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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2007-01-08 03:27:32 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2007-01-08 03:27:32 +0000
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man page updates from sanjoy
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--- a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/pdftex.man
+++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/pdftex.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PDFTEX 1 "25 March 2004" "Web2C @VERSION@"
+.TH PDFTEX 1 "7 Jan 2007" "pdftex 1.40" "Web2C @VERSION@"
.\"=====================================================================
.if n .ds MF Metafont
.if t .ds MF M\s-2ETAFONT\s0
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ it is usually better to use the
.I format
option instead.
.PP
-pdf\*(TX is a version of \*(TX that can create
+pdf\*(TX is a version of \*(TX, with the e-\*(TX extensions, that can create
.I PDF
files as well as
.I DVI
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ files.
.PP
In
.I DVI
-mode, pdf\*(TX can be used as a complete replacement of the \*(TX
+mode, pdf\*(TX can be used as a complete replacement for the \*(TX
engine.
.PP
The typical use of pdf\*(TX is with a pregenerated formats for which
@@ -75,15 +75,17 @@ commands are pdf\*(TX's analogues to the
.B initex
and
.B virtex
-commands. In this installation, they are symbolic links to the
+commands. In this installation, if the links exist, they are symbolic
+links to the
.B pdftex
-executable. These symbolic links may not exist at all.
+executable.
.PP
In
.I PDF
mode, pdf\*(TX can natively handle the
.IR PDF ,
.IR JPG ,
+.IR JBIG2 ,
and
.I PNG
graphics formats.
@@ -411,6 +413,11 @@ Predigested pdf\*(TX format (.\|fmt) files.
.br
.\"=====================================================================
.SH NOTES
+Starting with version 1.40, pdf\*(TX incorporates the e-\*(TX
+extensions, and pdfe\*(TX is just a copy of pdf\*(TX. See
+.BR etex (1)
+and
+.BR pdfetex (1).
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete
documentation for this version of pdf\*(TX can be found in the info
manual
@@ -442,6 +449,10 @@ Information on how to get pdfe\*(TX and related information
is available at the
.BI "http://tug.org" \ TUG
website.
+The most recent version of pdf\*(TX is available for anonymous
+ftp at the
+.B http://www.pdftex.org/
+.IR "pdf\*(TX development site" .
.P
The following pdfe\*(TX related mailing list is available:
.BR pdftex@tug.org .
@@ -457,11 +468,13 @@ website.
.\"=====================================================================
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR tex (1),
+.BR etex (1),
+.BR pdfetex (1),
.BR mf (1).
.\"=====================================================================
.SH AUTHORS
-The primary authors of pdf\*(TX are Han The Thanh, Petr Sojka, and
-Jiri Zlatuska.
+The primary authors of pdf\*(TX are Han The Thanh, Petr Sojka,
+Jiri Zlatuska, and Peter Breitenlohner (e\*TX).
.PP
\*(TX was designed by Donald E. Knuth,
who implemented it using his \*(WB system for Pascal programs.