Chris Rowley <[log in to unmask]> writes: > We are therefore encouraging all TeX distributions (as soon as > possible and certainly by 2004): > > -- to include an executable that provides the e-TeX features; > > -- to use this executable when making and running the LaTeX format; > and/or to provide a configurable and straightforward way for a user > to make the change to using such an `e-TeX compliant' executable. Another issue has come to my attention right now which I have not mentioned before: The elatex and latex executables may have different search paths. While I have been able to let the latex command revert to an eTeX format by default in a Web2C installation by editing fmtutil.cnf and regenerating formats, the different search path made \usepackage{etex} fail when used inside of a file processed by the now modified "latex" command rather than the "elatex" command. This difference might be worth mentioning to distribution vendors in some manner, too. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum