This is what Thomas said about initex as a symlink. So this just about does it.
Julian ----- Forwarded message from Thomas Esser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:44:57 +0100 From: Thomas Esser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Removal of initex? To: Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: teTeX forum <tetex@dbs.uni-hannover.de> > Just a quick question: why is the initex symlink no longer installed? To get the format right regarding search paths and array sizes, the right --progname has to be used. And, even more, the format must be build with the same engine that runs it (example: a "tex" based initex will generate an unusable "latex" format, since latex is run with the pdfetex engine). So by removing "initex", we have removed a common source of problems. People using a tetex based system should use fmtutil for all format creations to avoid common problems. > Unlike virtex, it is described several times in The TeXbook, so is a > well-known interface, whereas tex -ini is far less so. Any chance of > reviving this (and the other *ini*) symlinks? The initex stuff is marked as system dependent as far as I know. For the reasons given above, I don't think that web2c or teTeX will revert the symbolic links for initex. Thomas ----- End forwarded message ----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
