[tex-live] Re: Please drop the DVI-with-pdfTeX hack!

Sebastian Rahtz sebastian.rahtz at oucs.ox.ac.uk
Fri Sep 9 14:50:10 CEST 2005


Jonathan Fine wrote:

>Somewhat off-topic.  I got the following query today from a user:
>  
>
>>Now I get (non fatal) message
>>LaTeX error Command name \marks already defined
>>            Or name \end illegal
>>    
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>A file that used to work is no longer working.
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>And the user thought it was something he had done.
>
>The problem is due, of course, to LaTeX now using eTeX, which
>defines a new primitive \marks.
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>
Bear in mind that this is as per request from the LaTeX authors,
it is not a TeX-Live issue.  Now, "LaTeX" means "eTeX engine + LaTeX  
macros".
Admittedly annoying for your user, but not open for debate here.

Sebastian



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