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From: dhosek@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (---)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Tex 3.0 and dvi drivers
Message-ID: <6098@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 11 Apr 90 19:15:19 GMT
References: <1990Apr11.134543.23736@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Pitzer College, Claremont, CA 91711
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In article <1990Apr11.134543.23736@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) writes:

>Will existing .dvi drivers work with TeX 3.00? Considering the great
>number (and complexity in the case of screen previewers) it is going to
>be a long time to change them if needed.

TeX 3.0 generates DVI format 2 files. The TFM format has been changed but
most DVI drivers don't read TFM files and I believe that the changes won't
affect those that do in any event (since it only affects the ligature 
information). This will only be an issue for fonts which use new TFM features.

-dh
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