From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/8859 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: pdf(e)tex version. Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 09:23:09 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20020729091829.036afee8@server-1> References: <200207280950.18203.john@wexfordpress.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035399231 31017 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 18:53:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:53:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: John Culleton In-Reply-To: <200207280950.18203.john@wexfordpress.com> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:8859 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:8859 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------