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- From: afm@trillian.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de (Andreas Mueller)
- Subject: Re: How to get AmS-TeX working (NS 3.0)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.150826.6158@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
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- References: <1992Nov9.225347.18699@lsa.umich.edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 15:08:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov9.225347.18699@lsa.umich.edu>
- kickaha@siddhartha.math.lsa.umich.edu (Brian K. Boonstra) writes:
- > 1) After using
- > initex \&tex amstex.tex
- > to process my copy of the (version 2.1) macro package, I use the \dump
- command to
- > create the .fmt preloaded macro file. But when I try to USE that macro
- file, I get
- > this:
- >
- > (Nov 09 5:26pm) /kickaha/tex -> tex \&amstex
- > This is CTeX, NeXT Version 3.141
- > (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
- > (Nov 09 5:27pm) /kickaha/tex ->
- This error message usually means that the initex used to create
- the format is not compatible with the virtex used to run
- it. So if You upgrade your virtex, don't forget to upgrade
- your initex also.
- Hope this helps.
- Andreas
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