[NTG-pdftex] \pdfprimitive

[Taco Hoekwater]

Heiko Oberdiek wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> \def\show{Hello World}
> \pdfprimitive\show\relax
> 
> I would expect that the primitive \show (not the macro) is
> executed and shows \relax. Instead I get an error (pdfTeX 1.40.3):
> 
>   ! Undefined control sequence.
>   l.2 \pdfprimitive\show
> 
> Did I misunderstood \pdfprimitive?

No, that should have worked. I will investigate.

Best wishes,
Taco