[texhax] Automated package option choice possible?

[Philipp Stephani]

Am 13.09.2010 um 22:13 schrieb Beuthe, Thomas:

> There are at least two packages that require option choices that depend on what program you are using to compile your LaTeX files:
> color and hyperref.
> 
> Compile in pdflatex?  You need to use the pdftex option.
> Using xelatex? You need to use xetex option, and so on.

This is not correct. Both packages know about the engine that is used for compilation. You need driver options if and only if you want to create a DVI file and post-process that file with something else than dvips.