JadeTeX-3.13

The JadeTeX package is a companion package to the OpenJade DSSSL processor. JadeTeX transforms high level LaTeX macros into DVI/PostScript and Portable Document Format (PDF) forms.

First, as the root user, make some required modifications to files already installed on the system:

sed -i.orig -e "s/original texmf.cnf/modified texmf.cnf/" \
   /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf

You'll need to make two modifications to /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf. First, add the following line under the section titled “ConTeXt is a memory hog...”:

pool_size.context = 750000

Next, add latex, jadetex and pdfjadetex settings using the following command:

cat >> /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf << "EOF"

% The following 3 sections added for JadeTeX

% latex settings
main_memory.latex = 1100000
param_size.latex = 1500
stack_size.latex = 1500
hash_extra.latex = 15000
string_vacancies.latex = 45000
pool_free.latex = 47500
nest_size.latex = 500
save_size.latex = 5000
pool_size.latex = 500000
max_strings.latex = 55000
font_mem_size.latex= 400000

% jadetex settings
main_memory.jadetex = 1500000
param_size.jadetex = 1500
stack_size.jadetex = 1500
hash_extra.jadetex = 50000
string_vacancies.jadetex = 45000
pool_free.jadetex = 47500
nest_size.jadetex = 500
save_size.jadetex = 5000
pool_size.jadetex = 500000
max_strings.jadetex = 55000

% pdfjadetex settings
main_memory.pdfjadetex = 2500000
param_size.pdfjadetex = 1500
stack_size.pdfjadetex = 1500
hash_extra.pdfjadetex = 50000
string_vacancies.pdfjadetex = 45000
pool_free.pdfjadetex = 47500
nest_size.pdfjadetex = 500
save_size.pdfjadetex = 5000
pool_size.pdfjadetex = 500000
max_strings.pdfjadetex = 55000
EOF

Build a new latex.fmt file using the following commands:

cp -v -R /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/config . &&
cd config &&
tex -ini -progname=latex latex.ini &&
cd ..

Now, as the root user, install the latex.fmt file, then build and install JadeTex using the following commands:

mv /usr/share/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt \
   /usr/share/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt.orig &&
install -v -m644 config/latex.fmt /usr/share/texmf/web2c &&
make install &&
ln -v -sf tex /usr/bin/jadetex &&
ln -v -sf pdftex /usr/bin/pdfjadetex &&
mktexlsr

sed -i -e "s/original texmf.cnf/modified texmf.cnf/": This changes /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf so that if TeX is upgraded, this file won't get overwritten.

ln -v -sf tex ...; ln -v -sf pdftex ...; mktexlsr: The JadeTeX programs are actually just symlinks to the TeX programs. mktexlsr updates TeX's ls-R database used by the libkpathsea library so that TeX knows to use the JadeTeX .fmt files when jadetex or pdfjadetex is called.