George N. White III wrote: > On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Paul Smith wrote: > >> How can one update pdfeTeX to a newer version? The package microtype >> gives errors because the current F7 version of pdfeTeX is too old. > > Install TeX Live 2007. TL is designed to be installed in a single > directory tree, so it can coexist with your existing tetex -- just > change the PATH to include the TL bin directory when you want to use > TL. > > You can't just install the current pdftex (pdfetex is now deprecated -- > the "e" functionality is in pdftex) without updating the texmf trees. > There have been changes in the way pdftex configuration is handled. > Current distributions use pdftex to produce both .dvi and .pdf, so macros > that assume tex--dvi and pdftex->pdf had to be updated. > > btw -- I find microtype has become essential. Without it, too many > paragraphs have hyphens at the end of many lines. Microtype > invariable reduces the number of hyphens, and in a long document > can save several pages. I don't see any adverse effects on readability > and fewer hyphens is a big plus for readability. > texlive is now being packaged for fedora. I believe you can find the not-yet released version and try it.
