Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> If in the LaTeX preamble
Which document are you talking about?
> I change
>
> \usepackage[colorlinks=true, hypertex]{hyperref}
> to
> \usepackage[colorlinks=true]{hyperref}
>
> it compiles fine in PDF (XeTeX) and continues to compile with pdfTeX.
Sure. The hypertex option is only relevant for dvi based drivers (as the
definition you quoted clearly states).
> Can I remove it?
Depends on the document, I suppose. According to the hyperref manual, hypertex
is the default backend anyway, so it should not be needed. But I do not know.
In doubt, you could use the \ifxetex conditional from the package of the same
name.
Jürgen
