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README for version 1.10a of $Date: 2002/11/22 $
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This directory contains the version 1.10a of pdfTeX, an extended version of TeX
that can create PDF directly from TeX source files and enhance the result of
TeX typesetting with the help of PDF. When PDF output is not selected, pdfTeX
produces normal DVI output, otherwise it produces PDF output that looks
identical to the DVI output. An important aspect of this project is to
investigate alternative justification algorithms, optionally making use of
multiple master fonts. 

pdfeTeX is an even more extended version of TeX than pdfTeX because it is not
based on TeX but on eTeX, an extended version of TeX. 

pdfTeX is based on the original TeX sources and Web2c, and has been
successfully compiled on Unix, Win32 and DOS systems. It is still under beta
development and all features are liable to change. Despite its beta state,
pdfTeX produces excellent PDF code.

See the file NEWS for changes to the program.

Documentation about pdfTeX can be found at http://www.pdftex.org There is also
a mailing list on pdfTeX; go to http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdftex for more
information about it. Its searchable archive can be found at
http://tug.org/pipermail/pdftex/ Please read
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html before asking any
questions on the pdfTeX mailing list.


LEGAL ISSUES
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pdfTeX is copyright (c) 1996-2002 Han The Thanh, <thanh@pdftex.org>

pdfTeX is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.

pdfTeX is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
pdfTeX; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,
Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

pdfTeX uses code from TeX; for these parts the original copyright by Don Knuth
applies. See the source files for details.

pdfeTeX uses code from eTeX; for these parts the original copyright by Peter
Breitenlohner applies. See the source files for details.


WHAT TO DO IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE FOUND A BUG IN pdfTeX
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Please read http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html and
follow the guidelines there. Then subscribe to the pdfTeX mailing list (see
above) and post your bug report there; please don't include any
attachements.


CONTRIBUTORS
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Ricardo Sanchez Carmenes, Otfried Cheong, Thomas Esser, Hans Hagen, Hartmut
Henkel, Tom Kacvinsky, Akira Kakuto, Reinhard Kotucha, Derek B. Noonburg, Heiko
Oberdiek, Jiri Osoba, Fabrice Popineau, Sebastian Rahtz, Martin Schroeder, Petr
Sojka, Olaf Weber, Jiri Zlatuska.

pdfTeX is built on top of TeX, written by Donald Knuth cum suis (Liang and so),
and eTeX, written by Peter Breitenlohner cum suis; part of the paragraph
optimization is inspired by the work of Hermann Zapf.


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See the file TODO for work to be done.

Please send bug reports, offers of help, etc. to thanh@pdftex.org

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