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At 10:28 +0000 1998/12/16, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>no. with pdfTeX you can get direct access to PDF as you
>compose the TeX. an obvious example where pdftex is needed is
>to allow breaking of links across lines and pages - theoretically
>possibly in      a dvi->ps->pdf, but I havent seen anyone do it.

These are kind of examples that I am looking: One should work directly with
an enhanced DVI, so that one does not get dependant on a long chain of
fixes.

  Hans Aberg
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