Making a plain format file.

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From: Grover C. Browning
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1992 19:11

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Ok, first, I've read the FAQ. 
I've read the newsgroup.
I've consulted the documentation that comes with TeX.

While installing TeX3.14, under the make formats section,
I am having a bit of a problem. I get the following....

(from the makefile)
./initex plain \\dump    (i understand this)
This is TeX C Version 3.14t3 (INITEX)
(/usr/local/lib/tex/inputs/plain.tex)
*



I understand everything up to the *. I have no idea what to
do then. Hitting the return key gets me a 'type a command or
say `\end' . Well, \end, or any combination thereof gets
me nowhere. 

What Have I Done Wrong?

Grover
gcbrowni@cyclops.iucf.indiana.edu
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