2024-02-22 Max Chernoff <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex.tex (\pdfximage): mentioned named destination
(General definitions and syntax rules) <page spec>: add
named {general text} as another alternative.
2024-02-22 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftexmanual.cls (\Something): force \rm for argument text.
* pdftex.tex: eliminate \rm in calls.
2024-02-20 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* Makefile (install): update and execute for 2024.
2024-02-01 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex.tex (\pdfglyphtounicode): mention that a dot and anything
after is stripped from glyph names before looking for mappings.
(\pdfpxdimen): note that the pdftex default is a few sp different
from luatex, and both luatex and pdftex are a few sp different
from 72dpi. From jfbu,
https://tug.org/pipermail/pdftex/2023-March/009325.html.
2024-01-16 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex.tex: simplify PDF inclusion for tagging,
mention alternatives for small verbatim,
use table option instead of firstaid.
(Still does not actually pass )
https://tug.org/pipermail/pdftex/2024-January/009377.html
2024-01-08 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex.tex: add alt text for graphic and extra \par
for inline verbatim block. Suggestion from Ulrike:
https://tug.org/pipermail/pdftex/2024-January/009375.html
* Makefile ($(tinydoc)-fmt.pdf): forgot a `basename`.
2024-01-07 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex.tex: new version of manual in LaTeX; substantially
the same content as the ConTeXt pdftex-t.tex (which is now removed).
* pdftexmanual.cls: LaTeX document class for manual.
* syntaxform.pl: adapt for new source.
* .dict.pws: aspell exceptions.
* Makefile: rewrite for LaTeX.
* README: update.
* incl: new subdirectory.
* incl/fdl-1.2.tex: adapted from
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.tex.
* incl/ini-etex.txt,
* incl/ini-pdfetex.txt,
* incl/pdftexconfig.txt: renamed from previous example files.
* incl/pdfmin-fmt.tex: ConTeXt source to format the tiny PDF example,
pulled out from pdftex-t.tex.
* incl/pdfmin-src.tex: source for the tiny PDF example,
renamed from pdftex-w.tex.
* incl/pdftex-help.txt: generated.
* pdftex-t.tex: remove, old ConTeXt source.
* pdftex-i.tex: remove, old ConTeXt screen version, not built
for many years.
* syntaxform.awk: remove, not worth the trouble to update.
* makefiles.cmd: remove, old Windows routine.
2024-01-06 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfximage): mention the "named" keyword
for named destination. This is the last change to the ConTeXt
source before removal and replacement by the LaTeX version.
2023-04-30 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
and Han The Thanh <hanthethanh@gmail.com>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfglyphtounicode): describe the
\pdfglyphtounicode{tfm:foo/abc}{5678}
feature to define abc=U+5678 for only the font foo.tfm.
2023-02-26 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\introducedplural): new macro.
(\pdfinterwordspaceon,off, \pdfspacefont): tweak Thanh's description.
Use \Lbrace, \Rbrace outside of \type.
2023-01-20 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfliteral, \special): document new shipout keyword.
From Phelype Oleinik <phe.h.o1@gmail.com>, 16 Jan 2023 20:51:33,
mail to latex-team + karl.
2022-12-22 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfomitprocset): document.
2022-06-08 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (Graphics): never mind about "encapsulated PDF";
mention supp-pdf.tex and supp-pdf.mkii.
2022-04-26 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfinfoomitdict): document.
* pdfhelp-help.txt: regenerate for mailing list url.
* Makefile (pdftex-w.pdf): set KPATHSEA_WARNING=0 since we run
this with -ini.
2022-02-28 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (ptex_devel): svn://tug.org url.
2021-11-06 Marcel Kr\"uger <tex@2krueger.de>
* pdftex-t.tex (\showstream): document.
2021-11-06 Marcel Kr\"uger <tex@2krueger.de>
* pdftex-t.tex: missed bookmarks for \pdfgentounicode and
a few other primitives.
2021-11-04 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex: size GFDL for two pages, since it was spilling over.
Let first bodyfont size stand.
Rearrange some text for new font size.
2021-11-04 Marcel Kr\"uger <tex@2krueger.de>
* pdftex-t.tex: document structured destinations (\pdfdest struct NNN).
Also bump document font size to 11pt.
2021-09-25 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfstartlink): organize into lists.
2021-07-25 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex: oops, \partokencontext sorts before \partokenname.
* pdftex-t.tex (\partokenname, \partokencontext): document these
new primitives.
2021-07-24 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (Installation): rename this section from "Getting
started", and move to the end.
(Macro programming, Typesetting, Tracing, \PDFTEX\ execution
environment): split "Miscellanous" primitives subsection into these.
(Character translation): move to before Abbreviations.
No substantive changes to the content in any of this.
2021-02-18 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex: update for 2021:
(\tracinglostchars): new behavior when >=3.
(\tracingstacklevels): new primitive.
2020-06-14 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex: small tweaks throughout.
(\pdffontexpand): warn about pdftex immediately loading the
non-autoexpanded fonts at maximum stretch and shrink, even if
they never used. Report from Robert Schlict,
https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2020-March/045099.html
https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-pdftex/2020-March/004307.html.
(\pdfgentounicode): mention the automapping of uniXXXX.
Suggestion by Ulrike Fischer,
https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2020-May/045763.html
2020-03-02 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* Makefile (common_deps): don't include pdftex-help.txt,
then we always rebuild.
* pdftex-w.tex: insert \hfil since this is ini.
2020-03-01 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\input): new entry for \input{...}.
(History): describe current situation better.
Remove teTeX references. Use https.
2019-12-25 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfmdfivesum): explain the non-file (string) form too.
(\pdffiledump): explain that length defaults to zero.
Report from Bruno Le Floch,
https://tug.org/pipermail/pdftex/2015-July/008948.html.
Also:
(\MDFIVE): avoid oldstyle numbers.
(\Syntax): don't swallow spaces after final \kern.
(\Whatever): \kern.75em before, for more separation.
(\Somethingtext): new \Something that keeps surrounding spaces in
input, to be used in text (vs. syntax lines).
2019-11-25 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex: document \pdfmajorversion. Besides the new
primitive description, affects \pdfobjcompresslevel and \pdfhicolor.
2019-01-19 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\currentpdftex): 1.40.20 (for TeX Live 2019).
2018-11-13 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (Invoking \PDFTEX),
(\pdffilemoddate): if SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH and FORCE_SOURCE_DATE are
both set, return UTC.
2019-05-17 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\expanded): primitive imported from 1.50 branch.
2018-01-01 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (encodingfile): supported for Type 3 fonts.
2017-12-14 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfinfo): describe [+-]HH'mm' time zone
specification as well as Z.
2017-11-28 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfprimitive): clarify further.
2017-11-14 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdftrailerid): absolute file name is no longer
used in the /ID seed, just the base name, for reproducibility.
(\pdfprimitive): clarify.
2017-04-20 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\currentpdftex): 1.40.18 (for TeX Live 2017).
* pdftex-t.tex (Map files): omit description of tfm-only map
entries (and pgc), since the behavior might change. Use "psname"
instead of "basename" for possible clarity. Various other rewordings.
*pdftex-t.tex (--version, --pdf): do not erroneously output a tt
ligature.
2017-03-18 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex: starting from -> starting with
* pdftex-t.tex: starting from -> starting with.
2017-03-17 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\efcode, \rpcode, \lpcode, \knbscode, \knstcode,
\knshcode, \knbccode, \knaccode): state that changes to these
tables are global, not affected by TeX's grouping, and only to the
particular <font> specified. Report from Doug McKenna.
2017-03-16 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex: behavior, not behaviour, for consistency with
seemingly all else (color, math, etc.).
* pdftex-t.tex: behavior, not behaviour. Nothing else here is UK.Eng.
* pdftex-t.tex (Map files) <encodingfile>: can be specified for
bitmap PK fonts now also.
* pdftex-t.tex (\tagcode): use <8-bit number> like everything else,
rather than <character code>. Report from Doug McKenna.
2017-02-18 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfpageattr): document new behavior of
omitting our /MediaBox if "/MediaBox" is present in this token list.
2017-02-01 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (Map files): clarify that decimal 4 = bit position 3
= symbolic, for embedded fonts, and specify the 0x22 default for
non-embedded fonts.
Report from Gernot Hassenpflug to pdftex, 1 Dec 2016 14:01:30.
2016-07-05 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfcatalog): show "openaction <action spec>"
after the <general text>, instead of creating an <open-action spec>,
for (hopefully) more clarity.
(open-action spec): remove \Syntax item.
Report from Douglas McKenna to pdftex list, 3 Jul 2016 12:46:59.
(\pdftrailer, \pdftrailerid): give simple examples.
2016-06-12 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfmatch): mention default subcount 10; wording.
(\pdflastmatch): clarify match position, wording;
* pdftex-t.tex (Invoking \PDFTEX): new name FORCE_SOURCE_DATE for
SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH_TEX_PRIMITIVES.
2016-05-20 Karl Berry <karl@tug.org>
* TeX Live 2016 release.
2016-05-05 Karl Berry <karl@tug.org>
* pdftex-t.tex: missed \
2016-05-04 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (Invoking \PDFTEX): describe
SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH_TEX_PRIMITIVES, with caveats.
2016-04-25 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* samplepdf: move subdir up a level for more visibility.
* pdftex-t.tex: adjust doc.
* pdftex-t.tex: reduce long lines, reduce spaces after markup.
(\pdftex-syntax.tex): \input this autogenerated file,
instead of having redundant (and out of date) text.
(\Modelist): new macro for the (h,v,m) listings,
so we can autogenerate complete primitive/syntax info.
(\pdfpageresources): document this, previously missing.
* syntaxform.pl: new script to generate pdftex-syntax.tex.
* syntaxform.awk: handle \Modelist, discard \unkern.
* Makefile (default): build only what we distribute in TL.
(all): build everything else.
(pdftex-syntax.tex): new rule using syntaxform.pl; related changes.
* README: bring up to date, avoid redundancies.
2016-04-25 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-w.txt: rename from pdftex-t.txt.
* pdftex-t.tex: change \typefile call.
* Makefile: change calls and dependencies.
* pdftex-t.tex: use \type{-}\type{-help}, etc., to work
with both older and newer ConTeXt.
* Makefile (pdftex_binary): use "pdftex" if no binary
in the build path.
2016-04-23 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* pdftex-t.tex: Update for 1.40.17 (TeX Live 2016).
(Invoking \PDFTEX): new section, with description of
new support for envvar SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.
New primitives: \pdfinfoomitdate \pdftrailerid \pdfsuppressptexinfo.
2015-03-25 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\currentpdftex): 1.40.16. (TeX Live 2015.)
2014-12-12 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfinclusionerrorlevel): if negative, no diagnostic.
2014-10-18 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfminorversion): better explain the compiled
default (4) vs. the typical format default (5). Report from Heiko
on ntg-pdftex, 20 Sep 2014 23:51:01.
2014-04-23 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\currentpdftex): 1.40.15. (Update TeX Live.)
2014-04-04 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfinterwordspace...): mention dummy-space font.
2014-03-23 Han The Thanh <hanthethanh@gmail.com>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfinterwordspace...): add new sections.
2014-03-23 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfgentounicode, \pdfglyphtounicode): be a bit
less terse; mention failure of ligatures to be searchable by default.
(glyphtounicode.tex): \input this at the end, why not.
2014-02-23 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
* pdftex-t.tex: small changes to the build process, copyright
year, no pool file any more, etc.
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfnobuiltintounicode): belated doc.
2014-02-14 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfsuppresswarningpagegroup): doc.
2012-04-15 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
* pdftex-t.tex: update copyright and other years.
(\currentpdftex): bump to 1.40.13 (missed this last year).
(\PDFReference): italics looks nicer, I think.
(Setting up fonts): description is written better to start on same
line as item name. Also avoids bad page break after item name.
(\pdfsuppresswarningdupdest, \pdfsuppresswarningdupmap): doc.
* Makefile (pdftexversion): get from \currentpdftex (also missed).
* pdftex-w.tex: use flags (2=serif) to avoid warnings.
2011-04-01 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
* pdftex-t.tex: Explain \pdfnormaldeviate a bit more fully.
Tweak wording of nearby entries.
2010-11-22 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
* Makefile (distall): use $(distnopdf) instead of duplicating file
list.
* pdftex-t.tex: Fix \pdfobj example, PDF reference url,
MacTeX much more current than CMacTeX, etc.
From Paul I.
* pdftex-t.tex: avoid text lines >=80 chars.
No need for ~ after a and an in English.
* pdftex-w.tex: make consistent with pdftex-t.tex.
2010-11-22 Paul Isambert <zappathustra@free.fr>
* pdftex-t.tex: fixes for \Something instead of \type
2010-11-19 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
* pdftex-t.tex: use \tex{foo} instead of \type{\foo} for bookmarks,
so we get the \'s.
Remove section about truetype details that became a TUB paper,
to avoid duplication.
* pdftex-w.tex (\pdfobjcompresslevel): must set to 0 explicitly.
Noticed by Paul I.
* pdftex-t.tex (titlepagelines): consequent update.
* pdftex-t.tex: alphabetize misc new primitives list; typos.
2010-11-18 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
* pdftex-t.tex (\pdfretval): minimally document.
2010-11-16 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
* pdftex-t.tex: a couple more abbreviations, English, etc.
2010-11-15 Paul Isambert <zappathustra@free.fr>
* pdftex-t.tex: more primitives.
2010-11-14 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
* All files: expand keywords again, so the manual appears
updated, among other things.
* Makefile (pdftexversion): 1.40.11 now.
(pdftex-t.txt): set GREP_OPTIONS=--text.
* pdftex-i.tex: add \pdfmapline for contnav, somehow omitted
from TL for years now.
* pdftex-t.tex: update intro information about distributions,
etc., to be somewhat more accurate.
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