[NTG-pdftex] \pdfprimitive

[Philip & Le Khanh]

Is there a Win-32 executable of PdfeTeX with this patch available ?
I would be interested in experimenting to see if Heiko's
desideratum can be accomplished within the existing set
of primitives.

** Phil.
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Heiko Oberdiek wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 12:46:03PM +0200, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> 
>>> I was testing \pdfprimitive itself for expandability,
>>> instead of its argument. There is a very small patch possible, but
>>> I had better do some more tests before submitting it.
>> Patch attached.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> As nearest way to restore a primitive that is
> redefined somewhere I found:
> 
> \def\show{...}% some package
> 
> \let\show\relax % prevents expansion if \show is expanded
> \def\show{\pdfprimitive\show}
> 
> However \show remains a macro. Thus some kind of
> \pdfprimitivelet would be nice and complete the interface.
> 
> Yours sincerely
>   Heiko <oberdiek at uni-freiburg.de>