pdf(e)tex version.

pdf(e)tex version.

[John Culleton]

Thanh is too clever for me. First of all I read somewhere that we should all
be using pdfetex instead of pdftex. True?

Second I tried pdftex --version and pdfetex --version. Here are the results:

pdfTeX (Web2C 7.3.3.1) 3.14159-pre-1.0-unofficial-20010704
kpathsea version 3.3.3.1

pdfeTeX (Web2C 7.3.3.1) 3.14159-0.14h-released-20010417-2.1
kpathsea version 3.3.3.1

JUst ot confuse matters texexec seems to mix these two:

This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-pre-1.0-unofficial-20010704-2.1 (Web2C 
7.3.3.1)

1. Are these current enough?

2. Assuming pdfetex is it, where is the best site for getting the best stable
version?

John Culleton 
John Culleton

Re: pdf(e)tex version.

[Hans Hagen]

At 09:50 AM 7/28/2002 -0400, John Culleton wrote:
>Thanh is too clever for me. First of all I read somewhere that we should all
>be using pdfetex instead of pdftex. True?
>
>Second I tried pdftex --version and pdfetex --version. Here are the results:
>
>pdfTeX (Web2C 7.3.3.1) 3.14159-pre-1.0-unofficial-20010704
>kpathsea version 3.3.3.1
>
>pdfeTeX (Web2C 7.3.3.1) 3.14159-0.14h-released-20010417-2.1
>kpathsea version 3.3.3.1
>
>JUst ot confuse matters texexec seems to mix these two:
>
>This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-pre-1.0-unofficial-20010704-2.1 (Web2C
>7.3.3.1)

thislooks like you have two pdfetex's on your system

>1. Are these current enough?

yes, there is a small font bug (under investigation, concerns very special 
expert fonts) and a more serious limit on the max number of included pdf 
graphics (only a problem when you have > 500 pdf graphics and can be 
avoided by using fig databases; problem is solved in coming versions)

there are improvements/small extensions in coming versions

>2. Assuming pdfetex is it, where is the best site for getting the best stable
>version?

tex live (follow links at tug.org)

Hans
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