[comp.text.tex] turning FMT files back into TEX files

dsmith@applga.aa.cad.slb.com (J. Daniel Smith) (01/08/91)

Can such a thing be done?  

The problem is as follows:  I have some old format files floating
around, but I can't find the macros for them anywhere.  These format
files are useless with a new version of TeX.  So what I would like to
do is turn the FMT files back into a TEX file that can be given to
initex to create a new FMT file.  I don't want to modify the macros
that make up the format at all.

Am I hopelessly stuck with using TeX 2.0 as long as these FMT files
are needed??? I hope not...

Thanks for the help...
   Dan
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