PassiveTeX

3. Installation

The PassiveTeX macros should be downloaded (as a ZIP file, passivetex.zip), unpacked, and installed in a TeX system (eg in texmf/tex/latex/passivetex) in the normal place where you put macros. Consult your local documentation or local expert if you do not know how to install a new package; on a web2c-based system, don't forget to run mktexlsr when you have the files in place, to update the file lookup table.

What about that pdfxmltex command we saw in the last section? You don't have it on your system? You need to download xmltex from CTAN and install it in the your TeX system. It too is just a set of TeX macro packages. IMPORTANT NOTE. You need a copy of xmltex.tex latex than 2001/11/30.

Now you can use xmltex on a file called (eg) teiu5.fo in one of two ways:
  1. Build an xmltex format file for pdfTeX with
    pdftex -ini "&pdflatex" pdfxmltex.ini
    and process your file with
    pdflatex "&pdfxmltex" teiu5.fo
    The command pdfxmltex used above is just a script which does
    tex -fmt=pdfxmltex -progname=pdfxmltex
    Or,
  2. Make a wrapper file called (eg) teiu5.tex looking like this:
    \def\xmlfile{teiu5.fo} \input xmltex
    and run pdfTeX on it as normal with
    pdflatex teiu5.tex
Do not worry, xmltex knows how to find the PassiveTeX macros as it needs them. You will likely need to increase TeX memory values (in the file texmf.cnf if you use a Web2c-based TeX); I use:
main_memory = 2500000 param_size = 1500 stack_size = 1500 hash_extra = 50000 string_vacancies = 45000 pool_free = 47500 nest_size = 500 save_size = 10000 pool_size = 500000 max_strings = 55000
For reference, the PassiveTeX package consists of the following files:
  • The core xmltex `style' files for XSL FO XML:
    fotex.xmt fotex.sty
  • Support for direct formatting of TEI XML with xmltex
    tei.xmt teixml.sty
  • Some support files, shared with JadeTeX:
    unicode.sty ucharacters.sty mlnames.sty dummyels.sty nomulticol.sty

NOTE: TeX has a limit on the length of line it can read, and some .fo files you generate may cause TeX to die with an message about increasing buf_size. If you get that, edit your texmf.cnf file, increase the size of buf_size (mine is 200000), and remake any format files.

3.1. LaTeX package dependencies

This setup assumes you have a decent modern TeX setup. The TeX Live 6 CD-ROM is what I use, and it is up to date (see http://www.tug.org/texlive/).

Here is a list of the packages loaded in a typical run of PassiveTeX, with their version numbers where known:
amsbsy.sty 1999/11/29 v1.2d
amsfonts.sty 1997/09/17 v2.2e
amsgen.sty 1999/11/30 v2.0
amsmath.sty 2000/03/29 v2.08 AMS math features
amsopn.sty 1999/12/14 v2.01 operator names
amssymb.sty 1996/11/03 v2.2b
amstext.sty 1999/11/15 v2.0
array.sty 1998/05/13 v2.3m Tabular extension package (FMi)
article.cls 1999/09/10 v1.4a Standard LaTeX document class
bm.sty 1999/07/05 v1.0g Bold Symbol Support (DPC/FMi)
color.sty 1999/02/16 v1.0i Standard LaTeX Color (DPC)
fontenc.sty (version not available)
graphics.sty 1999/02/16 v1.0l Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
graphicx.sty 1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
hpdftex.def 2000/05/08 v6.70f Hyperref driver for pdfTeX
hyperref.sty 2000/05/08 v6.70f Hypertext links for LaTeX
ifthen.sty 1999/09/10 v1.1b Standard LaTeX ifthen package (DPC)
keyval.sty 1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
longtable.sty 1998/05/13 v4.09 Multi-page Table package (DPC)
multicol.sty 1999/10/21 v1.5w multicolumn formatting (FMi)
nameref.sty 2000/05/08 v2.18 Cross-referencing by name of section
ot1phv.fd 2000/01/12 PSNFSS-v8.1 scalable font definitions for OT1/phv.
pd1enc.def 2000/05/08 v6.70f Hyperref: PDFDocEncoding definition (HO)
pifont.sty 2000/01/12 PSNFSS-v8.1 Pi font support (SPQR)
rotating.sty 1997/09/26, v2.13 Rotation package
size10.clo 1999/09/10 v1.4a Standard LaTeX file (size option)
stmaryrd.sty 1994/03/03 St Mary's Road symbol package
t1enc.def 1999/12/08 v1.9x Standard LaTeX file
t1phv.fd 2000/01/12 PSNFSS-v8.1 scalable font definitions for T1/phv.
t1ptm.fd 2000/01/12 PSNFSS-v8.1 font definitions for T1/ptm.
t2acmr.fd 1999/01/07 v1.0 Computer Modern Cyrillic font definitions
t2aenc.def 1999/11/29 v1.0c Cyrillic encoding definition file
t3enc.def (version not available)
textcomp.sty 1999/12/08 v1.9x Standard LaTeX package
times.sty 2000/01/12 PSNFSS-v8.1 Times font as default roman (SPQR)
tipa.sty 1996/06/10 TIPA version 1.0
trig.sty 1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC)
ts1cmr.fd 1999/05/25 v2.5h Standard LaTeX font definitions
ts1enc.def 1998/06/12 v3.0d (jk/car/fm) Standard LaTeX file
ts1ptm.fd 2000/01/12 PSNFSS-v8.1 font definitions for TS1/ptm.
ulem.sty 1997/04/21
umsa.fd 1995/01/05 v2.2e AMS font definitions
umsb.fd 1995/01/05 v2.2e AMS font definitions
upsy.fd 2000/01/12 PSNFSS-v8.1 font definitions for U/psy.
upzd.fd 2000/01/12 PSNFSS-v8.1 font definitions for U/pzd.
url.sty 1999/03/28 ver 1.5x Verb mode for urls, etc.
Ustmry.fd (version not available)
uwasy.fd 1999/05/13 v1.0iWasy-2 symbol font definitions
wasysym.sty 1999/05/13 v1.0i Wasy-2 symbol support package

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