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4. How is TeX Used?

Three Steps: Edit, compile, run...

These steps apply always:

  1. Edit TeX source file.
  2. Compilation --- run tex, latex, pdftex or pdflatex:
    • DVI file;
    • log file.
  3. Preview .dvi or .pdf file.
  4. Print (may need to convert .dvi file to a printable format, e.g., Postscript, and send to printer).

Font Generation

Its possible that you may see something like...

   kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfour --bdpi 600 --mag 1+264/600 
        --dpi 864 cmti10
   mktexpk: Running mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1+264/600; nonstopmode; input cmti10
   This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.3.1)

   (/usr/share/texmf/fonts/source/public/cm/cmti10.mf
   (/usr/share/texmf/fonts/source/public/cm/cmbase.mf)
   (/usr/share/texmf/fonts/source/public/cm/textit.mf
   (/usr/share/texmf/fonts/source/public/cm/itall.mf [97] [98] [99] [100] [101]
   [102] [103] [104] [105] [106] [107] [108] [109] [110] [111] [112] [113]
   [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] [121] [122])
This is TeX (really METAFONT) building fonts...




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