General ⇒ Compile Plain Tex

[Mikerada6]

I have a file sent to me by a friend which is written in plain tex. Thus it can not be run with Latex. How can i get TexNicCenter to compile in plain tex?

[localghost]

Copy a build profile, rename it and replace latex by tex or pdflatex by pdftex, respectively.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[Juanjo]

...Or simply write this as the first line of the file and compile with the profile LaTeX => DVI:

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%&etex
 
 
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If you prefer the profile LaTeX=>PDF, then write this:

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%&pdfetex
 
 
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In both cases, it is preferrable to deactivate the calling to BibTeX and MakeIndex that is usually included in every profile. Go to Build > Define Output profiles, select the profile and check the box at the left of the sentence "Don't use BibTeX in this profile". Same thing for MakeIndex.