[tex-live] Re: Please drop the DVI-with-pdfTeX hack!
Sebastian Rahtz
sebastian.rahtz at oucs.ox.ac.uk
Fri Sep 9 14:50:10 CEST 2005
Jonathan Fine wrote:
>Somewhat off-topic. I got the following query today from a user:
>
>
>>Now I get (non fatal) message
>>LaTeX error Command name \marks already defined
>> Or name \end illegal
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>>
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>A file that used to work is no longer working.
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>And the user thought it was something he had done.
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>The problem is due, of course, to LaTeX now using eTeX, which
>defines a new primitive \marks.
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>
Bear in mind that this is as per request from the LaTeX authors,
it is not a TeX-Live issue. Now, "LaTeX" means "eTeX engine + LaTeX
macros".
Admittedly annoying for your user, but not open for debate here.
Sebastian
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