On 2003-01-07 00:28:44 +0100, David Kastrup wrote: > Do you know of a single document that would fail if e-TeX was used? No. But to quote your proposal: "The format/executable combination that distribution vendors are to use for the executables named `latex' and `pdflatex' is to be eTeX". That would break _all_ documents when the distribution/installation doesn't contain eTeX, as is the case for all commercial distributors. And what would the user gain from eTeX? Many are still using 2.09 anyway :-( Best regards Martin -- http://www.tm.oneiros.de/calendar/2003/