pdflatex.1.gz
PDFTEX
NAME
pdftex, pdfinitex, pdfvirtex - PDF output from TeX
SYNOPSIS
pdftex
[options]
[& format ]
[ file | \ commands ]
DESCRIPTION
Run the pdf typesetter on
R file ,
usually creating
R file.pdf .
If the file argument has no extension, ".tex" will be appended to it.
Instead of a filename, a set of pdf commands can be given, the first
of which must start with a backslash.
With a
I & format
argument pdf uses a different set of precompiled commands,
contained in
R format.fmt ;
it is usually better to use the
-fmt
format
option instead.
pdf is a version of , with the e- extensions, that can create
PDF
files as well as
DVI
files.
In
DVI
mode, pdf can be used as a complete replacement for the
engine.
The typical use of pdf is with a pregenerated formats for which
PDF output has been enabled. The
pdftex
command uses the equivalent of the plain format, and the
pdflatex
command uses the equivalent of the format.
To generate formats, use the
-ini
switch.
The
pdfinitex
and
pdfvirtex
commands are pdf's analogues to the
initex
and
virtex
commands. In this installation, if the links exist, they are symbolic
links to the
pdftex
executable.
In
PDF
mode, pdf can natively handle the
R PDF ,
R JPG ,
R JBIG2 ,
and
PNG
graphics formats. pdf cannot include PostScript or Encapsulated
PostScript (EPS) graphics files; first convert them to PDF using
epstopdf(1).
pdf's handling of its command-line arguments is similar to that of
of the other programs in the
web2c
implementation.
OPTIONS
This version of pdf understands the following command line options.
-draftmode
Sets \pdfdraftmode so pdf doesn't write a PDF and doesn't read any
included images, thus speeding up execution.
-enc
Enable the enc extensions. This option is only effective in
combination with
R -ini .
For documentation of the enc extensions see
R http://www.olsak.net/enctex.html .
-etex
Enable the e- extensions. This option is only effective in
combination with
R -ini .
See
etex(1).
-file-line-error
Print error messages in the form
file:line:error
which is similar to the way many compilers format them.
-no-file-line-error
Disable printing error messages in the
file:line:error
style.
-file-line-error-style
This is the old name of the
-file-line-error
option.
I -fmt format
Use
format
as the name of the format to be used, instead of the name by which
pdf was called or a
%&
line.
-halt-on-error
Exit with an error code when an error is encountered during processing.
-help
Print help message and exit.
-ini
Start in
INI
mode, which is used to dump formats. The
INI
mode can be used for typesetting, but no format is preloaded, and
basic initializations like setting catcodes may be required.
I -interaction mode
Sets the interaction mode. The mode can be either
R batchmode ,
R nonstopmode ,
R scrollmode ,
and
R errorstopmode .
The meaning of these modes is the same as that of the corresponding
\commands.
-ipc
Send DVI or PDF output to a socket as well as the usual output file.
Whether this option is available is the choice of the installer.
-ipc-start
As
R -ipc ,
and starts the server at the other end as well. Whether this option
is available is the choice of the installer.
I -jobname name
Use
name
for the job name, instead of deriving it from the name of the input file.
I -kpathsea-debug bitmask
Sets path searching debugging flags according to the bitmask. See the
Kpathsea
manual for details.
I -mktex fmt
Enable
mktexfmt,
where
fmt
must be either
tex
or
R tfm .
-mltex
Enable ML extensions. Only effective in combination with
R -ini .
I -no-mktex fmt
Disable
mktexfmt,
where
fmt
must be either
tex
or
R tfm .
I -output-comment string
In
DVI
mode, use
string
for the
DVI
file comment instead of the date. This option is ignored
in
PDF
mode.
I -output-directory directory
directory
instead of the current directory. Look up input files in
directory
first, the along the normal search path.
I -output-format format
Set the output format mode, where
format
must be either
pdf
or
R dvi .
This also influences the set of graphics formats understood by pdf.
-parse-first-line
If the first line of the main input file begins with
%&
parse it to look for a dump name or a
-translate-file
option.
-no-parse-first-line
Disable parsing of the first line of the main input file.
I -progname name
Pretend to be program
R name .
This affects both the format used and the search paths.
-recorder
Enable the filename recorder.
This leaves a trace of the files opened for input and output
in a file with extension
R .fls .
-shell-escape
Enable the
I \write18{ command }
construct. The
command
can be any shell command. This construct is normally
disallowed for security reasons.
-no-shell-escape
Disable the
I \write18{ command }
construct, even if it is enabled in the
texmf.cnf
file.
-src-specials
In
DVI
mode, insert source specials into the
DVI
file.
This option is ignored in
PDF
mode.
I -src-specials where
In
DVI
mode, insert source specials in certain placed of the
DVI
file.
where
is a comma-separated value list:
R cr ,
R display ,
R hbox ,
R math ,
R par ,
R parent ,
or
R vbox .
This option is ignored in
PDF
mode.
I -translate-file tcxname
Use the
tcxname
translation table to set the mapping of input characters and
re-mapping of output characters.
I -default-translate-file tcxname
Like
-translate-file
except that a
%&
line can overrule this setting.
-version
Print version information and exit.
ENVIRONMENT
See the Kpathsearch library documentation (the `Path specifications'
node) for precise details of how the environment variables are used.
The
kpsewhich
utility can be used to query the values of the variables.
One caveat: In most pdf formats, you cannot use ~ in a filename you
give directly to pdf, because ~ is an active character, and hence is
expanded, not taken as part of the filename. Other programs, such as
, do not have this problem.
TEXMFOUTPUT
Normally, pdf puts its output files in the current directory. If
any output file cannot be opened there, it tries to open it in the
directory specified in the environment variable TEXMFOUTPUT.
There is no default value for that variable. For example, if you say
pdftex paper
and the current directory is not writable, if TEXMFOUTPUT has
the value
R /tmp ,
pdf attempts to create
/tmp/paper.log
(and
R /tmp/paper.pdf ,
if any output is produced.)
TEXINPUTS
Search path for
\input
and
\openin
files.
This should probably start with ``.'', so
that user files are found before system files. An empty path
component will be replaced with the paths defined in the
texmf.cnf
file. For example, set TEXINPUTS to ".:/home/usr/tex:" to prepend the
current direcory and ``/home/user/tex'' to the standard search path.
TEXFORMATS
Search path for format files.
TEXPOOL
search path for
pdftex
internal strings.
TEXEDIT
Command template for switching to editor. The default, usually
R vi ,
is set when pdf is compiled.
TFMFONTS
Search path for font metric
(.tfm)
files.
FILES
The location of the files mentioned below varies from system to
system. Use the
kpsewhich
utility to find their locations.
pdftex.pool
Text file containing pdf's internal strings.
pdftex.map
Filename mapping definitions.
*.tfm
Metric files for pdf's fonts.
*.fmt
Predigested pdf format (.fmt) files.
NOTES
Starting with version 1.40, pdf incorporates the e-
extensions, and pdfe is just a copy of pdf. See
etex(1).
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete
documentation for this version of pdf can be found in the
R pdf manual
and the info manual
R Web2C: A TeX implementation .
BUGS
This version of pdf implements a number of optional extensions.
In fact, many of these extensions conflict to a greater or lesser
extent with the definition of pdf. When such extensions are
enabled, the banner printed when pdf starts is changed to print
pdfTeXk
instead of
R pdfTeX .
This version of pdf fails to trap arithmetic overflow when
dimensions are added or subtracted. Cases where this occurs are rare,
but when it does the generated
DVI
file will be invalid. Whether a generated
PDF
file would be usable is unknown.
AVAILABILITY
pdf is available for a large variety of machine architectures
and operation systems.
pdf is part of all major distributions.
Information on how to get pdf and related information
is available at the
http://www.pdftex.org
R pdf
website.
The following pdfe related mailing list is available:
R pdftex@tug.org .
This is a mailman list;
to subscribe send a message containing
subscribe
to
R pdftex-request@tug.org .
More about the list can be found at the
http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdftex
mailing list
website.
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
The primary authors of pdf are Han The Thanh, Petr Sojka,
Jiri Zlatuska, and Peter Breitenlohner (e).
was designed by Donald E. Knuth,
who implemented it using his system for Pascal programs.
It was ported to Unix at Stanford by Howard Trickey, and
at Cornell by Pavel Curtis.
The version now offered with the Unix distribution is that
generated by the to C system
(web2c),
originally written by Tomas Rokicki and Tim Morgan.
The enc extensions were written by Petr Olsak.
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