Re: [NTG-pdftex] pdftex -ini

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"Hartmut" == Hartmut Henkel writes:

>> Yes, maybe the message should be deferred until the output file >> is opened. When the output file is opened, pdftex definitely >> knows whether it produces DVI or PDF. > Have tried it. A good place for the check and message seems to > be procedure fix_pdfoutput, which freezes the output mode once > and forever. Then one gets: > This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) > entering extended mode > (./xx.tex (output format initialized to PDF) > [1{/usr/lo... > Needs this blank and some kind of brackets () around the string, > and unclear is which convention to follow, as ( officially > already means open file and [ means begin page... Hartmut, many thanks for the response. Maybe it can be done like this: This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) entering extended mode (./xx.tex pdfeTeX: output format initialized to PDF [1(/usr/lo... Regards, Reinhard -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reinhard Kotucha Phone: +49-511-4592165 Marschnerstr. 25 D-30167 Hannover mailto:reinhard.kotucha@web.de ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft isn't the answer. Microsoft is the question, and the answer is NO. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------