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

[Herbert Schulz]

On Oct 5, 2007, at 9:36 AM, Gary L. Gray wrote:

>
> 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
>

Howdy,

I assume that is for compiling old files from before AMSTeX was a  
series of classes and packages that run under LaTeX. New files  
shouldn't be using the old formats that were built on Plain.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)



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