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I have started to look at the implementation of the LaTeX required primitives supplementary to TeX + e-TeX ones and I have some questions.
Note: I work with the definitions found in the pdfTeX manual and will not look at the code since it is GPL'ed one and I don't want someone later to claim that my code shall be released under GPL because my eyes have touched GPL code.
> I have started to look at the implementation of the LaTeX required > primitives supplementary to TeX + e-TeX ones and I have some questions. > > Note: I work with the definitions found in the pdfTeX manual and will > not look at the code since it is GPL'ed one and I don't want someone > later to claim that my code shall be released under GPL because my eyes > have touched GPL code.
On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 11:36:57AM +0100, Joseph Wright wrote: > Hello, > > >I have started to look at the implementation of the LaTeX required > >primitives supplementary to TeX + e-TeX ones and I have some questions. > > > >Note: I work with the definitions found in the pdfTeX manual and will > >not look at the code since it is GPL'ed one and I don't want someone > >later to claim that my code shall be released under GPL because my eyes > >have touched GPL code. > > If you want to avoid
On 20/04/2021 12:35, LARONDE Thierry wrote: >>> \outfmtlist: a series of ASCII tokens identifying the output format >>> supported by the engine. Ex.: DVI1.0 (traditional DVI), PDF1.3 etc. >>> The default format shall be listed first. (Note: I plan, some day, >>> to extend DVI.) >> >> pdfTeX already defines \pdfoutput, which is 0 for DVI and 1 for PDF. LuaTeX >> renames that to \outputmode but with the same numerical values. The version >> of PDF written by pdfTeX/LuaTeX is set separately using (in pdfTeX) >> \pdfminorversion/\pdfmajorversion, as this is really a separate concept to >> whether PDF or
On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 02:13:12PM +0100, Joseph Wright wrote: > > >>The PDF level > > > >>does have some impact on output features but in a simply 'Sorry, not doable' > >>sense. Note that XeTeX uses XDV, which is a version of DVI dedicated to > >>this engine. It's not necessary to test the DVI version at the macro level: > >>what's important is for example which method to include imagines, which uses > >>an engine test. > >> > >>>\outfmtset: setting the output format, that shall be amongst the formats > >>> supported. If not, it
Typography is about writing and reading. A 4K television is also a large computer monitor. A mobile phone is a small monitor. Blind people effectively have no monitor. A zoom presentation has many monitors, can't we do better than screen sharing!
Tomorrow's TeX Hour (Thursday 15 April, 6:30 to 7:30pm UK time) is about adapting our use of TeX and LaTeX for this 21st century problem of computer monitors large, small, none and many. I'll share my experience and ideas, and I hope you will also. Let's think outside the printed page.
There's a TeX Hour tomorrow evening (Thursday 1 April) 6:30 to 7:30pm UK time. We are privileged to have Jana Schroeder as a special guest. In other news, within a few hours videos from past TeX Hours will be up on YouTube (all the way up to last week). URLs are below.
Last month Jana organised a who-are-we and what-do-we-want and how-to-get-there meeting which was attended by over 20 blind coders. Jana has applied for a $25,000 Holman prize to fund her project, called Blind Coders Blazing Trails.
