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From: seindal@diku.dk (Rene' Seindal)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: problem with Common TeX?
Message-ID: <3616@diku.dk>
Date: 22 Jan 88 13:27:35 GMT
References: <400@sering.cwi.nl>
Organization: DIKU, U of Copenhagen, DK
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You will have to undump Common TeX differently than Knuth's TeX.  With
Knuth's version you enter "\read 0 to \blort" (to virtex, after reading the
format file), and make it dump core with a SIGQUIT at the "\blort=" prompt.
This is not necessary with Common TeX.  Instead, just give virtex a SIGQUIT
at TeX's asterix-prompt.  It will dump core all right, and the undumped TeX
runs just fine.  

By the way.  My undumped Common TeX executables is about 2Mb, opposed to old
TeX's 860kb.  It is not a problem, but I'd rather have them a bit smaller.
Could I get them smaller by changing MIN_QUARTERWORD and MAX_QUARTERWORD.
They are currently 0 resp. 255.  It's on a VAX 785 running 4.3BSD.

Thanks

Rene' Seindal, DIKU, U. of Copenhagen. (seindal@diku.dk)