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Hans Hagen wrote:
Mojca Miklavec wrote:
btw,
pdftex --ini &plain \\pdfoutput=1 \dump
can do the same for you, but as said .. if the minimals would have plain formats they would default to dvi anyway so it would be of no help to you
On 9/19/07, Hans Hagen wrote: pdftex.fmt and mpost.mem would be perfectly fine. No need for plain.fmt (I guess). (And maybe xetex.fmt as a sugar, although that one might need some additional files.)
pdftex --ini -fmt=pdftex plain.tex \\pdfoutput=1 \dump
probably does that, but as said, everyone wants his/her own variant (patterns to start with -)
There is no doubt that plain is useful. I always create the plain Knuth format for luatex and pdftex by hand, and while it would be nice to have it done automatically, it is not that much work, and all real input files are there (.ini's are a commandline convenience). If I understood correctly, plain xetex really needs something extra? If that is so, than perhaps that file should be added. Mojca, what's up with that? On dev-context, I have already proposed the removal of a number of binaries, so I can make that request :-) Best wishes, Taco