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From: dsmith@applga.aa.cad.slb.com (J. Daniel Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: turning FMT files back into TEX files
Keywords: TeX, formats
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Date: 8 Jan 91 02:28:18 GMT
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Organization: Schlumberger CAD/CAM; Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Can such a thing be done?  

The problem is as follows:  I have some old format files floating
around, but I can't find the macros for them anywhere.  These format
files are useless with a new version of TeX.  So what I would like to
do is turn the FMT files back into a TEX file that can be given to
initex to create a new FMT file.  I don't want to modify the macros
that make up the format at all.

Am I hopelessly stuck with using TeX 2.0 as long as these FMT files
are needed??? I hope not...

Thanks for the help...
   Dan
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