[pdftex] \pdfmapfile while creating a format file (MiKTeX pdfTex 1.20a)

[Christian Schenk]

Hi,

I have a question relating to \pdfmapfile and format file creation
(MiKTeX pdfTeX 1.20a-rc4).

Should it be possible to use the \pdfmapfile directive while creating a
pdflatex format file? In other words, is the following practicable:

pdftex -ini mypdftex.tex

with mypdftex.tex:

\scrollmode
\pdfoutput=1
\catcode`{=1
\catcode`}=2
\pdfmapfile{abc}
\input latex.ltx

Currently (MiKTeX 1.20a-rc4), the mapfile info doesn't make it into the
format file, i.e., \pdfmapfile has no effect here. Is this a MiKTeX specific
bug? Or is it by design, that we cannot compile map file info into the
format file?



-Christian