Juergen Fenn <jfenn@gmx.net> writes:

> If you call latex then pdflatex is executed and you get a PDF file by
> default, not a DVI:

Not, by default, .dvi is produced when using latex command.

Try the attached file:
1. latex test.tex
2. dvisvgm test.tex test.svg

then, try
1. pdflatex test.tex

You will see a difference in produced output.