There are four configuration files that enable personal preferences to
be incorporated into the LATEX format file latex.fmt
. The range
of preferences that can be configured by these files is strictly
limited as this helps to ensure document portability.
All four files work in the same way: if the file <file>.cfg
is
found, it will be input by iniTEX; otherwise a default file
<file>.ltx
will be input instead. Thus, providing one of these
.cfg
files completely overrides any settings in the corresponding
standard .ltx
file.