%%% %%% mylatex.ltx %%% %%% Use this file to make a format based on the preamble of the %%% LaTeX file abc.tex %%% %%% Use initex as follows: %%% %%% initex &latex mylatex.ltx abc (Generic TeX) %%% initex \&latex mylatex.ltx abc (unix and other TeX's) %%% tex /i &latex mylatex.ltx abc (emtex) %%% %%% This should make a format file mylatex.fmt which you can then use %%% as follows %%% %%% tex &mylatex abc (generic TeX) %%% virtex \&mylatex abc (Unix TeX) %%% %%% This will process your document, abc.tex, just as LaTeX does, but %%% quicker as the contents of the preamble will be stored in the %%% format file and will not need to be run each time. %%% %%% If (vir)tex fails to find your mylatex.fmt then it is not searching %%% in the current directory, either modify your TEXFORMATS (or equivalent) %%% path to search `.' or (on unix/dos) use ./ as in: %%% virtex \&./mylatex abc %%% %%% %%% The file abc.tex must contain a line *just* with %%% \begin{document} %%% (In particular no comments on that line.) %%% Everything up to (but not including) the \begin{document} will %%% be saved in the format and not executed in subsequent runs. %%% %%% David Carlisle %%% 1994/09/27 %%% %%% Modified 1994/10/21 after comments by %%% Volker Kunert %%% Modified 1996/01/26 To fix printout of preloaded files (which %%% hasnt worked since December 94 release, and to fix %%% incompatibility with \makeindex command. %%% \makeatletter \let\MYLATEXdocument\document \def\document{\endgroup \let\document\MYLATEXdocument \makeatother \everyjob\expandafter{\the\everyjob \begingroup \listfiles \expandafter\MYLATEXcustomised\@dofilelist \endgroup}% \@addtofilelist{.}% \catcode`\\=13\relax% \catcode`\#=12\relax% \ifx\@indexfile\@undefined\else \AtBeginDocument{% \newwrite\@indexfile \immediate\openout\@indexfile=\jobname.idx }% \fi \dump}% \def\MYLATEXbegin{\begin{document}}% \def\MYLATEXcustomised#1#2#3\typeout#4{% \typeout{CUSTOMISED FORMAT. Preloaded files:^^J% \@spaces\@spaces.}#3} {\catcode`\^^M=\active% \catcode`\/=0 % /catcode`\\=13 % /gdef\{/catcode`/\=0 /catcode`/^^M=13 ^^M}% /long/gdef^^M#1^^M{% /def/MYLATEXline{#1}% /ifx/MYLATEXline/MYLATEXbegin% /catcode`/^^M=5/relax% /catcode`/#=6/relax% /expandafter/MYLATEXline/else/expandafter^^M/fi}}% \expandafter\input\endinput%