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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/README index 6261b8ba0e9..4eb1e75d20f 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/README +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/pdftex/README @@ -1,40 +1,24 @@ -pdfTeX -====== +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. -README for version 3.14159-1.40.2 -================================= - -This directory contains the version 1.40.2 of pdfTeX, 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 identical to the DVI output. An important aspect of this -project is to investigate alternative justification algorithms, optionally -making use of multiple master fonts. - -pdfTeX is based on the original eTeX sources and Web2c, and has been -successfully compiled on Unix, Win32 and DOS systems. It is still under -development and features may change; it produces reasonable PDF code. +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. See the file NEWS for changes to the program. - -Documentation about pdfTeX can be found at http://www.pdftex.org - -There is also a mailing list on pdfTeX; go to -http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdftex for more information about it. Its -searchable archive can be found at http://tug.org/pipermail/pdftex/ -Please read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html before -asking any questions on the pdfTeX mailing list. - -A mailing list for the developement of pdfTeX can be found at -http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-pdftex +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 copyright (c) 1996-2007 Han The Thanh, <thanh@pdftex.org> - 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 @@ -46,8 +30,7 @@ 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 pdfTeX; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple -Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA +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. @@ -55,33 +38,19 @@ 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. - -WHAT TO DO IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE FOUND A BUG IN pdfTeX -======================================================== - -Please read http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html and -follow the guidelines there. Then go to the sarovar site of pdfTeX -(http://sarovar.org/projects/pdftex/) and submit your bug report there. -Here you can also report feature requests or patches. - - CONTRIBUTORS ============ -Peter Breitenlohner, Ricardo Sanchez Carmenes, Otfried Cheong, Thomas -Esser, Hans Hagen, Hartmut Henkel, Taco Hoekwater, Pawel Jackowski, Tom -Kacvinsky, Akira Kakuto, Reinhard Kotucha, Derek B. Noonburg, Heiko -Oberdiek, Jiri Osoba, Fabrice Popineau, Sebastian Rahtz, Tomas Rokicki, -Martin Schröder, Petr Sojka, Ralf Utermann, Olaf Weber, Jiri Zlatuska. - -pdfTeX is built on top of TeX, written by Donald Knuth cum suis (Liang and -so), and eTeX, written by Peter Breitenlohner cum suis; part of the -paragraph optimization is inspired by the work of Hermann Zapf. - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +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. -Please send bug reports, offers of help, etc. to martin@pdftex.org +Some companies have supported the developement of pdfTeX: Adobe Systems +Inc., ArtCom GmbH, Pragma ADE, QuinScape GmbH. -$Id: //depot/Build/source.development/TeX/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/README#30 $ -// vim: tw=75 +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. |