Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > We cannot always guess this. It's not unlikely that some class or package > > loads hyperref with the pdftex driver, or something similar, and neither > > the user nor we are informed about that. > > Are there really classes/packages that force the driver?
Dunno. I've seen many things I couldn't imagine before ... > > Anyway, my patch would also be needed if we would use the flavor, because > > it implements general handling of pdftex preview. > > OK then. But we should be careful to avoid adding to much code to > catter for whatever stupid thing people put in preamble. Agreed. > Would it be a good idea to add 'dvips' or 'pdftex' as global option of > the document class depending on the flavour? This would mean that > reasonable preamble users could load hyperref in preamble without > caring for driver. I don't think so. Normally, an explicit driver is not needed. > >> This is one more reason for being able to declare the preferred output > >> format in prefs. > > > > Why in prefs? I think this is highly document-dependent. > > Really in practice? I would be surprised that so many people switch > between dvi and pdf all the time... Depends on your content. People who use ps stuff (pstricks) in articles vs. beamer for PDF presentations come to mind. Jürgen
