Re: dvi output with tetex 3.0

owner-tetex <at> dbs.uni-hannover.de schrieb am 12.04.2006 00:52:38:

> >>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Esser <te <at> dbs.uni-hannover.de> writes:
>
>   > As David has poined out, it would have too many side effects to
>   > manipulate the primitives of pdftex.
>
> Even if the side effects can be ignored, it is wrong to change
> primimitives in order to fix bugs in macro packages.
>
> Maybe it is sufficient to write a little file
>
> fixpdftest.tex:
> ___________________________________________
> \input ifpdf.sty

Don't use the plain TeX syntax!

> \ifpdf \else \let\pdfoutput\undefined \fi
> ___________________________________________
>
> and put the line
>
>    \input fixpdftest
>
> into your LaTeX document before any other macro package is loaded.

Don't use the plain TeX syntax! Better:

  \input{fixpdftest}

or

  \usepackage{fixpdftest}% fixpdftest.tex --> fixpdftest.sty

...Rolf