From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karsten Heymann Subject: Re: Re: IMPORTANT: (possibly) incompatible Change Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:30:22 +0200 Message-ID: <87mxxf8sht.fsf@ara.blue-cable.net> References: <86sk7gooh2.fsf@portan.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de> <3E3E058D-6BBD-4D9B-845D-3E13235EF0DC@gmail.com> <4BB3973D.3090305@comcast.net> <9667B267-935B-4DFB-800B-FC76DBCCBF28@gmail.com> <8739z8g3ul.fsf@ara.blue-cable.net> <871ves8t5f.fsf@ara.blue-cable.net> <2D73D1C7-5BEF-46D2-9A56-4F4321005550@gmail.com> <87wrwk7cf7.fsf@ara.blue-cable.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NzSWm-0005dj-Ny for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:30:32 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=49674 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NzSWk-0005cY-IN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:30:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NzSWe-0001qx-Qz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:30:28 -0400 Received: from mx2-node01.blue-cable.net ([62.117.12.107]:55750) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NzSWe-0001q7-Hb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:30:24 -0400 Received: from sponts-2.blue-cable.net ([172.16.20.84]) by mx2-node01.blue-cable.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NzSWc-0001tu-C5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:30:22 +0200 Received: from mx2-node01.blue-cable.net (mx2-node01.blue-cable.net [172.16.20.86]) by sponts-2.blue-cable.net (SPONTS v8.5.0.1212) with ESMTP id 1127D7D2176A-0 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2010 06:30:22 -0400 Received: from ara.blue-cable.net ([172.16.19.209]) by mx2-node01.blue-cable.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NzSWc-0001tq-6T for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:30:22 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Ulf Stegemann's message of "Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:15:50 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Ulf, Ulf Stegemann writes: > However, I'd strongly oppose to the claim that compatibility to the > latex compiler (vs. pdftex) is an academic problem. I know about > several LaTeX based systems that have to use the latex compiler simply > because pdftex can't handle eps graphics and converting those images > isn't feasible. So, while in the current case there's no compatibility > issue, I think it's reasonable to support both compilers. Are there still any systems in the wild that don't use pdftex for latex/dvi mode? Don't be fooled by the name, when pdftex is called in latex mode, it behaves exactly like the old tex/etex compiler and generates the same dvi documents, supports dvips and so on. For example on my Ubuntu 9.10 system 'latex -version' says: kheymann@ara:~$ latex -version pdfTeX using libpoppler 3.141592-1.40.3-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.6) kpathsea version 3.5.6 Copyright 2007 Peter Breitenlohner (eTeX)/Han The Thanh (pdfTeX). Kpathsea is copyright 2007 Karl Berry and Olaf Weber. There is NO warranty. Redistribution of this software is covered by the terms of both the pdfTeX using libpoppler copyright and the Lesser GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING and the pdfTeX using libpoppler source. Primary author of pdfTeX using libpoppler: Peter Breitenlohner (eTeX)/Han The Thanh (pdfTeX). Kpathsea written by Karl Berry, Olaf Weber, and others. Compiled with libpng 1.2.37; using libpng 1.2.37 Compiled with zlib 1.2.3.3; using zlib 1.2.3.3 Compiled with libpoppler version 0.12.0 Or did I misunderstand your remark? Yours Karsten