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tex-ini-files

Provides essential initialization files for creating and customizing TeX format definitions across different TeX engines and distributions.

Overview

Fundamental for TeX system administrators and distribution maintainers, this collection enables consistent format creation across various TeX implementations and environments.

  • Facilitates adaptation of format source files between different TeX engines (like pdfTeX, XeTeX, and LuaTeX).
  • Enables distribution-specific customizations while maintaining compatibility with standard format definitions.
  • Critical for maintaining consistency when building formats across different TeX installations.
  • Particularly valuable for advanced users and developers working with multiple TeX engines or creating custom formats.

Getting Started

The tex-ini-files is a collection of model .ini files, not a LaTeX package that you include directly in your documents. These files are used by TeX system administrators and distributions to create TeX formats.

No special setup is required in your LaTeX documents to use the functionality provided by tex-ini-files, as these are system-level configuration files used when building TeX formats.