In typical use, TeX, METAFONT and MetaPost require a large number of macros to be predefined; therefore, they support memory dump files, which can be read much more efficiently than ordinary source code.
For example, LaTeX macros are stored in the file
latex.fmt
. This file is loaded by pdf-e-TeX, when
you start latex.
MiKTeX Options can assist you in defining a new memory dump file:
Click MiKTeX Options window (see Figure 4.1, “MiKTeX Options: General Settings”).
→ → → to open theClick on the Formats tab. You are presented with a list of known memory dump files. To add an entry to this list, click .
In the Format Definition dialog box, enter the following information:
The name of the memory dump file without an extension.
The program which creates and loads the memory dump file.
The name of the main input file.
Optional: The name of another memory dump file, which must be loaded before the actual memory dump file is being created.
A one-line comment which describes the new memory dump file.
A new executable file with the name of the memory dump will be
installed in the MiKTeX bin directory. This executable serves
as a short-cut for
. For example,
these two commands are equivalent:compiler
"&name
"
latex sample2e pdfetex "&latex" sample2e