[pdftex] pdtex + latex + cygwin (or linux)

[Kewley, J (John)]

> > Is there something else I need to do to enable them? I 
> presumed it was because
> > my version was outdated.
> 
> most likely a correct assumption (someone closer to pdftex recent
> development could probably confirm if 3.141592-1.21a is too 
> old) I just
> wanted to highlight that cygwin does have a pdftex by default as I
> hadn't seen that mentioned in the thread, which seemed to be about
> getting pdf output at all, rather than requiring specific features.

I have been getting pdf output for several years, but using dvi2ps
and then ps2pdf (since I didn't know any better!). I think my original
post stated my desire to try out some of what I assumed was 
newer functionality.

Cheers

JK