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Article #1360Re: How to get AmS-TeX working (NS 3.0)
From: Andreas Mueller
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 15:08
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 15:08
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In article <1992Nov9.225347.18699@lsa.umich.edu> kickaha@siddhartha.math.lsa.umich.edu (Brian K. Boonstra) writes: > 1) After using > initex \&tex amstex.tex > to process my copy of the (version 2.1) macro package, I use the \dump command to > create the .fmt preloaded macro file. But when I try to USE that macro file, I get > this: > > (Nov 09 5:26pm) /kickaha/tex -> tex \&amstex > This is CTeX, NeXT Version 3.141 > (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) > (Nov 09 5:27pm) /kickaha/tex -> This error message usually means that the initex used to create the format is not compatible with the virtex used to run it. So if You upgrade your virtex, don't forget to upgrade your initex also. Hope this helps. Andreas --------------------------------------------------- Andreas Mueller afm@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de Mathematisches Institut Im Neuenheimer Feld 288 W - 6900 Heidelberg 1 ---------------------------------------------------
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