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author | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
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diff --git a/systems/doc/pdftex/README b/systems/doc/pdftex/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..785ab5b459 --- /dev/null +++ b/systems/doc/pdftex/README @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +pdfTeX is an extended version of eTeX that can create PDF directly from +TeX source files and enhance the result of TeX typesetting with the help +of PDF. When PDF output is not selected, pdfTeX produces normal DVI +output, otherwise it produces PDF output that looks essentially +identical to the DVI output + +An important aspect of this project was to investigate alternative +justification algorithms, resulting in the "microtypography" features of +margin kerning and font expansion. This was inspired by Peter Karow's +and Hermann Zapf's work. + +pdfTeX is integrated with the original e-TeX sources and Web2c. It is +actively maintained, but stability is paramount now; only bug fixes and +small enhancements are expected. Releases are made through TeX Live. + +See the file NEWS for changes to the program. +Documentation about pdfTeX can be found at http://www.pdftex.org. +Mailing lists: +http://lists.tug.org/pdftex - help requests, general user discussion +http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-pdftex - bug reports, development + + +LEGAL ISSUES +============ + +pdfTeX is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the +terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software +Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later +version. + +pdfTeX is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY +WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS +FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more +details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along +with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + +pdfTeX uses code from TeX; for these parts the original copyright by Don +Knuth applies. See the source files for details. + +pdfeTeX uses code from eTeX; for these parts the original copyright by +Peter Breitenlohner applies. See the source files for details. + +CONTRIBUTORS +============ + +Karl Berry, Peter Breitenlohner, Ricardo Sanchez Carmenes, Otfried +Cheong, Thomas Esser, Hans Hagen, Hartmut Henkel, Taco Hoekwater, Pawel +Jackowski, Pavel Janik, Tom Kacvinsky, Akira Kakuto, Reinhard Kotucha, +Derek B. Noonburg, Heiko Oberdiek, Jiri Osoba, Fabrice Popineau, +Sebastian Rahtz, Bernd Raichle, Tomas Rokicki, Leonard Rosenthol, Martin +Schröder, Petr Sojka, Ralf Utermann, Olaf Weber, Jiri Zlatuska. + +Some companies have supported the developement of pdfTeX: Adobe Systems +Inc., ArtCom GmbH, Pragma ADE, QuinScape GmbH. + +pdfTeX is built on top of TeX, written by Donald Knuth cum suis (Frank +Liang et al.), and e-TeX, written by Peter Breitenlohner cum suis; +the advanced paragraph optimization is inspired by the work of Hermann Zapf. |