Bug#344919: teTeX 3.x incompatible to older .sty files
retitle 344919 teTeX 3.x incompatible to older .sty files: produces PDF instead of DVI
thanks
Tilman Höner zu Siederdissen <tilman.hzs@web.de> wrote:
> Yes, I can guess which decision was made. :)
> I will try get the OSA to change their style file. That might save
> some scientists who use teTeX a lot of trouble.
By the way, the solution is simple:
\usepackage{ifpdf}
\ifpdf
%commands for pdf mode
\else %optional
% optional commands for dvi mode
\fi
but in many cases (e.g. hyperref) it isn't needed it all, since the
packages detect it correctly themselves.
> But, since it's an important issue, I suggest to mention this in the
> documentation or the FAQ. Something like the following would have been
> very helpful to me when I encountered this problem:
Thanks for the suggestion; I'll put that somewhere in our package
documentation. But I'll keep the bug open so that people can easily
find it.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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