Jean-Pierre.Chretien wrote: > >>is it safe to say that pdflatex does the same as latex, plus some more? > >> Why is latex the default? > > Because latex proces dvi (as it reads, device independent). > It's an external program (dvips) which produces ps (and pdf through > another filter).
pdflatex certainly produces dvi too (if you use \pdfoutput=0). You can use dvi2x-converters, eps figures and whatever you want. Regards, J�rgen.
