On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 09:26:12AM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
Heiko Oberdiek wrote:
i dislike the formal version number to be calculated, so i'd opt for:
new primitives
\pdftexmainversion: readonly integer for A \pdftexsubversion: readonly integer for B \pdftexbugfixversion: readonly integer for C
backward compatibility primitives, not advertised
\pdftexversion := \pdftexmainversion * 100 + \pdftexsubversion \pdftexrevision := to_lowerletter(\pdftexbugfixversion)
%%% test.tex %%%
% simulate \pdftexmainversion, ... that are not yet defined
\newcount\pdftexmainversion
\pdftexmainversion=1
\newcount\pdftexsubversion
\pdftexsubversion=21
\newcount\pdftexbugfixversion
\pdftexbugfixversion=1
% now the code for \pdftexversion and \pdftexrevision follows.
% It should probably go into pdftexconfig.tex
\begingroup
% * definition of \pdftexversion
\count0=\pdftexmainversion
\multiply\count0 by 100\relax
\advance\count0 by \pdftexsubversion
% using \chardef to avoid count register
% and \the\pdftexversion must work
\global\chardef\pdftexversion=\count0\relax
%
% definition of \pdftexrevision
\count0=\pdftexbugfixversion
\advance\count0 by `a\relax
% the revision letter must have catcode 12
\lccode`0=\count0\relax
\lowercase{\xdef\pdftexrevision{0}}%
\endgroup
% test
\message{* \the\pdftexversion\pdftexrevision}
\end
%%% test.tex %%%
Yours sincerely
Heiko
actually, \ifeof18 is implemented now (at least it was the intention)
Yes, it is present.
Yours sincerely
Heiko