Martin Görg wrote:
On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:31:43 +0200, Martin Görg wrote:
can anyone please tell me what the difference between exporting to LaTeX
(plain) and exporting to LaTeX (pdflatex) is?
Using a file compare tool (Total Commander), I realize that the two
generated files (plain and pdflatex) are identical. Is that correct?
They will be identical for a simple document - yes.
A file exported to latex(plain) is supposed to work well
with the command 'latex', no matter how complicated the document is.
A file exported to latex(pdflatex) is supposed to work well with
the command 'pdflatex'.
'latex' and 'pdflatex are the same for plain text. They differ in
some special cases, for example in how they handle images.
'latex' understands images in .eps form, other images are converted
to .eps format first.
'pdflatex' also understand jpg and png, so such files are not converted
when using pdflatex.
Also, "external material" may be handled differently for 'latex' and
'pdflatex'. pdflatex can import pdf files, so external software is
usually told to export a .pdf file when preparing material for a
pdflatex run. A latex run will use postscript (.eps) instead.
So, you will see differences if your document contains images
or stuff like lilypond sheet music. There may be some other cases as well.
Helge Hafting
