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<span id="PDF-Output-1"></span><h3 class="section">19.15 PDF Output</h3>
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<p>The simplest way to generate PDF output from Texinfo source is to run
the convenience script <code>texi2pdf</code> (or <code>pdftexi2dvi</code>);
this executes the <code>texi2dvi</code> script with the <samp>--pdf</samp>
option (see <a href="Format-with-texi2dvi.html">Format with <code>texi2dvi</code></a>).  If for some reason you
want to process the document by hand, you can run the <code>pdftex</code>
program instead of plain <code>tex</code>.  That is, run &lsquo;<samp>pdftex
foo.texi</samp>&rsquo; instead of &lsquo;<samp>tex foo.texi</samp>&rsquo;.
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<p><em>PDF</em> stands for &lsquo;Portable Document Format&rsquo;. It was invented by
Adobe Systems some years ago for document interchange, based on their
PostScript language.  Related links:
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<li> GNU GV, a <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gv/">Ghostscript-based PDF
reader</a>.  (It can also preview PostScript documents.)

</li><li> <code>xpdf</code>, a freely available standalone
<a href="http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/">PDF reader</a> for the X window
system.

</li><li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format">PDF at
Wikipedia</a>.

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<p>At present, Texinfo does not provide &lsquo;<samp>@ifpdf</samp>&rsquo; or &lsquo;<samp>@pdf</samp>&rsquo;
commands as for the other output formats, since PDF documents contain
many internal low-level offsets and cross-references that would be
hard or impossible to specify at the Texinfo source level.
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<p>PDF files require dedicated software to be displayed, unlike the plain
ASCII formats (Info, HTML) that Texinfo supports.  They also tend to
be much larger than the DVI files output by TeX by default.
Nevertheless, a PDF file does define an actual typeset document in a
self-contained file, notably including all the fonts that are used, so
it has its place.
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