Physicists."
27
28 Unfortunately I have USE="-extra" as they caused some trouble on
29 Gentoo and I didn't really need them at that moment.
30
31 --
32 Arttu V.

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