[Dev-luatex] Q: Can LuaTeX produce xdv?
Hans Hagen
pragma at wxs.nl
Fri Jan 2 21:24:02 CET 2009
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
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