[luatex] immediateobj() not allowed in DVI mode

[David Carlisle]

> but why doesn't it give an error message as undefined control sequence?

well that's the question...
are you using a .ini file that has aliased it (new name is \outputmode)
If I add \show\pdfoutput it says

> \pdfoutput=\outputmode.

but if your lua code is doing similar tests the alias
\let\pdfoutoput=\outputmode
at the tex level may not be enough. hard to say without seeing it:-)

David



On 22 November 2015 at 15:23, Patrick Gundlach <patrick at gundla.ch> wrote:
>>
>> do you mean 0.80 (as in texlive 2015) or the new 0.85 test release
>> announced on this list yesterday
>
> 0.85
>
>> the latter doesn't define \pdfoutput
>
> so it's a no-op?
>
> but why doesn't it give an error message as undefined control sequence?
>
>
> Patrick



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