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From: kthompso@muir.arc.nasa.gov (Kevin Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: TeX 3.1 & TeX 2.95: should they produce identical output?
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Date: 27 Mar 91 22:58:24 GMT
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The subject basically says it all.  Should 3.1 and 2.95 produce identical
output?  We just got 3.1 installed, and using LaTeX based on 3.1 the dvi file
is *very* slightly different -- one more line added to 2 pages out of a 36
pages (no, it's not that it's breaking up words differently).  However slight
a differnce, it isn't great if you're typesetting a book with someone at a
different site using a possibly different implementation.  Basically, I don't
know who to ask about this -- nor what would constitute a decent bug report
(if that's what it is).  Any suggestions anyone?  Thanks in advance ..

(Unix Tex from U-Washington on a SparcStation, if it matters)

Kevin Thompson
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kthompso@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov     NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA