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I downloaded iftex from CTAN and installed it. I think I'm using it according to the documentation:
documentclassarticle
usepackageiftex
ifPDFTeX
errmessageDon't use pdflatex. Use plain latex and dvipdf
else
errmessageGood. You aren't using pdflatex
fi
end
However, this construct does not recognize pdflatex . I get the message "Good. You aren't using pdflatex" whether I use latex or pdflatex.
$ latex iftex.tex
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
entering extended mode
(./iftex.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
Babel <v3.8d> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, ngerman, b
ahasa, basque, bulgarian, catalan, croatian, czech, danish, dutch, esperanto, e
stonian, finnish, greek, icelandic, irish, italian, latin, magyar, norsk, polis
h, portuges, romanian, russian, serbian, slovak, slovene, spanish, swedish, tur
kish, ukrainian, nohyphenation, loaded.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2004/02/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/iftex/iftex.sty)
! Good. You aren't using pdflatex.
l.6 errmessageGood. You aren't using pdflatex
? x
No pages of output.
Transcript written on iftex.log.
$
$ pdflatex iftex.tex
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
entering extended mode
(./iftex.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
Babel <v3.8d> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, ngerman,
[...]
nohyphenation, loaded.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2004/02/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/iftex/iftex.sty)
! Good. You aren't using pdflatex.
l.6 errmessageGood. You aren't using pdflatex
? x
No pages of output.
Transcript written on iftex.log.
$
Am I doing something wrong?
pdftex
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I downloaded iftex from CTAN and installed it. I think I'm using it according to the documentation:
documentclassarticle
usepackageiftex
ifPDFTeX
errmessageDon't use pdflatex. Use plain latex and dvipdf
else
errmessageGood. You aren't using pdflatex
fi
end
However, this construct does not recognize pdflatex . I get the message "Good. You aren't using pdflatex" whether I use latex or pdflatex.
$ latex iftex.tex
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
entering extended mode
(./iftex.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
Babel <v3.8d> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, ngerman, b
ahasa, basque, bulgarian, catalan, croatian, czech, danish, dutch, esperanto, e
stonian, finnish, greek, icelandic, irish, italian, latin, magyar, norsk, polis
h, portuges, romanian, russian, serbian, slovak, slovene, spanish, swedish, tur
kish, ukrainian, nohyphenation, loaded.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2004/02/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/iftex/iftex.sty)
! Good. You aren't using pdflatex.
l.6 errmessageGood. You aren't using pdflatex
? x
No pages of output.
Transcript written on iftex.log.
$
$ pdflatex iftex.tex
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
entering extended mode
(./iftex.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
Babel <v3.8d> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, ngerman,
[...]
nohyphenation, loaded.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2004/02/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/iftex/iftex.sty)
! Good. You aren't using pdflatex.
l.6 errmessageGood. You aren't using pdflatex
? x
No pages of output.
Transcript written on iftex.log.
$
Am I doing something wrong?
pdftex
asked 2 hours ago
hymie
1505
What system are you running this on? The sources seem outdated, including the compiler. I can't replicate your result on TeX Live 2018 with all content up-to-date.
– Werner
2 hours ago
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up vote
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I downloaded iftex from CTAN and installed it. I think I'm using it according to the documentation:
documentclassarticle
usepackageiftex
ifPDFTeX
errmessageDon't use pdflatex. Use plain latex and dvipdf
else
errmessageGood. You aren't using pdflatex
fi
end
However, this construct does not recognize pdflatex . I get the message "Good. You aren't using pdflatex" whether I use latex or pdflatex.
$ latex iftex.tex
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
entering extended mode
(./iftex.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
Babel <v3.8d> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, ngerman, b
ahasa, basque, bulgarian, catalan, croatian, czech, danish, dutch, esperanto, e
stonian, finnish, greek, icelandic, irish, italian, latin, magyar, norsk, polis
h, portuges, romanian, russian, serbian, slovak, slovene, spanish, swedish, tur
kish, ukrainian, nohyphenation, loaded.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2004/02/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/iftex/iftex.sty)
! Good. You aren't using pdflatex.
l.6 errmessageGood. You aren't using pdflatex
? x
No pages of output.
Transcript written on iftex.log.
$
$ pdflatex iftex.tex
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
entering extended mode
(./iftex.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
Babel <v3.8d> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, ngerman,
[...]
nohyphenation, loaded.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2004/02/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/iftex/iftex.sty)
! Good. You aren't using pdflatex.
l.6 errmessageGood. You aren't using pdflatex
? x
No pages of output.
Transcript written on iftex.log.
$
Am I doing something wrong?
pdftex
asked 2 hours ago
hymie
1505
I downloaded iftex from CTAN and installed it. I think I'm using it according to the documentation:
documentclassarticle
usepackageiftex
ifPDFTeX
errmessageDon't use pdflatex. Use plain latex and dvipdf
else
errmessageGood. You aren't using pdflatex
fi
end
However, this construct does not recognize pdflatex . I get the message "Good. You aren't using pdflatex" whether I use latex or pdflatex.
$ latex iftex.tex
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
entering extended mode
(./iftex.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
Babel <v3.8d> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, ngerman, b
ahasa, basque, bulgarian, catalan, croatian, czech, danish, dutch, esperanto, e
stonian, finnish, greek, icelandic, irish, italian, latin, magyar, norsk, polis
h, portuges, romanian, russian, serbian, slovak, slovene, spanish, swedish, tur
kish, ukrainian, nohyphenation, loaded.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2004/02/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/iftex/iftex.sty)
! Good. You aren't using pdflatex.
l.6 errmessageGood. You aren't using pdflatex
? x
No pages of output.
Transcript written on iftex.log.
$
$ pdflatex iftex.tex
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
entering extended mode
(./iftex.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
Babel <v3.8d> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, ngerman,
[...]
nohyphenation, loaded.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2004/02/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/iftex/iftex.sty)
! Good. You aren't using pdflatex.
l.6 errmessageGood. You aren't using pdflatex
? x
No pages of output.
Transcript written on iftex.log.
$
Am I doing something wrong?
pdftex
pdftex
asked 2 hours ago
hymie
1505
asked 2 hours ago
hymie
1505
asked 2 hours ago
hymie
1505
asked 2 hours ago
hymie
1505
asked 2 hours ago
hymie
1505
1505
What system are you running this on? The sources seem outdated, including the compiler. I can't replicate your result on TeX Live 2018 with all content up-to-date.
– Werner
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
What system are you running this on? The sources seem outdated, including the compiler. I can't replicate your result on TeX Live 2018 with all content up-to-date.
– Werner
2 hours ago
What system are you running this on? The sources seem outdated, including the compiler. I can't replicate your result on TeX Live 2018 with all content up-to-date.
– Werner
2 hours ago
What system are you running this on? The sources seem outdated, including the compiler. I can't replicate your result on TeX Live 2018 with all content up-to-date.
– Werner
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
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The ifPDFTEX test is checking the engine in use (TeX90 vs pdfTeX vs XeTeX vs LuaTeX), not the output format. For that, you want the ifpdf package
documentclassarticle
usepackageifpdf
ifpdf
errmessageDon't use pdflatex. Use plain latex and dvipdf
else
errmessageGood. You aren't using pdflatex
fi
end
answered 1 hour ago
Joseph Wright♦
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In recent TeX Distributions latex is actually a symbolic link (or the equivalent in systems that don't support symbolic links) to pdftex (actually pdfetex) which runs the latex format in dvi mode.
answered 2 hours ago
Herb Schulz
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2 Answers
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active
oldest
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2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
3
down vote
The ifPDFTEX test is checking the engine in use (TeX90 vs pdfTeX vs XeTeX vs LuaTeX), not the output format. For that, you want the ifpdf package
documentclassarticle
usepackageifpdf
ifpdf
errmessageDon't use pdflatex. Use plain latex and dvipdf
else
errmessageGood. You aren't using pdflatex
fi
end
answered 1 hour ago
Joseph Wright♦
199k21549869
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
The ifPDFTEX test is checking the engine in use (TeX90 vs pdfTeX vs XeTeX vs LuaTeX), not the output format. For that, you want the ifpdf package
documentclassarticle
usepackageifpdf
ifpdf
errmessageDon't use pdflatex. Use plain latex and dvipdf
else
errmessageGood. You aren't using pdflatex
fi
end
answered 1 hour ago
Joseph Wright♦
199k21549869
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
The ifPDFTEX test is checking the engine in use (TeX90 vs pdfTeX vs XeTeX vs LuaTeX), not the output format. For that, you want the ifpdf package
documentclassarticle
usepackageifpdf
ifpdf
errmessageDon't use pdflatex. Use plain latex and dvipdf
else
errmessageGood. You aren't using pdflatex
fi
end
answered 1 hour ago
Joseph Wright♦
199k21549869
The ifPDFTEX test is checking the engine in use (TeX90 vs pdfTeX vs XeTeX vs LuaTeX), not the output format. For that, you want the ifpdf package
documentclassarticle
usepackageifpdf
ifpdf
errmessageDon't use pdflatex. Use plain latex and dvipdf
else
errmessageGood. You aren't using pdflatex
fi
end
answered 1 hour ago
Joseph Wright♦
199k21549869
answered 1 hour ago
Joseph Wright♦
199k21549869
answered 1 hour ago
Joseph Wright♦
199k21549869
answered 1 hour ago
Joseph Wright♦
199k21549869
199k21549869
add a comment |Â
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
In recent TeX Distributions latex is actually a symbolic link (or the equivalent in systems that don't support symbolic links) to pdftex (actually pdfetex) which runs the latex format in dvi mode.
answered 2 hours ago
Herb Schulz
1,597177
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
In recent TeX Distributions latex is actually a symbolic link (or the equivalent in systems that don't support symbolic links) to pdftex (actually pdfetex) which runs the latex format in dvi mode.
answered 2 hours ago
Herb Schulz
1,597177
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
In recent TeX Distributions latex is actually a symbolic link (or the equivalent in systems that don't support symbolic links) to pdftex (actually pdfetex) which runs the latex format in dvi mode.
answered 2 hours ago
Herb Schulz
1,597177
In recent TeX Distributions latex is actually a symbolic link (or the equivalent in systems that don't support symbolic links) to pdftex (actually pdfetex) which runs the latex format in dvi mode.
answered 2 hours ago
Herb Schulz
1,597177
answered 2 hours ago
Herb Schulz
1,597177
answered 2 hours ago
Herb Schulz
1,597177
answered 2 hours ago
Herb Schulz
1,597177
1,597177
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What system are you running this on? The sources seem outdated, including the compiler. I can't replicate your result on TeX Live 2018 with all content up-to-date.
– Werner
2 hours ago