samplepdf.tex update from Akira, sync

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@40776 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

3 files changed, 22 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/NEWS b/Build/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/NEWS
index 0fb6816206a..7171ee730ef 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/NEWS
+++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/NEWS
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ pdfTeX 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (TeX Live 2016)
     other changes support more granular output tweaks along the same lines.
     
   - new primitive \pdfinfoomitdate to omit CreationDate and ModDate keys.
-  - new primitive \pdftrailer to allow adding to the trailer dictionary.
   - new primitive \pdftrailerid to set seed for the trailer /ID
     computation; with an empty argument \pdftrailerid{}, the /ID is omitted.
   - new primitive \pdfsuppressptexinfo to omit PTEX.* keys from output;
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/README b/Build/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/README
index 4eb1e75d20f..9b78615b002 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/README
+++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/README
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ 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 is to
-investigate alternative justification algorithms.
+identical to the DVI output. An important aspect of this project was to
+investigate alternative justification algorithms, resulting in the
+margin kerning and font expansion "microtypgraphy" features, inspired by
+Peter Karow.
 
 pdfTeX is based on the original e-TeX sources and Web2c, and has been
-successfully compiled on many systems. It is no longer under active
-development and only bug fixes and small enhancements are expected.
+successfully compiled on many systems. It is actively maintained, but
+stability is paramount now; only bug fixes and small enhancements are expected.
 
 See the file NEWS for changes to the program.
 Documentation about pdfTeX can be found at http://www.pdftex.org.
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/samplepdf.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/samplepdf.tex
index a8ac378488a..c6017f6a885 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/samplepdf.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/samplepdftex/samplepdf.tex
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-% This example shows how to use pdfTeX primitives. High-level macros are provided
-% by macros packages like LaTeX or ConTeXt. We present basic set of commands,
-% extended with some more sophisticated issues (like MP to PDF conversion). All
-% the functionality other than provided by pdfTeX itself is commented by default.
-% Please follow the code below and uncomment fragments you want.
+% $Id: samplepdf.tex 749 2016-04-26 23:03:45Z karl $
+% (This samplepdf.tex file is public domain.)
+%
+% This example shows how to use pdfTeX primitives. High-level macros are
+% provided by macros packages like LaTeX or ConTeXt. We present basic
+% set of commands, extended with some more sophisticated issues (like MP
+% to PDF conversion). All the functionality other than provided by
+% pdfTeX itself is commented by default.  Please follow the code below
+% and uncomment fragments you want.
 
 % Many new features has been implemented since the first release of pdfTeX. To
 % make this sample version independent, we use compatibility sections.
@@ -492,8 +496,8 @@ The previous page has been written as object \pdfpageref1.
 %
 % Sorry, TIFF files are no longer supported.
 %
-% pdfTeX itself does not support EPS and Postscript codes at all, however
-% it's possible to include Metapost output. EPS files can be converted to
+% pdfTeX itself does not support EPS and Postscript codes at all, but
+% it iss possible to include Metapost output. EPS files can be converted to
 % PDF for use with pdfTeX. See below for further info about using Metapost
 % and EPS.
 
@@ -686,7 +690,7 @@ Hacked image color space.
 
 \endfeature
 
-% Thanks to Hans Hagen pictures created by Metapost can be easily used with
+% Thanks to Hans Hagen, pictures created by Metapost can be used directly with
 % pdftex. The following files come from ConTeXt distribution. Another
 % place to get them is http://www.tug.org/applications/pdftex/, where
 % is also possible to get the latest driver file for using LaTeX graphicx
@@ -759,7 +763,7 @@ Shell escape (via \cs\pdfshellescape) seems to be
 \ifnum\pdfshellescape=0 disabled\fi.
 \endfeature
 
-% Uncomment line below, if there is Metapost available in your system (should be!)
+% Uncomment line below, if Metapost is available on your system (should be!)
 % \immediate \write 18 {mpost \jobname.mp} % call Metapost on \jobname.mp
 \convertMPtoPDF{\jobname.0}{1}{1}
 \convertMPtoPDF{\jobname.1}{1}{1}
@@ -767,12 +771,10 @@ Shell escape (via \cs\pdfshellescape) seems to be
 \newpage
 
 % EPS pictures cannot be inserted directly by pdfTeX, but it's possible to
-% convert them to PDF using a Postscript-to-PDF converter, like Acrobat
-% Distiller or Ghostscript. The below example calls epstopdf (available
+% convert them to PDF using a Postscript-to-PDF converter, like
+% Ghostscript. The below example calls epstopdf (available
 % from http://www.tug.org/applications/pdftex), which preprocess the EPS
-% and afterwards uses Ghostscript to convert to PDF. In order to convert
-% EPS with embedded Type 1 fonts, a later version (beta) of Ghostscript is
-% required.
+% and afterwards uses Ghostscript to convert to PDF.
 
 % Uncomment line below, if there is epstopdf utility available in your system