Jonathan Fine wrote:
Please could I be told, what are the main benefits of directly producing PDF?
Convenience since all is packages in one file; also, it's in the spirit of good old tex to adapt to developments (like pdf). Nowhere is demanded that dvi is to be the output (in a similar fashion: specials and writes are examplex of extensions, and pdftex (luatex) adds a couple more. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------