MiKTEX Manual

Revision 1.20d (MiKTEX 1.20d) August 1999

Christian Schenk <cs@miktex.de>

Copyright c 19961999 Christian Schenk Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies. Permission is granted to copy and distribute modied versions of this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one. Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual into another language, under the above conditions for modied versions, except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved by the Free Software Foundation.

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1 What is MiKTEX?
MiKTEX is a free TEX distribution for Windows.

MiKTEX Features
Native Windows implementation with support for long lenames. On-the-y generation of missing font les. TDS (TEX directory structure) compliant. Free distribution, i.e. full source code is available. TEX compiler features: - The compiler is able to insert source le information into the DVI le. This feature can improve Editor/Previewer interaction. - The compiler can read compressed input les. - The input encoding can be changed via TCX tables. Previewer features: - Supports graphics (PostScript, BMP, WMF, . . . ) - Supports colored text - Supports PostScript fonts - Supports TrueType fonts - Understands HyperTEX (html:) specials - Understands source (src:) specials - Customizable magnifying glasses MiKTEX is network friendly: - integrates well into a heterogeneous TEX environment - supports UNC lenames - supports multiple TEXMF directory trees - uses a lename database for ecient le access - Setup Wizard can be run unattended.

Components
The MiKTEX distribution consists of the following applications: TEX 3.14159 The classic TEX compiler. e-TEX 2.1 Yap 0.96 A feature-extended version of TEX. The MiKTEX DVI previewer.

pdfTEX 0.13d Creates PDF les from TEX documents.

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dvipdfm 0.10.5 Converts DVI les into PDF documents. Omega 1.8 An enhanced version of TEX with support for 16-bit character sets. METAFONT 2.718 Converts font specications into raster fonts. MetaPost 0.641 Converts picture specications into PostScript commands. dvips 5.86 Converts DVI les into PostScript. MakeIndex 2.12 Composes indexes. BibTEX 0.99c Composes bibliographies. Standard LaTEX Packages AMS-LaTEX, Babel, PSNFSS, ... TeXinfo, TtH, PSutils, . . . Lots of utilities.

1.1 How to get MiKTEX

MiKTEX Distribution
You can download the ocial MiKTEX distribution from the CTAN1 directory systems/win32/miktex/ Pretest versions can be downloaded from the MiKTEX Project Page (http://miktex.de).

Other Packages
Here is a list of other packages you should take into consideration: Aladdin Ghostscript 5.50 (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/aladdin/index.html). Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language. The DVI previewer Yap uses Ghostscript to display EPS graphics. Adobe Acrobat Reader (http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html). A PDF viewer. WinEdt (http://home.istar.ca/~winedt) WinEdt is a shareware TEX editor/shell. It cooperates with MiKTEX with respect to forward and inverse DVI search (see Section 5.1 [Source Specials], page 20).
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CTAN: Comprehensive TeX Archive Network

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ActivePerl (http://www.activestate.com) ActivePerl is an implementation of Perl for the Windows platform. A few MiKTEX utilities (e.g. psmerge) are Perl scripts. You should install Perl if you want to use these utilities.

1.2 The MiKTEX Project Page

Visit the MiKTeX Project Page (http://miktex.de) for information about new releases, patches and so on.

1.3 The MiKTEX Mailing List

MiKTEX Mailing List

Claus Ekstroem from Denmark has created a discussion list for MiKTEX. To join this list, send an e-mail to <miktex-request@dsts.dk> which contains the word subscribe as the rst line in the message body. This list is archived at www.egroups.com (http://www.egroups.com/list/miktex).

1.4 Documentation
The MiKTEX Manual (which you are reading right now) concentrates on documenting MiKTEX specic features. Other MiKTEX related documentation includes: Frequently Asked Questions Lists answers to frequently asked questions. Tips & Tricks Lists useful tips. Shortcuts to these documents can be found in the Start Menu (see Section 3.2 [Start Menu], page 6).

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2 Whats new in MiKTEX 1.20d?

Updated Packages
Dvips 5.86 (now includes a Windows help le) Texinfo 3.12p (now includes the texi2dvi utility)

New: texify
texify is a new command-line utility that simplies the production of DVI (PDF) documents. texify automatically runs LaTEX (pdfLaTEX), Makeindex and BibTEX as many times as necessary to produce a DVI (PDF) le with sorted indices and all crossreferences resolved. texify imitates the shell script texi2dvi (written by Noah Friedman), which is a part of the GNU Texinfo distribution.

New: hbf2gf
hbf2gf (by Werner Lemberg) is intended to convert Hanzi Bitmap Fonts (HBF) into TEX generic font les (GF les). MakePK has been updated to make use of hbf2gf.

Resolved Problems General

MiKTEX doesnt search the local TEXMF tree, when it is a sub-folder of the installation TEXMF tree.

Setup Wizard
The installation aborts if you dont have permission to replace system les (e.g. if you arent Administrator). The path to the installation folder may not contain spaces.

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3 Installing MiKTEX

3.1 Running the Setup Wizard

1. If you still have MiKTEX 1.11 installed on you computer, then you should use the uninstall option of MiKTEX 1.11. 2. Make sure that you have enough disk space. A complete MiKTEX installation consumes approximately 40MB of disk space. 3. It is highly recommended that you login as Administrator, if youre installing MiKTEX on a Windows NT computer. 4. Choose a location for the installation directory, say c:\texmf. This directory receives the les of the MiKTEX distribution. 5. You can cause MiKTEX to deposit newly created les (fonts, memory dumps, lename databases) in a separate directory tree. This directory tree is called the Local TEXMF Tree. If you decide to create such a tree, then you must choose a name for its root directory, say c:\localtexmf. Benets that a local tree provides include the following: Fast le search: MiKTEX assumes that only the local tree can receive new fonts and the like, i.e. MiKTEX can trust in the lename database when the remaining (non-local) trees are searched for a le. You can use the local tree for your own additions (macros, fonts). Easier updates: You dont have to worry about future MiKTEX updates, since the local tree will not be overwritten by the setup program. You can install the MiKTEX distribution on a read-only media. 6. Decide whether you want to incorporate a preexisting TEXMF tree. For example, if you have a TEXLive CD in CDROM drive e:, then it is possible to include e:\texmf in the MiKTEX search path. 7. Start the MiKTEX Setup Wizard (setupwiz.exe). a. When prompted for the installation directory, enter the name chosen in step 4. b. When prompted for the local TEXMF directory, enter the name chosen in step 5 or check the button No local TEXMF tree, if you dont need a local tree. c. When prompted for the list of additional TEXMF root directories, enter a semicolon-separated list of preexisting TEXMF root directories. Check the button No preexisting TEXMF directory trees, if you just want to use the TEXMF tree that comes with MiKTEX. The Setup Wizard does not change the PATH variable, i.e. you may have to add something like set PATH=%PATH%;c:\texmf\miktex\bin to your autoexec.bat.

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3.1.1 Setup Options

Some setup options can be specied on the command-line and/or in a separate text le named setupwiz.opt. You can invoke the MiKTEX Setup Wizard with the following command-line options: --additional-directory-trees DIRS Specify additional TEXMF directories. --allow-unattended-reboot Allow a reboot in unattended mode. --dry-run Simulate the installation process. No les will be installed. The log le will be written to the temporary directory. --installation-directory DIR Specify the installation directory. --help Show available options and exit.

--no-additional-directory-trees Prevent MiKTEX from using additional directory trees. --no-local-directory Prevent MiKTEX from using a local directory. --program-folder FOLDER Specify the MiKTEX program folder. --unattended Run Setup Wizard in unattended mode. No user input is required. Command-line options can also be specied in a text le named setupwiz.opt. This le must be in the same directory as setupwiz.exe.

3.2 Items in the Start menu

The Setup Wizard creates the following Start Menu items:

Shortcuts to documentation les

MiKTeX | Help | Frequently Asked Questions Opens a Windows Help le which contains answers to frequently asked questions. MiKTeX | Help | LaTeX2e Reference Opens a Windows Help le which contains descriptions for many LaTEX commands. MiKTeX | Help | Local Guide Opens a Windows Help le which contains the MiKTEX Manual.

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MiKTeX | Help | Release Notes Last-minute notes. MiKTeX | Help | Tips and Tricks Opens a Windows Help le which contains a list of useful tips.

Shortcuts to the conguration utility (initexmf.exe)

MiKTeX | Maintenance | Create All Format Files Creates all format les, i.e. runs initexmf --dump. MiKTeX | Maintenance | Create LaTeX Format File Creates the LaTEX format, i.e. runs initexmf --dump=latex. MiKTeX | Maintenance | Reconfigure Creates all format les and refreshes the lename database. MiKTeX | Maintenance | Refresh Filename Database Refreshes the lename database.

Shortcuts to GUI-based MiKTEX applications

MiKTeX | Yap A shortcut to the DVI viewer.

3.3 The TEXMF Directory Hierarchy

The setup program creates a TDS-compliant directory structure. This structure is normally distributed over two physical directory trees: 1. The Installation Directory (usually c:\texmf) contains all les from the MiKTEX distribution. 2. The Local Directory (usually c:\localtexmf) receives all les that are created onthe-y. These directories need not to be on the same drive. Its possible to change the locations of these directories anytime. See Section 4.1.1 [Dening TEXMF Root Directories], page 9, for more information.

3.3.1 Installation Directory

The Installation Directory (usually c:\texmf) is the root of a TDS-compliant directory hierarchy. If you have installed the complete distribution, then the Installation Directory contains the following sub-directories: bibtex, dvips, makeindex, . . . These directories contain application related input les. doc This directory contains all user documentation.

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fonts miktex

This directory contains fonts in various formats. The miktex directory is reserved for MiKTEX related les: miktex\bin Contains all executable les. miktex\config Contains the global conguration le miktex.ini and the MiKTEX font mapping le miktex.map. The MiKTEX Setup Wizard installs its own log le here. miktex\base Contains the METAFONT string pool le mf.pool. miktex\fmt Contains TEX string pool les: etex.pool, pdftex.pool, omega.pool, tex.pool. miktex\mem Contains the MetaPost string pool le mp.pool.

3.3.2 Local Directory

The Local Directory (usually c:\localtexmf) receives les that are generated on-the-y. For example, if the TEX compiler needs a TEX Font Metric (TFM) le that is not available yet, then it creates that le (if possible) and installs it in an appropriate sub-directory of the Local Directory. Typically, the Local Directory contains the following sub-directories: fonts Contains font les that are not part of the MiKTEX distribution, but that were created on-the-y.

miktex\config This directory contains the lename database les.

3.4 Removing MiKTEX

There is no uninstall option (yet), thus you have to do it by hand if you decide to remove MiKTEX: 1. Remove the main TEXMF folder (usually c:\texmf) including sub folders. 2. Remove the local TEXMF folder (usually c:\localtexmf) including sub folders. 3. Remove Registry entries: 1. Start regedit 2. Open the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE and delete the MiK subkey. 3. Open the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software and delete the MiK subkey. 4. Remove the MiKTEX item from the Start Menu. 5. Remove the bin directory from the PATH.

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4 Conguring MiKTEX

4.1 The MiKTEX Conguration Utility

initexmf.exe is the MiKTEX conguration utility. You can use it to redene the list of TEXMF root directories refresh the lename database update standard dump les (plain.fmt and friends) dene the name and location of a personal conguration le

4.1.1 Dening TEXMF Root Directories

The standard setup procedure creates two TEXMF root directories: c:\texmf: the installation directory (see Section 3.3.1 [Installation Directory], page 7). c:\localtexmf: the local directory (see Section 3.3.2 [Local Directory], page 8). You can redene the TEXMF root directories by using the command-line switches -root-directories and --local-root: --root-directories=dirlist This switch denes the list of TEXMF root directories. dirlist is a semicolonseparated list of directory pathnames. --local-root=dir This switch denes the local directory. It is necessary to refresh the lename-database whenever you redene the TEXMF root directories (see Section 4.1.2 [Maintaining the Filename Database], page 9).

4.1.2 Maintaining the lename database

To speed up le search, MiKTEX makes use of a list of known le names. This list is called the lename database (FNDB). The FNDB is spread over several les, one for each TEXMF root directory. The FNDB le for the rst TEXMF tree is called texmf0.fndb. For the second tree it is called texmf1.fndb. And so on. It is strongly recommended that you update the fndb whenever les are added to or removed from one of the TEXMF trees. You update all fndb les by invoking initexmf.exe with the command line switch -update-fndb:

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initexmf --update-fndb You can update a certain fndb le by specifying the TEXMF root. For example, initexmf --update-fndb=c:\texmf will update the fndb le for the tree rooted at c:\texmf.

4.1.3 Maintaining the PostScript resource database

The PostScript resource database (PSres) is used by some utilities in order to locate PostScript resources (font outlines/metrics/encodings). The database is located in the MiKTEX cong directory (usually c:\texmf\miktex\config). The name of the database le is dpres.dpr. It is a text le, i.e. you can view it with a text editor (e.g. wordpad). It is strongly recommended that you update the database whenever PostScript resources (*.pfb;*.afm;*.enc) are added to or removed from one of the TEXMF trees. You update the database les by invoking initexmf.exe with the command line switch --mkpsres: initexmf --mkpsres

4.1.3.1 Incorporating External Font Directories

It is possible to add non-MiKTEX font directories to the resource database. The -mkpsres switch accepts as an optional argument the name of an external font directory. You can use several --mkpsres switches with on invocation of initexmf. By specifying the command line ag --search, you can cause initexmf to automatically search your workstation for third party PS resource les (e.g. Acrobat Reader Fonts): initexmf --mkpsres --search

4.1.4 Making Standard Dump Files

Some programs initialize itself by reading parts of the memory from an external le. For the TEX family of programs, such a le is called a Dump File. The MiKTEX conguration le has built-in rules for standard dump les. Non-standard dump les (i.e. dump les not mentioned in this section) must be created with the ini-version of the program. For example, you would say initex texinfo @dump to produce a Texinfo dump le (texinfo.fmt). You create standard dump les by invoking initexmf with the command line switch --dump. This switch takes an optional argument, which is the name of the program for which a new dump le is to be created: initexmf --dump[=program] If program is ommited, then all standard dump les will be rebuilt. Otherwise, program must be one of the following names:

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elatex etex lambda latex tex metafont metapost omega pdflatex pdftex

This creates the dump le plain.efmt which is used by elatex.exe. This creates the dump le plain.efmt which is used by etex.exe. This creates the dump le lambda.fmt which is used by lambda.exe. This creates the dump le latex.fmt which is used by latex.exe. This creates the dump le plain.fmt which is used by tex.exe. This creates the dump le plain.base which is used by mf.exe (METAFONT). This creates the dump le plain.mem which is used by mpost.exe (MetaPost). This creates the dump le omega.fmt which is used by omega.exe. This creates the dump le pdflatex.fmt which is used by pdflatex.exe. This creates the dump le pdftex.fmt which is used by pdftex.exe.

4.1.4.1 Controlling which hyphenation patterns are used by LaTEX

You can control the loading of hyphenation patterns by modifying the le language.dat (say initexmf --find-tex language.dat to nd out the absolute path). As distributed with MiKTEX, language.dat has the following contents: % File : language.dat % Purpose : specify which hyphenation patterns to load % while running iniTeX english ushyphen.tex %ukenglish ukhyphen.tex german ghyph31.tex %italian ithyph.tex %dutch nehyph2.tex %finnish fihyph.tex %norwegian nohyph.tex %french f8hyph.tex Lines starting with % are comments. The only uncommented lines in the example are english ushyphen.tex and german ghyph31.tex. That is, only hyphenation patterns for U.S. English and German will be loaded by TEX. To load other hyphenation patterns, you have to uncomment the corresponding lines. After modifying language.dat, you have to create new LaTEX dump les (see Section 4.1.4 [Standard Dump Files], page 10).

4.1.5 Personal Conguration File

You can cause MiKTEX to read a personal conguration le (in addition to the global one) by using the command line switch --personal:

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initexmf --personal[=FILENAME] If specied, FILENAME must be the name of an existing conguration le. If FILENAME is omitted, then MiKTEX will not use a personal conguration le. Values read from FILENAME will override those values that were read from the global conguration le. For example, consider the case that you have some private LaTEX style les in you home directory (say c:\users\me). You could write a private conguration le (say miktex.ini) and place it in your home directory. The conguration le should look like this: [LaTeX] Input Dirs=.;c:\users\me//;%R\tex\latex//;%R\tex\generic// Then you had to announce the conguration le this way: initexmf --personal=c:\users\me\miktex.ini

4.2 The MiKTEX Conguration File

This section discusses the usage of MiKTEX Conguration File.

4.2.1 The Two Kinds of Conguation Files

MiKTEX conguration parameters are stored in two Conguration File: The Global Conguration File contains site-wide conguration settings (i.e. settings shared by all MiKTEX users). The name of this le is miktex.ini. It is located in the directory miktex\config relative to the installation root directory (usually c:\texmf). The optional Personal Conguration File contains per-user conguration settings. The location of the personal conguration le can be dened with the help of initexmf (see Section 4.1.5 [Personal Conguration File], page 11). Personal conguration settings override global settings.

4.2.2 How to specify search paths

Search paths are used by MiKTEX to nd special les (such as TEX input les) within a comprehensive directory hierarchy. A search path is a semicolon-separated list of directory paths. This list is traversed from left to right, i.e. the rst directory is searched rst. In a directory path, the following character sequences have a special meaning: %R // A placeholder for the list of TEXMF root directories. A ag, which causes MiKTEX to search recursively.

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Example
Assuming that c:\texmf;\\myserver\texmf is the list of TEXMF root directories, the search path .;%R\tex\latex//;%R\tex\generic// causes LaTEX to search its input les in the following locations: 1. In the current directory (.). 2. In the directory c:\texmf\tex\latex and in all directories below it. 3. In the directory \\myserver\texmf\tex\latex and in all directories below it. 4. In the directory c:\texmf\tex\generic and in all directories below it 5. In the directory \\myserver\texmf\tex\generic and in all directories below it.

Testing a new search path

You can use the conguration utility initexmf to test whether an input le can be found via the current search path. For example, the command initexmf --find-latex-input a4.sty searches for the LaTEX input le a4.sty. The full pathname is printed if the le was found.

4.2.3 Contents of a MiKTEX Conguration File

A MiKTEX conguration le is divided into several named sections. Each section contains conguration settings for a specic application or feature.

4.2.3.1 [BibTeX]: BibTEX Conguration Settings

The section [BibTeX] contains BibTEX related conguration settings. Input Dirs Search path for BibTEX input les (both databases and style les). min_crossrefs Minimum number of cross-refs required for automatic cite_list inclusion.

4.2.3.2 [Dvips]: Dvips Conguration Settings

The section [Dvips] contains Dvips related conguration settings. CONFIGPath Where Dvips searches its conguration les (e.g. config.ps). ENCPath Where Dvips searches for .enc les. GraphicsPath Where Dvips searches for .eps les. MAPPath PSPath Where Dvips searches for .map les. Where Dvips searches for PS header les.

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4.2.3.3 [Graphics]: Graphics Conversion Rules

The section [Graphics] contains graphics conversion rules. Each rule has the syntax .fromext.toext=commandline fromext is the lename extension of the source le. toext is the lename extension of the destination le. commandline is the command-line which does the conversion. The command-line may include the following placeholders: %i %o The name of the input le. The name of the output le. The standard MiKTEX conguration le contains the following rules: .gif.bmp=giftopnm %i | ppmtobmp -windows > %o .pcx.bmp=pcxtoppm %i | ppmtobmp -windows > %o .png.bmp=pngtopnm %i | ppmtobmp -windows > %o .tga.bmp=tgatoppm %i | ppmtobmp -windows > %o .tif.bmp=tifftopnm %i | ppmtobmp -windows > %o .tiff.bmp=tifftopnm %i | ppmtobmp -windows > %o

4.2.3.4 [Magic]: Memory Settings for T X & Friends E

The section [Magic] contains memory related conguration settings. The values are used by TEX, pdfTEX and Omega for the dynamic allocation of certain data structures.

Format-Independent Values
The following parameters can be changed at run time to extend or reduce TEXs capacity. They may have dierent values in INITEX and in production versions of TEX. mem_min mem_max buf_size Smallest index in TEXs internal mem array; must be 0 or more; must be equal to mem_bot in INITEX, otherwise <=mem_bot. Greatest index in TEXs internal mem array; must be strictly less than 1073741823. Maximum number of characters simultaneously present in current lines of open les and in control sequences between \csname and \endcsname; must not exceed 1073741823. Width of context lines on terminal error messages. half_error_line Width of rst lines of contexts in terminal error messages; should be between 30 and (error_line - 15). max_print_line Width of longest text lines output; should be at least 60. stack_size Maximum number of simultaneous input sources.

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max_in_open Maximum number of input les and error insertions that can be going on simultaneously. font_max Maximum internal font number; must not exceed 5000.

font_mem_size Number of words of font_info for all fonts. param_size Maximum number of simultaneous macro parameters. nest_size Maximum number of semantic levels simultaneously active. max_strings Maximum number of strings; must not exceed 1073741823. string_vacancies The minimum number of characters that should be available for the users control sequences and font names, after TEXs own error messages are stored. pool_size Maximum number of characters in strings, including all error messages and help texts, and the names of all fonts and control sequences; must exceed string_ vacancies by the total length of TEXs own strings, which is currently about 23000. save_size Space for saving values outside of current group; must be at most 1073741823. trie_size Space for hyphenation patterns; should be larger for INITEX than it is in production versions of TEX. trie_op_size Space for opcodes in the hyphenation patterns.

Format-Dependent Values
Like the preceding parameters, the following quantities can be changed at run time to extend or reduce TEXs capacity. But if they are changed, it is necessary to rerun the initialization program INITEX to generate new tables for the production TEX program. One cant simply make helter-skelter changes to the following constants, since certain rather complex initialization numbers are computed from them. mem_bot mem_top Smallest index in the mem array dumped by INITEX; must not be less than mem_min. Largest index in the mem array dumped by INITEX; must be substantially larger than 0 and not greater than mem_max.

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4.2.3.5 [MakeIndex]: MakeIndex Conguration Settings

The section [MakeIndex] contains MakeIndex related conguration settings. INDEXSTYLE Search path for MakeIndex style les.

4.2.3.6 [MakePK]: MakePK Conguration Settings

The section [MakePK] contains conguration settings that are related to the autocreation of packed raster fonts. DestDir The specication of a directory where newly created PK (Packed Raster Font) les are to be installed. The speciation may include special character sequences which will be replaced at search-time: %m %d %s %t The current METAFONT mode. The horizontal resolution (in dots per inch). The font supplier (e.g. public). The typeface name (e.g. cm). typeface.map.

Admin note: All MiKTEX users must have permission to create les in the specied directory.

4.2.3.7 [MakeTFM]: MakeTFM Conguration Settings

DestDir

Where new .tfm les are to be installed. The speciation may contain special character sequences which are replaced at search-time: %s %t The font supplier (e.g. public). The typeface name (e.g. cm).

Admin note: MiKTEX users must have permission to add les to the specied directory.

4.2.3.8 [METAFONT]: METAFONT Conguration Settings

The section [METAFONT] contains METAFONT related conguration settings. Input Dirs Search path for METAFONT input les.

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4.2.3.9 [MetaPost]: MetaPost Related Conguration Settings

The section [MetaPost] contains MetaPost related conguration settings. Input Dirs Where MetaPost searches for input les.

4.2.3.10 [MiKTeX]: General Conguration Settings

The section [MiKTeX] contains general conguration settings and search path specications.

General Conguration Settings

Trace This is a comma separated list of trace options: notrace fndb filesearch Traces the nd-le machinery. access process tcx error time TraceFile The name of the trace le. Traces le accesses. Traces secondary processes. Traces TCX tables. Traces error conditions. Traces execution time. Inhibits trace output to the console. Traces the lename database.

Search Path Specications

AFMPath BASEPath ENCPath EXEPath FMTPath Used to locate Adobe font metric les (*.afm). Used to locate METAFONT base les (*.base). Used to locate *.enc les. Used to locate executables. Used to locate TEX dump les (.fmt). Also used to locate e-TEX dump les (.efmt).

GraphicsPath Used to locate graphics les (*.eps;*.bmp;...). MAPPath Used to locate font map les (*.map).

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MEMPath OFMPath OVFPath PKPath PSPath TCXPath TFMPath TTFPath Type1Path

Used to locate MetaPost memory les (.mem). Used to locate Omega font metric les (*.ofm). Used to locate Omega virtual fonts (*.ovf). Used to locate packed font raster les (*.pk). Used to locate PostScript header les (*.enc;*.map); Used to locate character translation les (.tcx). Used to locate TEX font metric les (*.tfm). Used to locate TrueType fonts (*.ttc;*.ttf). Used to locate Type1 fonts (*.pfa;*.pfb).

VFPath

Used to locate virtual fonts (*.vf).

4.2.3.11 [Omega]: Omega Conguration Settings

The section [Omega] contains Omega related conguration settings: Input Dirs The search path for Omega input les. OCPPath Where Omega searches for OCP les.

4.2.3.12 [otp2ocp]: otp2ocp Conguration Settings

Input Dirs Used by otp2ocp to locate OTP les (.otp).

4.2.3.13 [pdfTeX]: pdfTEX Conguration Settings

The section [pdfTeX] contains pdfTEX related conguration settings. Input Dirs Where pdfTEX searches for input les. PSPath Where pdfTEX searches for font mapping les.

4.2.3.14 [ps2pk]: ps2pk Conguration Settings

The section [ps2pk] contains conguration settings for the ps2pk utility: PSResPath Where ps2pk searches for PS resource les.

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4.2.3.15 [TeX]: TEX Conguration Settings

The section [TeX] contains TEX-related conguration settings. Editor The command to be started when you press e in the error menu. You can use the following placeholders: %f %h %l %m %t Will be replaced by the name of the input le that caused the error. Will be replaced by a help text. Will be replaced by the line number. Will be replaced by the error message. Will be replaced by the name of the transcript le.

For example, a suitable value for WinEdt would be winedt %f -G(1,%l,0) S(12,+1,0). For NT Emacs, set Editor to gnulientw -F +%l %f. Input Dirs Used by TEX to locate input les.

4.2.3.16 [Yap]: Yap Conguration Settings

Input Dirs Used by Yap to locate DVI les (*.dvi).

4.3 The Dvips Conguration File

As distributed with MiKTEX, Dvips is congured as follows: When generating fonts, Dvips uses METAFONT mode ljfour (HP Laserjet 4). Horizontal resolution is 600 dpi. Paper size is A4. Dvips does not make use of the CM & AMS PostScript fonts. You probably have to change some of theses settings for your site. To do so, open the Dvips conguration le config.ps with your favourite text editor. The line starting with M species the METAFONT mode which Dvips uses for the generation of new raster fonts. Enter a suitable mode here. If you dont know the mode for your output device, then take a look at metafont\misc\modes.mf. This le contains an annotated list of METAFONT modes. The line starting with D species the resolution. Enter a value that matches your printer. See the Dvips manual, for more information about conguring Dvips.

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5 Non-standard TEX Features

This chapter describes the features that were added to the MiKTEX implementation of Donald Knuths TEX.

5.1 Auto-insertion of Source Specials

What are source specials?

Source specials are pieces of information embedded in a DVI le, which make a connection between the source le location (e.g. line 100 in foo.tex) and the DVI location (e.g. page 2 in foo.dvi). Source specials can improve the Edit-TEX-View-Edit cycle: 1. You edit your source le. 2. You compile the source le to get a DVI le. 3. You execute a special editor command to open Yap, going directly to the DVI page that corresponds to the cursor location in your source le. 4. You navigate inside the DVI le (e.g. PgUp/PgDn). 5. You double-click somewhere on the DVI view; this causes Yap to bring the editor window to the front, moving the text cursor directly to the line that corresponds to the view location.

How to insert source specials

The TEX compiler option --src inserts source specials into the DVI le. You would say latex --src foo.tex to create the DVI le foo.dvi with embedded source specials.

5.2 TCX les: Character translations

[ This section is borrowed from the Web2C manual ]. TCX (TEX character translation) les help TEX support direct input of 8-bit international characters if fonts containing those characters are being used. Specically, they map an input (keyboard) character code to the internal TEX character code (a superset of ASCII). Of the various proposals for handling more than one input encoding, TCX les were chosen because they follow Knuths original ideas for the use of the xchr and xord tables. He ventured that these would be changed in the WEB source in order to adjust the actual version to a given environment. It turned out, however, that recompiling the WEB sources is not as simple task as Knuth predicted; therefore, TCX les, providing the possibility of changing of the conversion tables on on-the-y, has been implemented instead.

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This approach limits the portability of TEX documents, as some implementations do not support it (or use a dierent method for input-internal reencoding). It may also be problematic to determine the encoding to use for a TEX document of unknown provenance; in the worst case, failure to do so correctly may result in subtle errors in the typeset output. While TCX les can be used with any format, using them breaks the LaTEX inputenc package. This is why you should either use tcxle or inputenc in LaTEX les, but never both. Specifying TCX les: You can specify a TCX le to be used for a particular TEX run by specifying the command-line option -translate-file=tcxle or (preferably) specifying it explicitly in the rst line of the main document %& -translate-file=tcxle. TCX les are searched for along the TCXPath path. INITEX ignores TCX les. The MiKTEX distribution comes with at least two TCX les, il1-t1.tcx and il2-t1.tcx. These support ISO Latin 1 and ISO Latin 2, respectively, with Corkencoded fonts (a.k.a. the T1 encoding). TCX les for Czech, Polish, and Slovak are also provided. Syntax of TCX les: 1. Line-oriented. Blank lines are ignored. 2. Whitespace is ignored except as a separator. 3. Comments start with % and continue to the end of the line. 4. Otherwise, a line consists of one or two character codes: src [dest] 5. Each character code may be specied in octal with a leading 0, hexadecimal with a leading 0x, or decimal otherwise. Values must be between 0 and 255, inclusive (decimal). 6. If the dest code is not specied, it is taken to be the same as src. 7. If the same src code is specied more than once, it is the last denition that counts. Finally, heres what happens: when TEX sees an input character with code src, it 1) changes src to dest; and 2) makes code the dest printable, i.e., printed as-is in diagnostics and the log le instead of in ^^ notation. By default, no characters are translated, and character codes between 32 and 126 inclusive (decimal) are printable. It is not possible to make these (or any) characters unprintable. Specifying translations for the printable ASCII characters (codes 32127) will yield unpredictable results. Additionally you shouldnt make the following characters printable: ^^I (TAB), ^^J (line feed), ^^M (carriage return), and ^^? (delete), since TEX uses them in various ways. Thus, the idea is to specify the input (keyboard) character code for src, and the output (font) character code for dest.

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6 TEXify: The MiKTEX Compiler Driver

texify is a command-line utility that simplies the production of DVI (PDF) documents: texify automatically runs LaTEX (pdfLaTEX), Makeindex and BibTEX as many times as necessary to produce a DVI (PDF) le with sorted indices and all cross-references resolved. To run texify on an input le foo.tex, do this (where c:> is your shell prompt): c:> texify foo.tex As shown in this example, the input lenames to texify must include any extension (.tex, .ltx, etc.).

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Appendix A Manual Pages

A.1 Common Compiler Options
The following command-line switches are commonly supported by all TEX compilers. --buf-size=n Set the internal buf_size to n. buf_size is the maximum number of characters simultaneously present in current lines of open les and in control sequences between \csname and \endcsname; must not exceed 1073741823. --c-style-errors Show C/C++ style error messages. This switch implies \scrollmode. --error-line=n Set the internal error_line to n. error_line us the width of context lines on terminal error messages. --half-error-line=n Set the internal half_error_line to n. half_error_line is the width of rst lines of contexts in terminal error messages; should be between 30 and (error_ line - 15). --halt-on-error Quit after the rst error. --initialize Initialize internal tables; these tables can be \dumped to a dump le. --job-name=name Specify the name of the job. This also sets the name of all output les. --job-time=lename Set the time of all output les to the time of lename. --help Show a help screen and exit. --max-in-open=n Set the internal max_in_open to n. max_in_open is the maximum number of input les and error insertions that can be going on simultaneously. --max-print-line=n Set the internal max-print-line to n. max-print-line is the width of longest text lines output; should be at least 60. --max-strings=n Set the internal max_strings to n. max_strings is the maximum number of strings; must not exceed 1073741823. --mem-bot=n Set the internal mem_bot to n. mem_bot is the smallest index in the code array dumped by INITEX (INIOMEGA, INIPDFTEX); must not be less than mem_min.

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--mem-max=n Set the internal mem_max to n. mem_max is the greatest index in the internal mem array; must be strictly less than 1073741823. --mem-min=n Set the internal mem_min to n. mem_min is the smallest index in the internal mem array; must be 0 or more; must be equal to mem_bot in INITEX (INIOMEGA, INIPDFTEX), otherwise <= mem_bot. --mem-top=n Set the internal mem_top to n. mem_top is the largest index in the mem array dumped by INITEX (INIOMEGA, INIPDFTEX); must be substantially larger than 0 and not greater than mem_max. --nest-size=n Set the internal nest_size to n. nest_size is the maximum number of semantic levels simultaneously active. --param-size=n Set the internal param_size to n. param_size is the maximum number of simultaneous macro parameters. --pool-size=n Set the internal pool-size to n. pool_size is the maximum number of characters in strings, including all error messages and help texts, and the names of all fonts and control sequences; must exceed string_vacancies by the total length of the programs own strings, which is currently about 30000. --save-size=n Set the internal save_size to n. save_size is the amount of space for saving values outside of current group; must be at most 1073741823. --src-specials Insert source le information into the DVI le. --stack-size=n Set the internal stack_size to n. stack_size is the maximum number of simultaneous input sources. --string-vacancies=n Set the internal string_vacancies to n. string_vacancies is the minimum number of characters that should be available for the users control sequences and font names, after the programs own error messages are stored. --tcx=name --translate-file=name Causes TEX to process the TCX table name. --terminal=oem Causes TEX to uses the current DOS codepage (e.g. cp850) for console output. --trace=traceags Set trace ags.

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--trie-size=n Set the internal trie_size to n. trie_size is the amount of space for hyphenation patterns; should be larger for INITEX (INIOMEGA, INIPDFTEX) than it is in production versions of the program. --trie-op-size=n Set the internal trie_op_size to n. trie_op_size is the amount of space for opcodes in the hyphenation patterns. --try-gz Try le.tex.gz if le.tex cannot be found.

--undump=name Causes TEX to read the dump le name. --version Print version information and exit.

A.2 bibtex
BibTEX is a preprocessor for the LaTEX document-preparation system. It handles most of the formatting decisions required to produce a reference list, outputting a .bbl le; with this le LaTEX actually produces the reference list.

Synopsis
bibtex [option...] name Reads the le name.aux and outputs the le name.bbl.

Options
--help Shows a help screen and exits successfully.

--min-crossrefs=N Sets the internal min_crossrefs parameter to N. --version Shows version information and exits successfully.

Documentation
See BibTEXing, available as le btxdoc.dvi.

A.3 bibtex8
BibTEX8 is an enhanced version of BibTEX. Enhanced by conversion to big (32-bit) capacity, addition of run-time selectable capacity and 8-bit support extensions. National character set and sorting order are controlled by an external conguration le.

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Synopsis
bibtex8 [option...] name where name is the name of the TEX auxilliary output le to be processed by bibtex8. The trailing .aux may be omitted.

Options
-? --help Display some brief help text and then exit. -7 --traditional Operate in the original 7-bit mode. A CS le is not read: only 7-bit ASCII characters are supported and sorting is strictly by ASCII code value. bibtex8 will not allow you to specify --traditional with either the --8bit or --csfile option. -8 --8bit Force 8-bit mode. A CS le is not read. All 8-bit characters (code > 127) are treated as letters and sorting is strictly by code page value. BibTeX will not allow you to specify --8bit with either the --csfile or -traditional option.

-c le --csfile le Read le as the BibTEX8 codepage and sort denition (CS) le. The CS le is used to dene the 8-bit character set used by BibTEX8 and the order in which those characters should be sorted. BibTEX8 will not allow you to specify --csfile with either the --8bit or --traditional option. -d type --debug type Report debugging information to the BibTEX8 log le and the standard error device. The value type controls the type of debugging information reported. type can be one or more of: all csf io mem misc search all debugging categories CS le processing le I/O memory allocation and capacity other debugging information path searching and le location

-s --statistics Report internal statistics to the BibTEX8 log le.

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-t --trace -v --version

Report execution tracing to the BibTEX8 log le.

Report BibTEX8s version and then exit. -B --big Set BibTEX8s capacity to big. The size of particular parameters will be set as follows (the default sizes are shown in brackets): Hash_Prime Hash_Size Max_Cites Max_Ent_Ints Max_Ent_Strs Max_Fields Max_Strings Pool_Size Wiz_Fn_Space -H --huge 8,501 10,000 2,000 4,000 6,000 30,000 10,000 130,000 6,000 (4,253) (5,000) (750) (3,000) (3,000) (17,250) (4,000) (65,530) (3,000)

Set BibTEX8s capacity to huge. The size of particular parameters will be set as follows (the default sizes are shown in brackets): Hash_Prime Hash_Size Max_Cites Max_Ent_Ints Max_Ent_Strs Max_Fields Max_Strings Pool_Size Wiz_Fn_Space 16,319 19,000 5,000 5,000 10,000 85,000 19,000 500,000 10,000 (4,253) (5,000) (750) (3,000) (3,000) (17,250) (4,000) (65,530) (3,000)

-W --wolfgang Set BibTEX8s capacity to really huge - required for Wolfgangs PhD thesis. The size of particular parameters will be set as follows (the default sizes are shown in brackets): Hash_Prime Hash_Size Max_Cites Max_Ent_Ints Max_Ent_Strs Max_Fields Max_Strings Pool_Size Wiz_Fn_Space 30,011 35,000 7,500 7,500 10,000 125,000 30,000 750,000 10,000 (4,253) (5,000) (750) (3,000) (3,000) (17,250) (4,000) (65,530) (3,000)

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-M n --min_crossrefs n Set min_crossrefs to n. If an item is cross-referenced at least n times, it will be placed in the list of citations, even if it is not explicitly \cited as a reference. The default value is 2. --mcites n Allow a maximum of n distinct \cites in the .aux les. This number must be less than the maximum number of strings (settable with --mstrings). --mentints n Allow a maximum of n integer entries in the .bib databases. --mentstrs n Allow a maximum of n string entries in the .bib databases. --mfields n Allow a maximum of n elds in the .bib databases. --mpool n Set the string pool to n bytes. --mstrings n Allow a maximum of n unique strings. This number must be less than the hash size and greater than the maximum number of \cites (settable with --mcites). --mwizfuns n Allow a maximum of n wizard functions.

Documentation
For a general description of bibtex8, see the text le 00readme.txt. For a description of the CS le syntax see the text le csfile.txt.

A.4 dvicopy
dvicopy is a utility program that allows one to take a DVI le that references composite fonts (VF) and convert it into a DVI le that does not contain such references.

Synopsis
dvicopy [option...] old new Converts DVI le old into new.

Options
--help Shows a help screen and exits successfully.

--mag=MAG Sets magnication to MAG.

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--select=range Selects a range of pages to be copied. --version Prints version information and exits successfully.

A.5 dvipdfm
dvipdfm is a DVI to PDF conversion utility.

Synopsis
dvipdfm [option...] dvile

Options
-c -f lename Set font map le name [t1fonts.map]. -o lename Set output le name [dvile.pdf]. -l -m number Set additional magnication. -p papersize Set papersize (letter, legal, ledger, tabloid, a4, or a3) [letter]. -r resolution Set resolution (in DPI) for raster fonts [600]. -s pages Select page ranges (-). Landscape mode. Ignore color specials (for printing on B&W printers).

-x dimension Set horizontal oset [1.0in]. -y dimension Set vertical oset [1.0in]. -e -z number Set compression level (0-9) [default is 9]. -v -vv Be verbose. Be more verbose. Disable partial font embedding [default is enabled].

All dimensions entered on the command line are true TEX dimensions. Argument of -s lists physical page ranges separated by commas, e.g., -s 1-3,5-6.

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Documentation
See Dvipdfm Users Manual (available as le dvipdfm.dvi, for a complete description.

A.6 dvips
dvips is a program to translate a DVI le into PostScript.

Synopsis
dvips [options...] lename[.dvi]

Options
See the Dvips documentation, for a list of available options.

Documentation
For a complete description of Dvips, see Dvips: A DVI driver. This document is available as a Windows help le (dvips.hlp as a DVI le (dvips.dvi)

A.7 initexmf (MiKTEX Conguration Utility)

initexmf is the MiKTEX Conguration Utility.

Synopsis
initexmf [option...]

Options
--dump Refresh all dump les (*.base;*.efmt;*.fmt;*.mem).

--dump=program Refresh the dump les related to a specic program. program must be one of: elatex, etex, lambda, latex, metafont, metapost, omega, pdflatex, pdftex, tex. --find-elatex-input FILE Find e-LaTEX input le. --find-etex-input FILE Find e-TEX input le. --find-executable FILE Find a MiKTEX executable.

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--find-lambda-input FILE Find Lambda input le. --find-latex-input FILE Find LaTEX input le. --find-metafont-input FILE Find METAFONT input le. --find-metapost-input FILE Find MetaPost input le. --find-omega-input FILE Find Omega input le. --find-other-executable FILE Find an executable. --find-pdflatex-input FILE Find pdfLaTEX input le. --find-pdftex-input FILE Find pdfTEX input le. --find-tex-input FILE Find TEX input le. --list-modes List all known METAFONT modes. --local-root root Specify the local TEXMF root. --mkpsres Update the PostScript resource database psres.dpr. You can use this option in conjunction with --search (see below). --mkpsres=dir Add a new font directory to the PostScript resource database psres.dpr. --personal -p Do not use a personal conguration le. --personal=FILENAME -pFILENAME Dene the location of the personal conguration le. --print-only -n Print what would be done. Nothing is changed. --quiet Suppress screen output.

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--root-directories dirlist -r dirlist Specify the list of TEXMF root directories. --search Search for PS resource les (requires --mkpsres).

--update-fndb -u Refresh the whole lename database. --update-fndb=root -uroot Refresh the lename database for a specic TEXMF root. --verbose -v Print information on what is being done. --version -V Print the version number and exit.

A.8 mp (MetaPost)
MetaPost (installed as mp) reads a series of pictures specied in the MetaPost programming language, and outputs corresponding PostScript code.

Synopsis
mp [option...] [name[.mp]] [command...] mp [option...] "&format" [command...]

Options
--c-style-errors Show C/C++ style error messages. This switch implies \scrollmode. --initialize Initializes MetaPosts internal tables so that they can be dumped. --help Shows a short help screen and exits successfully.

--tex=texprogram Uses texprogram instead of tex when compiling text labels. This ag overrides the environment variable TEX. --version Prints version information and exits successfully.

Aliases
inimp mpost virmp Equivalent to mp --ini. Equivalent to mp. Equivalent to mp.

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Environment Variables
TEX Species the TEX compiler which should be used when compiling text labels.

Documentation
For a complete description of the MetaPost language, see AT&T technical report CSTR162, available as the le mpman.ps.

A.9 omega
Omega is a 16-bit enhanced version of TEX.

Synposis
omega [option...] [name[.tex]] [command...]

Options
Omega supports the common compiler options (see Section A.1 [Common Compiler Options], page 23).

Aliases
iniomega viromega lambda Equivalent to omega --ini. Equivalent to omega. Equivalent to omega "&lambda".

Documentation
For a complete description of Omega, see the Omega manual, available as the le omega-manual.dvi.

A.10 pdftex
pdfTEX is a special version of TEX that outputs PDF.

Synopsis
pdftex [option...] [name[.tex]] [command...] pdftex [option...] "&format" [command...]

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Options
Besides the common command-line switches (see Section A.1 [Common Compiler Options], page 23), pdfTEX supports these options: --font-max=n Sets the internal font_max to n. font_max is the maximum internal font number; must not exceed 5000.

Aliases
inipdftex Equivalent to pdftex --ini. virpdftex Equivalent to pdftex. pdflatex Equivalent to pdftex "&pdflatex".

Documentation
For a complete description of pdfTEX, see the the pdfTEX User Manual, available as le pdftexman.pdf.

A.11 tex
tex is Donald Knuths TEX compiler.

Synopsis
tex [option...] [name[.tex]] [command...] tex [option...] "&format" [command...]

Options
Besides the common command-line switches (see Section A.1 [Common Compiler Options], page 23), tex supports the following options: --font-max=n Sets the internal font_max to n. font_max is the maximum internal font number; must not exceed 5000.

Aliases
latex initex virtex Equivalent to tex "&latex". Equivalent to tex --ini. Equivalent to tex.

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See Also
See Section A.12 [texify], page 35, for an alternative way to invoke TEX.

Documentation
For a complete description of TEX, see The TEXbook by Donald E. Knuth.

A.12 texify
texify runs Texinfo or LaTEX input les through TEX (pdfTEX) in turn until all crossreferences are resolved, building all indices.

Synopsis
texify [option]... le... The directory containing each le is searched for included les. The sux of le is used to determine its language (LaTEX or Texinfo). Makeinfo is used to perform Texinfo macro expansion before running TEX when needed.

Options
-@ -b --batch -c --clean -e --expand -I DIR -h --help Use @input instead of \input; for preloaded Texinfo. No interaction. Remove all auxiliary les. Force macro expansion using makeinfo. Search DIR for input les. Display this help and exit successfully.

-l LANG --language=LANG Specify the LANG of FILE: latex or texinfo. -p --pdf -q --quiet -s --silent Use pdfTEX or pdfLaTEX for processing. No output unless errors (implies --batch). Same as --quiet.

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--src-specials Insert source specials into the DVI le. -t cmd --texinfo=cmd Insert cmd after @setfilename in copy of input le. Multiple values accumulate. -v --version Display version information and exit successfully.

Environment Variables
The values of the BIBTEX, LATEX (or PDFLATEX), MAKEINDEX, MAKEINFO, TEX (or PDFTEX), and TEXINDEX environment variables are used to run those commands, if they are set.

Aliases
texi2dvi Equivalent to texify.

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%R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

--8bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 --additional-directory-trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 --allow-unattended-reboot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 --big . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 --buf-size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --c-style-errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 32 --csfile le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 --debug type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 --dry-run. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 --dump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 30 --error-line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --find-elatex-input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 --find-etex-input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 --find-executable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 --find-lambda-input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 --find-latex-input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 30 --find-metafont-input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 --find-metapost-input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 --find-omega-input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 --find-other-executable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 --find-pdflatex-input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 --find-pdftex-input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 --find-tex-input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 --font-max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --font-mem-size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --half-error-line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --halt-on-error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 25, 28 --huge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 --initialize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 32 --installation-directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 --job-name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --job-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --list-modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 --local-directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 --local-root . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 30 --mag=mag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 --max-in-open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --max-print-line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --max-strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --mcites n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

--mem-bot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --mem-max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --mem-min . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --mem-top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --mentints n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 --mentstrs n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 --mfields n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 --min-crossrefs=N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 --min_crossrefs n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 --mkpsres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 30 --mpool n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 --mstrings n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 --mwizfuns n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 --nest-size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --no-additional-directory-trees . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 --no-local-directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 --param-size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 30 --pool-size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --print-only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 --problem-report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 --program-folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 --quiet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 --reconfigure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 --report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 --root-directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 30 --save-size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 30 --select=range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 --src . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 --src-specials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 35 --stack-size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 --string-vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --tcx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --tex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 --trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 25 --traditional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 --translate-file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --trie-op-size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --trie-size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --try-gz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --unattended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 --undump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 --update-fndb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 30

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--version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 28, --wolfgang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -@ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -b, --batch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -c le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -c, --clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -d type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -e, --expand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -IDIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -lLANG, --lang=LANG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -M n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -p, --pdf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -q, --quiet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -s, --silent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -tcmd, --texinfo=cmd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -v . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -v, --version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

32 25 25 35 25 25 25 35 25 35 25 35 25 35 35 25 35 35 25 35 25 35 25 35 25

AFMPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

B
BASEPath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BIBTEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BibTEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, blank lines, in TCX les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . buf_size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 36 35 21 14

C
character codes, in TCX les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 character translation les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 cite_list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 comments, in TCX les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 config.ps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 19 CONFIGPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Conguration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Cork encoding and ISO input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 cp850 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 CTAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

D
decimal character codes, in TCX les. . . . . . . . . . 21 DestDir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 dpres.dpr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Dvips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

.
.aux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .bbl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .bib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .tcx character translation les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 25 25 20

E
Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . elatex.fmt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ENCPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . error_line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . etex.fmt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXEPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 10 13 14 10 17

^
^^ notation, avoiding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

8
8-bit characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

F
Filename database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 FMTPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 font character code, translating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 font_max. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 font_mem_size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

A
accented character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Acrobat Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 10 Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 9, 17

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G
Ghostscript. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ghyph31.tex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 GraphicsPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 17

H
half_error_line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Hanzi Bitmap fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 HBF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 hex character codes, in TCX les . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

mem_max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mem_min . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MEMPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . METAFONT mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . miktex.ini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, MiKTEX Compiler Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, min_crossrefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 14 17 19 12 35 13

N
nest_size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

I
il1-t1.tcx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 il2-t1.tcx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 INDEXSTYLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Input Dirs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 16, 17, 18, 19 Installation directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 7 international characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

O
OCPPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . octal character codes, in TCX les . . . . . . . . . . . . OFMPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Omega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . omega.fmt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OVFPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 21 17 18 10 17

K
keyboard character code, translating . . . . . . . . . . 21

P
Paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 param_size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 PATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 29, 35 PDFLATEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 pdflatex.fmt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 PDFTEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 pdftex.fmt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Perl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PKPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 plaein.mem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 plain.base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 plain.fmt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 pool_size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 PostScript. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 printable characters, specifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Project page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PSPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 17, 18 psres.dpr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 PSResPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

L
lambda.fmt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 language.dat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 LATEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 latex.fmt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Local directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 7, 8, 9

M
Mailing lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Makeindex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 35 MakeIndex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 MAKEINDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 MAKEINFO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 MakePK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 16 MakeTFM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 MAPPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 17 max_in_open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 max_print_line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 max_strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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R
Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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save_size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Search paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 setupwiz.opt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 stack_size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 string_vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 syntax of TCX les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

TEXINDEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Texinfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 35 texmf0.fndb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 TFMPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 TraceFile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 trie_op_size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 trie_size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 TTFPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Type1Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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UNC (universal naming code). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 UnInstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ushyphen.tex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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T1 encoding and ISO input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 TCX (character translation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 23 TCX character translation les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 TCXPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 TCXPath, search path for TCX les . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 TDS (TEX directory structure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 7 TEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 36 TEXLive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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VFPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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whitespace, in TCX les. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 WinEdt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 19

Table of Contents
1 What is MiKTEX? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 How to get MiKTEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 The MiKTEX Project Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 The MiKTEX Mailing List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 3 3

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Whats new in MiKTEX 1.20d? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Installing MiKTEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

3.1 Running the Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1.1 Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 Items in the Start menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 The TEXMF Directory Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3.1 Installation Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3.2 Local Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 Removing MiKTEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 6 7 7 8 8

Conguring MiKTEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.1 The MiKTEX Conguration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.1.1 Dening TEXMF Root Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.1.2 Maintaining the lename database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.1.3 Maintaining the PostScript resource database . . . . 10 4.1.3.1 Incorporating External Font Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.1.4 Making Standard Dump Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.1.4.1 Controlling which hyphenation patterns are used by LaTEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4.1.5 Personal Conguration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4.2 The MiKTEX Conguration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.2.1 The Two Kinds of Conguation Files. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.2.2 How to specify search paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.2.3 Contents of a MiKTEX Conguration File . . . . . . . 13 4.2.3.1 [BibTeX]: BibTEX Conguration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.2.3.2 [Dvips]: Dvips Conguration Settings . . . 13 4.2.3.3 [Graphics]: Graphics Conversion Rules . . 14 4.2.3.4 [Magic]: Memory Settings for TEX & Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4.2.3.5 [MakeIndex]: MakeIndex Conguration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4.2.3.6 [MakePK]: MakePK Conguration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

ii 4.2.3.7 [MakeTFM]: MakeTFM Conguration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4.2.3.8 [METAFONT]: METAFONT Conguration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4.2.3.9 [MetaPost]: MetaPost Related Conguration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4.2.3.10 [MiKTeX]: General Conguration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4.2.3.11 [Omega]: Omega Conguration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4.2.3.12 [otp2ocp]: otp2ocp Conguration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4.2.3.13 [pdfTeX]: pdfTEX Conguration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4.2.3.14 [ps2pk]: ps2pk Conguration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4.2.3.15 [TeX]: TEX Conguration Settings . . . . . 19 4.2.3.16 [Yap]: Yap Conguration Settings . . . . . 19 The Dvips Conguration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Non-standard TEX Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

5.1 5.2 Auto-insertion of Source Specials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 TCX les: Character translations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

TEXify: The MiKTEX Compiler Driver . . . . . 22 Manual Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

23 25 25 28 29 30 30 32 33 33 34 35 A.1 A.2 A.3 A.4 A.5 A.6 A.7 A.8 A.9 A.10 A.11 A.12 Common Compiler Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bibtex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bibtex8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dvicopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dvipdfm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dvips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . initexmf (MiKTEX Conguration Utility) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mp (MetaPost) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . omega. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pdftex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . texify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Appendix A

Appendix B

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37