http://sarovar.org/download.php/1064/pdftex-1.40.0-beta-20060811.tar.bz2 http://sarovar.org/download.php/1065/pdftex-1.40.0-beta-20060725-20060811.di... --------------------------------------------------------------- pdfTeX 3.141592-1.40.0-beta-20060811 was released on 2006-08-11 --------------------------------------------------------------- - renamed primitives: \primitive -> \pdfprimitive \ifprimitive -> \ifpdfprimitive \ifabsdim -> \ifpdfabsdim \ifabsnum -> \ifpdfabsnum - new version of \primitive/\ifprimitive (but see above) - new dimen: \pdfpxdimen - support for jbig2 files - new library: obsdcompat, which has improved string functions and allows the use of __attribute__ - update libpng to 1.2.12 - added JFIF detection patch to writejpg.c (was bug 548) - bugfix: truetype OS/2 v3 fonts (594) - bugfix: file with only \immediate\pdfobj stream results in garbage (505) - bugfix: invalid pdf created if font name contains space (509) Please have a look at libs/obsdcompat; it has a bunch of very nice (and safe) string functions. And it allows the safe use of the __attribute__-feature of gcc. Best Martin