[OS X TeX] TeX-Live (Mac version) question

Gary L. Gray gray at engr.psu.edu
Fri Oct 5 16:36:44 CEST 2007


On Oct 5, 2007, at 10:31 AM, Bruno Voisin wrote:

> Le 5 oct. 07 à 16:19, Gary L. Gray a écrit :
>
>>
>> On Oct 5, 2007, at 9:50 AM, Bruno Voisin wrote:
>>
>>> Normally I think MacTeX does include AMS-TeX. At least in my case  
>>> it does: there are amstex binaries inside
>>>
>>> /usr/local/texlive/2007/bin/
>>>
>>> the amstex format inside
>>>
>>> /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var/web2c/pdftex/
>>>
>>> and associated input files inside
>>>
>>> /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/amstex/
>>
>>
>> I could be wrong, but I think she actually wants a *format*, not  
>> just the style or class file. With that said, machines are so fast  
>> these days that I have never seen much of an advantage of building  
>> a format file.
>
> Hi Gary,
>
> I think the format is indeed there:
>
> $ kpsewhich amstex.fmt
> /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var/web2c/pdftex/amstex.fmt
>
> Or did I misunderstand something?


Oh! You are quite right. I really should read more carefully. Sorry. :-|

To quote Emily Litella ... "Never mind."

All the best,
   Gary


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