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From: toni@erix.UUCP (Toni Roth)
Newsgroups: net.text
Subject: TeX
Message-ID: <1058@erix.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 9-Feb-86 13:12:03 EST
Article-I.D.: erix.1058
Posted: Sun Feb  9 13:12:03 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 12-Feb-86 20:59:23 EST
Organization: L M Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden
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I have a problem with fast loading of macros:

I've written a macro package that uses many features from the plain
format. Now I want to create a .fmt-file for fast loading of these
macros.

The TeX-book says you should do "initex" and then type "&plain super"
in response to the "**" prompt (super is your extensions of plain).

If I do this, the command "virtex &super" takes more time to load the
macros than the command "tex" followed by "super".

The fastest way to load these macros must be to give the command "tex"
and then type "&super" in response to the "**" prompt. Is there a way
to create this "super.fmt" that doesn't include the plain format but
still uses it?

Thanks in advance:		...!mcvax!enea!erix!toni