[XeTeX] Making a .fmt file using XeTeX

[Stephen Moye]

On Thursday, February 17, 2005, at 11:11AM, Stephen Moye <stephenmoye at mac.com> wrote:

>I think I have most of the bits and pieces in place to do this (famous last words). Are there XeTeX-specific points to watch for? Where to the finished .xfmt files go? Is texhash necessary? Can the new formats be referrenced with TeXShop engine, and, if so, how?
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Well, I spoke too soon.

I began with this:

% sudo xetex -ini "&xetex" dumptest.tex

and ended up with dumptest.xfmt

which I:

% cp dumptest.xfmt /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/

and finally did texhash.

Kpsewhich now reports:

13:30 OSX /<5>web2c% kpsewhich *.xfmt
./dumptest.xfmt
./xelatex.xfmt
./xetex.xfmt
13:30 OSX /<5>web2c%

But it doesn't work, at least I have not been able to get it to work. Any thoughts?

Puzzled in Providence.

Stephen Moye