[OS X TeX] Reading The TeXbook terminal in hand

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jun 5, 2012, at 8:37 AM, Alain Schremmer wrote:

> 
> On May 24, 2012, at 9:00 PM, Ross Moore wrote:
> 
>> when you don't know what you are doing,
>> it is usually because you haven't thought properly about
>> the structure inherent in what you are trying to represent
> 
> I absolutely and totally agree and so I am now attempting to read The TeXbook, terminal in hand, but I am only on page 23.
> 
>> 	schremmer:
>> TeX
>> 	terminal:
>> This is TeXk, Version 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2011)
>> restricted \write18 enabled.
>> **
>> 	schremmer:
>> \relax
>> 	terminal:
>> 
>> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt TeX.fmt
>> I can't find the format file `TeX.fmt'!
>> MacAlain:~ gpadnom$
> 
> 
> But TeX Distribution says I am using TeXLive-2011 (on PPC under 10.5.8)
> 
> Dumb regards. (I would rather read mathematics pencil in hand.)
> --schremmer


Howdy,

While the official name is TeX, the command is tex, i.e., all lower case.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)