Bug#322713: (fwd) Bug#322713: dvipdfm doesn't understand gs anymore
On 31.08.05 Jin-Hwan Cho (chofchof@ktug.or.kr) wrote:
> On Aug 31, 2005, at 4:33 PM, Frank Küster wrote:
Hi,
> >>The only person who can fix the bug is the author of DVIPDFM.
> >
> >Of course. Can dvipdfmx be used as a drop-in-replacement for
> >dvipdfm, even if you don't process CJK files? Are there any
> >disadvantages?
>
> Surely DVIPDFMx can do that because DVIPDFMx is an eXtension of
> DVIPDFM.
> If you know any disadvantage, please let me know.
>
I've contacted tex-live to submit the dvipdfmx -> dvipdfm replacement
request. Here is the answer from Karl Berry:
<quote>
> Please consider to drop dvipdfm in favor of dvipdfmx!
>
Funny thing. I asked the fmx maintainers the same thing, about
completely dropping fm in favor of fmx in TL, and they advised me not
to do so. fm had additional programs (ebb and something else), and
different behavior in some cases. They hoped to make it completely
compatible soon, so we could drop fm next time around. At least that
was my understanding ...
</quote>
The statements made (Karl didn't actually say, who made them) might
be quite old. So I can't really say if they're still valid. Are you
aware of missing program or something? Unfortunately I don't even
know the purpose of ebb.
Kind Regards,
Hilmar
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