[XeTeX] xdv2pdf vs xdvipdfmx

[Oleg Parashchenko]

Hello Herb,

On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:29:59 -0600
Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:

...
> If I had to guess I would say that xdv2pdf is dead and there will be no
> more work done on it.

Pity. Any ideas why it has happended? Does xdv2pdf have some fatal flaws,
or does it a normal produciton-quality driver, which just lost competition
to xdvipdfmx?

For my work, the use of MAC OS X PDF-generation API is an important
feature, which I'd like to try to use. But first, I want to be sure that
I'm not betting on a wrong horse.

> The xdvipdfmx back end is used on all platforms.
> 
> The pdfsync package has been superseded by synctex built into (e/xe/pdf)
> tex; you need to set --synctex=1 as an option to (e/xe/pdf)tex

So, as I understand, synctex functionality does not depend on a driver?




> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)


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