From: yang AT amath7 DOT amt DOT ac DOT cn (Yang) Subject: Re:Help compile latex.fmt 29 Oct 1998 21:19:07 -0800 Message-ID: <199810290940.RAA00958.cygnus.gnu-win32@AMath7._amt.ac.cn> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Cc: lhall AT rfk DOT com Yes, I try to compile it under binary/text and not binary/text format many times, but all failed. I also try to set the macro currdir in texsys.cfg. but it also cause an error like: !Missing control sequence inserted \inaccessible occured at other lines of the latex.ltx. I had been compiled it successfully under Sun Solaris 2.5 Are there other methods to solve this problem? yang Larry Hall wrote: > > At 09:12 PM 10/27/98 +0800, you wrote: > >When I use cygwin32_b19 and egcs1.1 to compile tex: web2c from > >CTAN/web2c/ > >configure is successful, so as compile the binaries program such as > >tex.exe, > >gftopk.exe, etc. but when it compile the latex.fmt, errors occured. > > > >The error maessages is as follows: > > > >This is TeX, version 3.14159(web2c 7.2) (INITEX) > >(/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx) > >(/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/config/texsys.cfg) > >!Missing control sequence inserted > > > > \inaccessible > >... > >l. 194 ...xists{:texsys.aux}{\gdef\@currdir{:}}{}}} > >? > >!Emergency stop > > > >!Missing control sequence inserted > > > > \inaccessible > >... > >l. 194 ...xists{:texsys.aux}{\gdef\@currdir{:}}{}}} > > > >No pages of output > >Transcript written on latex.log > >make[1]*** [latex.fmt] Error 1 > > > >Who can help me? > > > >Yang > > Are you sure this is not a binary/text file format issue? > > Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com > RFK Partners, Inc. (781) 239-1053 > 8 Grove Street (781) 239-1655 - FAX > Wellesley, MA 02482-7797 http://www.rfk.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".