[texhax] The details of \csname, in this specific case

[Martin Schröder]

2013/2/26 Uwe Lück <uwe.lueck at web.de>:
> Am Montag, den 25.02.2013, 21:46 +0100 schrieb Reinhard Kotucha:
>> On 2013-02-25 at 19:35:22 +0100, Uwe Lück wrote:
>> $ tex -ini \\relax
>> This is TeX, Version 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2012) (INITEX)
>>
>> *\showthe\catcode 222
>> > 12.
>> <*> \showthe\catcode 222
>
> Hm, hm. Are TeX Live's formats for "latex" and "pdflatex" made with
> that INITEX? where is the e-TeX?

"tex" is supposed to be DEKs program - he would be very unhappy otherwise.
"etex", "latex" and "pdflatex" default to pdfTeX.

Best
   Martin