Received: from mail.proteosys.com ([62.225.9.49]) by nummer-3.proteosys with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:37:10 +0100 Received: by mail.proteosys.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h13Kb76C019485 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:37:08 +0100 Received: from listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by relay.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h13KWxXM008319; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:32:59 +0100 (MET) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C2CBC4.06541F00" Received: from listserv (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.2/8.12.2/SuSE Linux 0.6) with ESMTP id h133iQTb031075; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:25:10 +0100 Received: from LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 7798 for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:25:09 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from relay.uni-heidelberg.de (relay.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.212]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.2/8.12.2/SuSE Linux 0.6) with ESMTP id h13KF9Pw005910 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:15:09 +0100 Received: from mailout04.sul.t-online.com (mailout04.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.18]) by relay.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h13KMnXM005957 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:22:49 +0100 (MET) Received: from fwd02.sul.t-online.de by mailout04.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 18fn7C-0005mQ-02; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 21:22:50 +0100 Received: from localhost.localdomain (520018396234-0001@[217.80.160.66]) by fmrl02.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 18fn74-1H0GBcC; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:22:42 +0100 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h13KLpMv001988 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:22:06 +0100 Received: (from dak@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id h13KLooK001984; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:21:50 +0100 In-Reply-To: <15934.48917.355277.812411@fell.open.ac.uk> Lines: 31 References: <15915.60496.798501.907773@lin2.idris.fr> <200301231843.18419.tim@birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> <200301232130.53333.tim@birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> <15920.36851.541750.964940@istrati.mittelbach-online.de> <15934.48917.355277.812411@fell.open.ac.uk> Return-Path: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Feb 2003 20:37:10.0236 (UTC) FILETIME=[067821C0:01C2CBC4] X-Sender: 520018396234-0001@t-dialin.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.28 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) X-Spam-Score: -2.8 () IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_GNUS_UA Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: proposed change of policy Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:21:50 +0100 Message-ID: A X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Re: proposed change of policy Thread-Index: AcLLxAaVmmE24atxQRK1yJtfZ3YyZA== From: "David Kastrup" To: Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4530 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2CBC4.06541F00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Chris Rowley writes: > We are therefore encouraging all TeX distributions (as soon as > possible and certainly by 2004): > > -- to include an executable that provides the e-TeX features; > > -- to use this executable when making and running the LaTeX format; > and/or to provide a configurable and straightforward way for a user > to make the change to using such an `e-TeX compliant' executable. Another issue has come to my attention right now which I have not mentioned before: The elatex and latex executables may have different search paths. While I have been able to let the latex command revert to an eTeX format by default in a Web2C installation by editing fmtutil.cnf and regenerating formats, the different search path made \usepackage{etex} fail when used inside of a file processed by the now modified "latex" command rather than the "elatex" command. This difference might be worth mentioning to distribution vendors in some manner, too. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2CBC4.06541F00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: proposed change of policy

        Chris = Rowley <C.A.Rowley@OPEN.AC.UK> writes:

> We are therefore encouraging all TeX = distributions (as soon as
> possible and certainly by 2004):
>
> -- to include an executable that provides the = e-TeX features;
>
> -- to use this executable when making and = running the LaTeX format;
>    and/or to provide a = configurable and straightforward way for a user
>    to make the change to using = such an `e-TeX compliant' executable.

Another issue has come to my attention right now which = I have not
mentioned before:

The elatex and latex executables may have different = search paths.
While I have been able to let the

  latex

command revert to an eTeX format by default in a Web2C = installation by
editing fmtutil.cnf and regenerating formats, the = different search
path made

  \usepackage{etex}

fail when used inside of a file processed by the now = modified "latex"
command rather than the "elatex" = command.  This difference might be
worth mentioning to distribution vendors in some = manner, too.

--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

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