[OS X TeX] TL-2007 missing .sty files
Roussanka Loukanova
rloukano at stp.lingfil.uu.se
Wed Jan 24 02:11:23 CET 2007
On Tue, 23 Jan 2007, Gary L. Gray wrote:
>
> On Jan 23, 2007, at 2:31 AM, Axel E. Retif wrote:
>
>> On Jan 23, 2007, at 00:26, Gary L. Gray wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 23, 2007, at 12:22 AM, Axel E. Retif wrote:
>>>
>>>>> ~/Library/texmf/bibtex
>>>>> doc
>>>>> dvips
>>>>> fonts
>>>>> tex
>>>>
>>>> and within the tex directory a subdirectory `` latex '', where you can
>>>> put your manually installed *.sty files.
>>>>
>>>>> web2c
>>>>
>>>> You have the ---at least by me--- dreaded web2c directory! May I ask you
>>>> what do you have in there?
>>>
>>>
>>> A format I use for a large manuscript.
>>
>> That explains it. I'm far from been able to create a format file myself.
>
> I bet you can do it. :-)
>
> Just create a .tex file that you want to contain much of your preamble. For
> example:
>
> \documentclass[11pt]{article}
> \usepackage{...}
> \input{...}
> \dump
>
> would create a format using article with as many packages and inputted files
> as you can list. The \dump command "dumps" the format to the current
> directory when the .tex file is typeset. If the .tex file was named
> books.tex, then the format file will be books.fmt. Move that .fmt file to the
> web2c directory mentioned above and then you can typeset a document with this
> format (with TeXShop) by putting:
>
> %!TEX TS-program = books
>
> at the top of the file you are typesetting.
>
> I hope this helps.
Yes, it is very clear and attractive for using. can one put definitions
like \newcommand{...}{...}?
Roussanka
>
> All the best,
> Gary
>
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