[pdftex] typo in manual?

Akira Kakuto kakuto at fuk.kindai.ac.jp
Thu Jul 29 08:19:12 CEST 2010


Dear Will,

> In the pdftex manual:
> 
> > \pdfelapsedtime (read--only integer)
> > The command expands to a number that represents the time elapsed from the moment of run start. The elapsed time is returned in scaled seconds: that means seconds divided by 65536, e. g. pdfTEX has run for 949194 壮caled seconds・when this paragraph was typeset.

> Should that "divided" actually be "multiplied" ?

I think it explains the unit "scaled second".

Best,
Akira



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