Hans Aberg writes: > > my .tex files compile into PDF, thanks... > > I would be great if PdfTeX, and some of the other TeX extensions could be > built togeter and elevated to a common standard. well, the major TeX "kits" have done this. anything based on web2c has pdftex there already, and so does MikTeX > Does DVI have any advantages over PDF? do you really want to open this can of worms? :-} answer: yes, theoretically; no, in practice. many people will reply that "xdvi is the best viewer I know" or "i can't get acrobat for my platform". but are those "advantages of dvi" sebastian