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IIIINNNNIIIITTTTEEEEXXXX((((1111)))) UUUUNNNNIIIIXXXX SSSSyyyysssstttteeeemmmm VVVV ((((22227777 DDDDeeeecccceeeemmmmbbbbeeeerrrr 1111999999992222)))) IIIINNNNIIIITTTTEEEEXXXX((((1111))))
NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
initex - initial TeX for making format (.fmt) files
DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
iiiinnnniiiitttteeeexxxx is a special version of the TeX program that has no
preloaded macro packages, but is capable of converting a
macro package into a special preformatted binary file,
called a _f_o_r_m_a_t (._f_m_t) file. That format file can
subsequently be read at high speed by vvvviiiirrrrtttteeeexxxx.
Major macro packages may require TeX to process many
thousands of lines of macros, and open and read scores of
font files, all of which would contribute to a sizable
startup overhead if the job had to be done every time TeX
was run. iiiinnnniiiitttteeeexxxx allows TeX to do the job once, and then
save the results in a binary format file that can be later
loaded more rapidly by vvvviiiirrrrtttteeeexxxx.
iiiinnnniiiitttteeeexxxx is normally required only at the time TeX is
installed, or whenever major macro packages are updated.
Thus, it will be rare for anyone but system installers to
invoke it. Nevertheless, it is just a normal program
without special privileges, so ordinary users can use it to
prepare a private format file.
Here is how you can ask iiiinnnniiiitttteeeexxxx to prepare format files for
several major packages:
For plain tttteeeexxxx:
_i_n_i_t_e_x '_p_l_a_i_n \_d_u_m_p'
_m_v _p_l_a_i_n._f_m_t _t_e_x._f_m_t
The single quotes are necessary to protect the
backslash from interpretation as a Unix shell escape
character.
For aaaammmmsssstttteeeexxxx:
_i_n_i_t_e_x '&_t_e_x _a_m_s_t_e_x \_d_u_m_p'
The single quotes around the first argument protect the
ampersand from interpretation as a Unix shell
background request.
For eeeetttteeeexxxx:
_i_n_i_t_e_x '&_t_e_x _e_p_l_a_i_n \_d_u_m_p'
_m_v _e_p_l_a_i_n._f_m_t _e_t_e_x._f_m_t
For llllaaaammmmsssstttteeeexxxx:
_i_n_i_t_e_x '&_t_e_x _a_m_s_t_e_x_l \_i_n_p_u_t _l_a_m_s_t_e_x \_d_u_m_p'
_m_v _a_m_s_t_e_x_l._f_m_t _l_a_m_s_t_e_x._f_m_t
For llllaaaatttteeeexxxx:
_i_n_i_t_e_x '_l_p_l_a_i_n \_d_u_m_p'
_m_v _l_p_l_a_i_n._f_m_t _l_a_t_e_x._f_m_t
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IIIINNNNIIIITTTTEEEEXXXX((((1111)))) UUUUNNNNIIIIXXXX SSSSyyyysssstttteeeemmmm VVVV ((((22227777 DDDDeeeecccceeeemmmmbbbbeeeerrrr 1111999999992222)))) IIIINNNNIIIITTTTEEEEXXXX((((1111))))
For sssslllliiiitttteeeexxxx:
_i_n_i_t_e_x '_s_p_l_a_i_n \_d_u_m_p'
_m_v _s_p_l_a_i_n._f_m_t _s_l_i_t_e_x._f_m_t
For tttteeeexxxxiiiinnnnffffoooo:
_i_n_i_t_e_x '&_t_e_x _t_e_x_i_n_f_o @_d_u_m_p'
The last argument is different from the previous
examples because tttteeeexxxxiiiinnnnffffoooo redefines the TeX escape
character from backslash to at-sign. As for aaaammmmsssstttteeeexxxx,
the file _t_e_x._f_m_t must already be available.
Note that several of these require that the format file for
plain TeX be available, since the first argument word &_t_e_x
asks for the loading of the file _t_e_x._f_m_t.
It does not matter whether the command-line arguments are
passed as a single argument, or as separate arguments, since
TeX reconstructs the command line anyway.
SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
aaaammmmssssllllaaaatttteeeexxxx(1), aaaammmmsssstttteeeexxxx(1), llllaaaammmmsssstttteeeexxxx(1), llllaaaatttteeeexxxx(1), sssslllliiiitttteeeexxxx(1),
tttteeeexxxx(1), vvvviiiirrrrtttteeeexxxx(1).
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