[OS X TeX] Search paths, Custom formats in TeXShop

[Claus Gerhardt]

To create a custom format first create a folder called custom-formats 
or whatever you like. Suppose your format should be called myformat, 
then save a document named  myformat.ini in that directory. Below is a 
copy of my own custom format that may serve as a template as far as the 
structure is concerned. The document myformat.ini should contain all 
relevant packages and commands of yours with a few exceptions:

1. It has to start with
\input latex.ltx
but notice that latex.ltx ends with  the command \endinput which is not 
what you want. Hence  save a copy of latex.ltx without that command in 
your directory.

2. Enter all packages and commands you need except those that react to 
your tex document by writing files like index.sty, mfpic, etc. These 
packages have to loaded be in your particular tex documents.

3. Create your custom format by using the command in the terminal 
(working directory=custom-formats)
pdftex -ini myformat.ini

4. A binary file will be created, place it in
~/Library/texmf/web2c

5. Create a shell script like

#!/bin/tcsh
# flashmode
# Claus Gerhardt
# December 2004
# Usage
# flashmode filename.tex
# pdflatex can be replaced by other shell commands,
# that are called with one argument


set path= ($path /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current 
/usr/local/bin)

pdflatex -shell-escape -fmt myformat  "$1"

#end


and use it for typesetting.

6. The tex file you want the custom format applied to should start with
\usepackage{those which have not been loaded in the custom format}
possible additional commands
\begin{document}


\end{document}

Claus



\ifx\pdfoutput\undefined
\else
   \ifx\pdfoutput\relax
   \else
     \input pdftexconfig
     \pdfoutput=1
   \fi
\fi

\scrollmode
\input latex.ltx
%\input amsbook.cls
\documentclass[ippaper]{amsbookmod}
\usepackage[german,USenglish,english]{babel}
\special{papersize=6in,10in}
\usepackage{pdfsync}
\usepackage{graphicx}
%\usepackage[metapost]{mfpic}
%\nomplabels

\RequirePackage{mathmacrosB}
\settocsectionwidth{99.99}
%\setlength{\cba}{0.7\linespacing plus 4.19998pt}



\RequirePackage{upref}
\RequirePackage{amsthm}
\RequirePackage{enumerate}%\begin{enumerate}[(i)]
\usepackage[mathscr]{eucal}


%\usepackage[matrix,arrow]{xy}
\usepackage{pb-diagram}

\usepackage{xr-hyper}




%\dgHORIZPAD=1em
%\dgVERTPAD=1ex






%\listfiles

\setlength{\textwidth}{4.606truein}%Springer
%\textheight=18.9cm
%\textheight=8.2in
\textheight=7.62truein%7.45in

\topmargin=0cm

\oddsidemargin=-0.30315in

\evensidemargin=-0.30315in
\voffset=0in

\headsep=20pt



\newlength{\tlen}
\settowidth{\tlen}{\Huge {\letterspace to 1.2\naturalwidth {Graduate 
Series in Analysis}}}
\newlength{\tmlen}
\setlength{\tmlen}{(\textwidth - \tlen)/2}


%\baselineskip=12pt

%\parindent=18pt
%\normalparindent=\thmskip

%\parskip=0pt plus 1pt

\hfuzz=1pt

%\frenchspacing



\tolerance=500

%\abovedisplayskip=3mm plus6pt minus 4pt

%\belowdisplayskip=3mm plus6pt minus 4pt

%\abovedisplayshortskip=0mm plus6pt minus 2pt

%\belowdisplayshortskip=2mm plus4pt minus 4pt


%\predisplaypenalty=0

%\clubpenalty=10000

%\widowpenalty=10000

%\setlength{\abovedisplayskip}{\cma}
%\setlength{\belowdisplayskip}{\cma}





\input{hyphenation}

\dump
\endinput

On Feb 10, 2005, at 3:20, Ian Morrison wrote:

> I have done some sifting through this group and other Web sources but 
> cannot
> find a guide to creating custom formats for TeXShop/tetex. Any pointer 
> to
> such a guide would be appreciated.  Also, is there a mechanism for 
> putting
> extra directories on the search path when the source is in a specified
> format like Textures bullet system (as in "•latex") or a guide to how 
> search
> paths work in TeXShop/tetex.
>
> Ian Morrison
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