Typesets a selected input file using the current format
(or the format in the corresponding log file if ``Use Format in Log''
is ticked; see below for more about this item).
The window acts like a terminal during a TEX session.
One of the nicest things about TEX is that it behaves the same way
on a large range of different computer systems.
Virtually everything you read in The TEXbook will apply to the version
of TEX run by (and the same goes for Leslie Lamport's LATEX book
if you use that format).
Only a few special features have been added in :
- Most of TEX's capacity parameters are set at run-time in
a configuration file rather than at compile-time.
If you get a ``TEX capacity exceeded'' error then
you should be able to overcome the problem by increasing the appropriate
parameter (see page
).
- TEX can be told to look in more than one folder when searching for
an input file or TFM file (by setting the appropriate config file parameters).
- You can interrupt a TEX session at any time by typing
Command-C or Command-Dot.
Depending on what it is currently doing, TEX usually responds immediately
with a suitable message and the ``
?
'' prompt.
If you hit Command-C or Command-Dot at this stage
(or whenever the block cursor is visible) then TEX will immediately abort.
- TEX will continue typesetting in the background if you switch to another
application.