Hi pdftex fans, on my homepage you find a VERY buggy rough try on a socket interface for (but not limited to) pdftex. This allows to type something like: \socketmodeon 5 \def\serverport{ftp.someserver.com:21} % watch the colon :-) \immediate\openout 5 = \serverport \immediate\openin 5 = \serverport \immediate\write 5 {something} \immediate\read 5 to \xyz % whatever the server does from "something" \xyz The problem is, well, that it's VERY buggy, in fact nothing more than a rough sketch, but anyway, it made its 1st PDF file, and I thought when it's out we might find some minute to discuss and scrap it unanimously. See you... Hartmut ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr.-Ing. Hartmut Henkel Oftersheim, Germany E-Mail: hartmut_henkel@gmx.de http://www.circuitwizard.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------