JadeTeX-3.13

Introduction to JadeTeX

The JadeTeX package is a companion package to the OpenJade DSSSL processor. JadeTeX transforms high level LaTeX macros into DVI/PostScript and Portable Document Format (PDF) forms.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

JadeTeX Dependencies

Required

TeX-3.0 and OpenJade-1.3.2

Installation of JadeTeX

If you downloaded the demo files tarball, unpack it along with the source tarball. It will unpack as a demo directory in the root of the source tree.

First, as the root user, make some required modifications to the texmf.cnf file already installed on the system by the TeX package, then build a new latex.fmt file using the following commands:

sed -i.orig -e "s/original texmf.cnf/modified texmf.cnf/" \
            -e "s/memory hog.../&\npool_size.context = 750000/" \
    $(kpsewhich texmf.cnf) &&
cat >> $(kpsewhich texmf.cnf) << "EOF"

% The following 3 sections added for JadeTeX

% latex settings
main_memory.latex = 1100000
param_size.latex = 1500
stack_size.latex = 1500
hash_extra.latex = 15000
string_vacancies.latex = 45000
pool_free.latex = 47500
nest_size.latex = 500
save_size.latex = 5000
pool_size.latex = 500000
max_strings.latex = 55000
font_mem_size.latex= 400000

% jadetex settings
main_memory.jadetex = 1500000
param_size.jadetex = 1500
stack_size.jadetex = 1500
hash_extra.jadetex = 50000
string_vacancies.jadetex = 45000
pool_free.jadetex = 47500
nest_size.jadetex = 500
save_size.jadetex = 5000
pool_size.jadetex = 500000
max_strings.jadetex = 55000

% pdfjadetex settings
main_memory.pdfjadetex = 2500000
param_size.pdfjadetex = 1500
stack_size.pdfjadetex = 1500
hash_extra.pdfjadetex = 50000
string_vacancies.pdfjadetex = 45000
pool_free.pdfjadetex = 47500
nest_size.pdfjadetex = 500
save_size.pdfjadetex = 5000
pool_size.pdfjadetex = 500000
max_strings.pdfjadetex = 55000

EOF
LATEX_FMT_DIR="$(kpsewhich -expand-var '$TEXMFSYSVAR')/web2c" &&
mv -v $(kpsewhich latex.fmt) $(kpsewhich latex.fmt).orig &&
mv -v $LATEX_FMT_DIR/latex.log $LATEX_FMT_DIR/latex.log.orig &&
fmtutil-sys --byfmt latex

Install JadeTex using the following commands:

make

Now, as the root user:

install -v -m755 -d \
    $(kpsewhich -expand-var '$TEXMFLOCAL')/tex/jadetex/config &&
install -v -m644 dsssl.def jadetex.ltx \
    $(kpsewhich -expand-var '$TEXMFLOCAL')/tex/jadetex &&
install -v -m644 {,pdf}jadetex.ini \
    $(kpsewhich -expand-var '$TEXMFLOCAL')/tex/jadetex/config &&
FMTUTIL_CNF="$(kpsewhich fmtutil.cnf)" &&
mv $FMTUTIL_CNF $FMTUTIL_CNF.orig &&
cat $FMTUTIL_CNF.orig - >> $FMTUTIL_CNF << "EOF"

# JadeTeX formats:
jadetex         etex            -               "&latex"     jadetex.ini
pdfjadetex      pdfetex         -               "&pdflatex"  pdfjadetex.ini

EOF
mv -v $(kpsewhich -expand-var '$TEXMFMAIN')/ls-R \
      $(kpsewhich -expand-var '$TEXMFMAIN')/ls-R.orig &&
mv -v $(kpsewhich -expand-var '$TEXMFSYSVAR')/ls-R \
      $(kpsewhich -expand-var '$TEXMFSYSVAR')/ls-R.orig &&
mktexlsr &&
fmtutil-sys --byfmt jadetex &&
fmtutil-sys --byfmt pdfjadetex &&
mktexlsr &&
ln -v -sf etex /usr/bin/jadetex &&
ln -v -sf pdfetex /usr/bin/pdfjadetex

If you downloaded the demo files tarball, issue the following commands as an unprivileged user to test the functionality of the new JadeTex installation:

cd demo &&
openjade -t tex -d demo.dsl demo.sgm &&
jadetex demo.tex &&
pdfjadetex demo.tex

The commands should complete without errors or warnings and create demo.dvi and demo.pdf files.

Command Explanations

sed -i -e ... -e ... $(kpsewhich texmf.cnf): This command uses kpsewhich to locate the installed texmf.cnf. The first change is used to modify the header of the file so that if TeX is upgraded, the file won't get overwritten. The next change adds a parameter to increase ConTeXt's memory size to accommodate JadeTeX.

fmtutil-sys ...: These commands are used to build the latex.fmt, jadetex.fmt and pdfjadetex.fmt files. Additionally, the command automagically places the files in the correct directory.

mktexlsr; ln -v -sf tex ...; ln -v -sf pdftex ...: The JadeTeX programs are actually just symlinks to the TeX programs. mktexlsr updates TeX's ls-R database used by the libkpathsea library so that TeX knows to use the JadeTeX .fmt files when jadetex or pdfjadetex is called.

Configuring JadeTeX

Config Files

jadetex.dtx in the JadeTeX source tree.

Configuration Information

If you need to modify the default JadeTeX macro settings, see the JadeTeX FAQ.

Contents

Installed Programs: jadetex and pdfjadetex
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/share/texmf-local

Short Descriptions

jadetex

transforms LaTeX macros created by OpenJade into DVI/PostScript forms.

pdfjadetex

transforms LaTeX macros created by OpenJade into Portable Document Format (PDF) forms.

Last updated on 2005-08-01 13:29:19 -0600