On 10/03/20, 10:01, Hans Hagen wrote:
> On 3/9/2020 10:59 PM, Jorge Manuel wrote:
> 
> > \pgfutil@packageerror #1#2#3->\errhelp {#3}\errmessage {Package #1
> > Error: #2}
> > l.11   \pgfutil@packageerror{PGF}{PGF requires etex in extended mode}{}
> >                                                                       %
> > 
> > <empty file>
> > 
> > 
> > This error message was generated by an \errmessage command, so I can't
> > give any
> > explicit help. Pretend that you're Hercule Poirot: Examine all clues,
> > and deduce
> > the truth by order and method.
> > 
> > 
> > Anybody has a clue how to fix this?
> i'm surprised that there is (still) a check fot that because all tex's
> default to etex .. you can try to put this at the top of yuor file

There are still people trying to run TikZ on plain TeX with the Knuth
engine: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=920368

> 
> \newcount\eTeXversion  \eTeXversion  = 2000
> \newcount\eTeXrevision \eTeXrevision = 0020

Hm, I need something that *all* eTeX engines provide that I can check.
And these seem to have met that requirement.  I really don't want to
write a huge cascade of if-s to test for different engines.

> afaik there has never been a formal etex version 1 (in use) and never a
> fundamental revision ... in lmtx we no longer have these versions (pdftex,
> etex, omega, aleph, etc) as they serve no purpose
> 
> Hans
> 
> 
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