Short: TeX auto format selection Author: m88jrh@uk.ac.ox.ecs (Jason R. Hulance) Uploader: m88jrh@uk.ac.ox.ecs (Jason R. Hulance) Type: text/tex DoTeX is a small program (written in E) which automatically selects the appropriate format file for use with TeX. For example, plain TeX documents need the 'plain' format file, whilst LaTeX documents need 'lplain'. DoTeX looks for '\documentstyle' within the first 20 lines of the file on which it was invoked, or a comment with the style option, '% latex' or '% tex'. This can be overridden by specifying the tooltype 'DOTEXFMT' in the icon for the TeX file. The argument can be 'tex', 'latex' or the name of the desired format file. For example, 'DOTEXFMT=texinfo' as a tooltype will cause the format file 'texinfo' to be used (i.e., the TeX command will be 'virtex &texinfo '). DoTeX requires TeX to be setup correctly, so it can find 'virtex' in 'tex:bin'. DoTeX may be run from Workbench, the CLI or as the default tool for a file. The CLI template is 'FILE/M', as DoTeX can process many files at once. Oh, and it requires OS2.0+, just because it's a lot easier to use the nice functions... ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 3348 1726 48.4% 17-Oct-93 16:17:10 DoTeX 3237 1160 64.1% 17-Oct-93 16:16:28 DoTeX.e 506 372 26.4% 20-Sep-93 19:53:22 DoTeX.info 1155 620 46.3% 02-Feb-95 09:13:42 DoTeX.readme -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 8246 3878 52.9% 02-Feb-95 18:15:36 4 files