[XeTeX] "I can't find the format file `xetex.fmt'!"

[Stephen Moye]

On Oct 8, 2005, at 7:31 PM, Peter Dyballa wrote:

>
> Am 09.10.2005 um 00:56 schrieb Stephen Moye:
>
>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>>
>
> Having updated.
>
>     sudo fmtutil-sys --cnffile /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/ 
> fmtutil.cnf --byfmt xetex
>     sudo fmtutil-sys --cnffile /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/ 
> fmtutil.cnf --byfmt xelatex
>
> made xetex and xelatex work for me again, system-wide.
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>   Pete
>
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Well, thank you very much indeed, though, in the words of Anna  
Russell, I'm "as befogged as before." It worked, of course, but what  
did I just do? It feels as if I just threw a pinch of eye-of-newt at  
the computer and everything was fine again. Illumination? 8>}

Also of interest is the fact that the XeTeX FontName/B thing did not  
work -- again -- and only clearing the font caches made the problem  
go away. I can't help it -- my eyes are beginning to cross...

SGM