[XeTeX] ifpdftex, ifxetex and dvipdfm
Pablo Rodríguez
oinos at web.de
Tue Dec 18 13:15:05 CET 2007
Jonathan Kew wrote:
> My suggestion would be to use ifxetex, and assume that the output
> driver for xetex is (x)dvipdfmx; that is the default on all platforms
> in 0.997 (yes, it's still not officially released, but use that as
> your target). It's true that xdv2pdf doesn't support all the same
> specials, but I think you should just ignore that driver.
Thanks for your answer, Jonathan.
> To support the use of dvipdfm(x) with regular LaTeX, you'll have to
> use a package option, I think, unless there is a way to use \specials
> that will work for either driver. There is no way for the TeX job to
> know which dvi-to-whatever driver will be used.
I guess I would have to write those \specials that would work for either
driver. A package option will be the solution, but I don't know how I
would have to write one. Where could I find an explanation?
Pablo
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