Re: Jadetex problems

["David C. Mason" <dcm redhat com>]

Gleef <gleef@capital.net> writes:

> Hi, I just did some major system upgrades, and I'm trying to run jadetex
> (either separately or in db2dvi), but whatever I do it gives me the error:
> 
>    $ jadetex gnome-faq.tex 
>    This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3)
>    (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
> 
> I'm running RedHat 6.0, I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling all the
> Jade, TeX, and JadeTeX rpms, without success.  I had everything working
> back when I was running RedHat 5.2 and Rawhide.  Has anyone else run into
> this problem?  Does anyone know of a fix?


OK, here's the deal... I just told someone else the problem so I will
cut and paste :)


the problem is a compatibility problem with jadetex and the new tetex
packages. Essentially the babel parts in jadetex don't work with the
new tetex. We created a temporary jadetex package that has all of the
babel stuff commented out. If you just work with English docs this
will help you, if you need other languages you will have to wait until
the jadetex guy finishes the work he is doing.

Also, there is a new tetex out (post RH 6.0 release). It is the 1.01
release. I would NOT recommending you downloading it. It has some
really strange font problems that we are trying to figure out now.

Let me know if you want me to send you the "hacked" jadetex.


Dave


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          David Mason
        Red Hat AD Labs

        dcm@redhat.com