[pdftex] Pdftex vs. pdfetex

[Heiko Oberdiek]

On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 08:41:32AM +0000, John Culleton wrote:

> Are the two programs pdftex and pdfetex updated in parallel?

Yes.

> If one is typesetting in English is there any advantage to using
> pdfetex?

Yes. Some packages require pdfetex, some are faster, some
are more correct/less problematic.

See the documentation of eTeX for a description of features.

Yours sincerely
  Heiko <oberdiek at uni-freiburg.de>