[tex-eplain] pdftex and color - any solution?

[Helmut Jarausch]

Hi,

I'm using eplain 3.0 and I'd like to use the color packages.
But it doesn't play with with pdftex.

\pdfoutput=1
\input color
\centerline{\textcolor{red}{Helmut}}
\bye

fails with

(./ColorT.tex (/LOCAL/nlocal/teTeX.3.0/share/texmf/tex/plain/graphics/color.tex
(/LOCAL/nlocal/teTeX.3.0/share/texmf/tex/plain/graphics/miniltx.tex)
(/LOCAL/nlocal/teTeX.3.0/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/color.sty
(/LOCAL/nlocal/teTeX.3.0/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/color.cfg)
(/LOCAL/nlocal/teTeX.3.0/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/pdftex.def
(/LOCAL/nlocal/teTeX.3.0/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.tex
(/LOCAL/nlocal/teTeX.3.0/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-mis.tex
loading : Context Support Macros / Miscellaneous (2004.10.26)
! Incomplete \iffalse; all text was ignored after line 160.
<inserted text> 
                \fi 
<to be read again> 
                   \newdimen 
l.163   \newdimen
                 \scratchdimen % 16


Does anybody know a work around?

Many thanks for a hint,

Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany