[tex-live] Re: incremental pdf (was: Please enable ipc in tex)
Hans Hagen
pragma at wxs.nl
Mon Aug 2 16:27:05 CEST 2004
Karl Berry wrote:
> why anything other than pdftex is still there and supported? As
> "historical compatibility baggage"
>
>No, there are valid reasons for both routes. pstricks, for example,
>cannot be supported in pdftex.
>
>
actually, it can, by sort of processing the ps snippeds during the run
(via gs)
a few good reasons for dvipdfmx are:
- aleph needs a dvi -> pdf converter
- some cjk languages have special demands and dvipdfmx is good in that
>This is not the right list for this discussion.
>
>
-)
Hans
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