Using LATEX 2.09
The old LATEX 2.09 system is no longer distributed with .
LATEX users should seriously consider switching to the new LATEX; it can
typeset LATEX 2.09 documents in ``compatibility'' mode. If you have the
old LATEX system from an earlier version of and you want to use
it alongside the new LATEX, then carry out these steps:
- Delete all log files for your existing LATEX documents so that
won't get the wrong format by looking in a log file.
- Edit the Default config file and insert
"New LaTeX"
and "Old LaTeX"
anywhere in the list of config files.
- Take the LaTeX sub-folder out of your old TeX-inputs folder,
rename it Old LaTeX and put it next to (not inside) the new
TeX-inputs folder.
If you want to store the Old LaTeX folder somewhere else,
or use a different name, then you'll have to change the appropriate path in the
Old LaTeX config file.
- Build OldLaTeX.fmt (no space in the file name!):
- Start up and select Old LaTeX from the Config menu.
- Run INITEX, type ``
lplain\dump
'' and hit Return.
- Save the format as OldLaTeX.fmt in the TeX-formats folder.
Before typesetting a LATEX 2.09 document you must remember to select
Old LaTeX from the Config menu, and before typesetting a new
LATEX document you must select New LaTeX.