[NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Hi Hans, can you add command which will print the name (e.g. LuaTeX, pdfTeX ...) and version (e.g. 0.36.0) of the current used TeX engine. Wolfgang ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Peter Rolf
Wolfgang Schuster schrieb: Hi Hans, can you add command which will print the name (e.g. LuaTeX, pdfTeX ...) and version (e.g. 0.36.0) of the current used TeX engine. Hi Wolfgang, I think this should better be done by a command in pdftex/luatex. The 'Procucer' key is already set by

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Peter Rolf wrote: Hi Wolfgang, I think this should better be done by a command in pdftex/luatex. No. All engines have multiple version commands already, I see absolutely no need for yet another version-related primitive. Best wishes, Taco

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Taco Hoekwater t...@elvenkind.com wrote: Peter Rolf wrote: Hi Wolfgang, I think this should better be done by a command in pdftex/luatex. No. All engines have multiple version commands already, I see absolutely no need for yet another

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Taco Hoekwater t...@elvenkind.com wrote: Peter Rolf wrote: Hi Wolfgang, I think this should better be done by a command in pdftex/luatex. No. All engines have multiple version commands already, I see absolutely no need for yet another version-related

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: ok, i added \def\currenttexenginename  {\ifcase\texengine\or pdf\or Xe\or Lua\else no\fi\TeX} Can you also add \currenttexengineversion? Wolfgang

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: ok, i added \def\currenttexenginename {\ifcase\texengine\or pdf\or Xe\or Lua\else no\fi\TeX} Can you also add \currenttexengineversion? hm, that would be a pretty inconsistent thing, so it needs some

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: Can you also add \currenttexengineversion? hm, that would be a pretty inconsistent thing, so it needs some testing How about: \def\currenttexengineversion {\ifcase\texengine

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: Can you also add \currenttexengineversion? hm, that would be a pretty inconsistent thing, so it needs some testing How about: \def\currenttexengineversion {\ifcase\texengine

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: did you notice that your pdftex is a future version? Why? terminal: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (Web2C 7.5.7) document: 1.40.9 Wolfgang

Re: [NTG-context] Print engine name/version

2009-03-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: did you notice that your pdftex is a future version? Why? terminal: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (Web2C 7.5.7) document: 1.40.9 well, the version macro reported version 2 (i run version