[OS X TeX] TL-2007 missing .sty files

[Josep M. Font]

El 24/01/2007, a las 1:36, Gary L. Gray escribió:

>> 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.

This doesn't work for me. How should one typeset the file ? If I  
typeset it in TeXShop, with LaTeX, I get a warning in the .log window  
saying that \dump is only usable by INITEX. And no .fmt file is  
produced. Both with pdflatex and with dvips...

> 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.

It would be nice that it is so simple...

JMaF





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