[tex-live] binaries differences

Vladimir Volovich vvv at vsu.ru
Sun Jan 7 17:18:41 CET 2007


"TH" == Taco Hoekwater writes:

 >> from previous year's discussions i understand that pdfopen/pdfclose
 >> aren't needed on Mac OS X.

 TH> Yes, I would expect that. pdfopen/pdfclose need X11 to function
 TH> (or even compile),

darwin binares include xdvi, so they are obviously intended to be used
under X11 already.

 TH> and they can only control the Adobe PDF Reader, so they are sort
 TH> of pointless on darwin.

that's a valid point, if Adobe Reader for darwin isn't an X11 app.

Best,
v.



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