[Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg

[Adrian Heathcote]

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On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 09:36 PM, Ross Moore wrote:

>> This brand new version of teTeX has a major problem with it. The margin
>> kerning now doesn't work properly and the right margin is v.ragged
>> indeed. (In protrudechars=1 and 2).
>
> This is the error in  protcode.tex  that I described earlier:

The fix may be right, but isn't it strange that the previous 
distribution (28/10/01) worked. In fact I've just redownloaded it from 
the texshop website and the problem is now fixed again--margin kerning 
works just as it should!

Very baffling!
>
> \def\adjustprotcode#1{%
>     \needadjustprotcodefalse
>     \ifnum\pdftexversion > 13
>         \ifnum \expandafter`\pdftexrevision > `g
>             \needadjustprotcodetrue
>         \fi
>     \else\ifnum\pdftexversion > 14
>         \needadjustprotcodetrue
>     \fi\fi
>
> is non-sensical, since the test for > 14 is never done.
>
> It should be either:
>
> \def\adjustprotcode#1{%
>     \needadjustprotcodefalse
>     \ifnum\pdftexversion > 13
>         \ifnum \expandafter`\pdftexrevision > `g
>             \needadjustprotcodetrue
>         \else\ifnum\pdftexversion > 14
>             \needadjustprotcodetrue
>         \fi
>     \fi\fi
>
> or
>
> \def\adjustprotcode#1{%
>     \needadjustprotcodefalse
>     \ifnum\pdftexversion > 14
>         \needadjustprotcodetrue
>     \else\ifnum\pdftexversion > 13
>         \ifnum \expandafter`\pdftexrevision > `g
>             \needadjustprotcodetrue
>         \fi
>     \fi\fi
>
> This latter is easier to understand and is logically more stable,
> with respect to possible future development versions of pdfTeX.
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> 	Ross Moore.
>
>
>
>
>> Adrian Heathcote
>> On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 05:39 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>>
>>> In ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/ can be found:
>>>
>>> 	teTeX.dmg -> teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
>>> 	teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
>>>
>>> To download, use either
>>>
>>> 	ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-
>>> gs/teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
>>> 	ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/teTeX.dmg
>>>
>>> Changes:
>>> 	pdfTeX 1.00a instead of pdfTeX 0.14h with patches
>>> 	margin kerning repaired following patch from Ross Moore
>>>
>>> G
>>>
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