[tex-live] *TeXk

[Vedran Miletić]

2011/1/16 Arno Trautmann <Arno.Trautmann at gmx.de>

> Hi all,
>
> I just did an update of TeXlive and there was also an update of pTeX.
> Just to check version numbers, I startet pTeX and got (before update)
>
> This is pTeXk, Version 3.1415926-p3.1.11 (utf8.euc) (TeX Live 2010)
>
> Well, everything fine, and my question is only about one letter: What
> does the "k" stand for? I remember some time ago pdfTeX also identified
> itself as "pdfTeXk".
> I am not sure if the identification is due to the build of TeXlive
> maintainer, but if so: What does this "k" stand for, why is it there and
> why has it been (so far I remember, might be totally wrong) in pdfTeX, too?
>
> cheers
> Arno
>
>
I believe it identifies Kpathsea-enabled build.

Regards,

Vedran Miletić
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