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New CTAN release of 'pwebmac' 4.6.3.
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The original [WEB](https://ctan.org/pkg/web) system by Donald Knuth has the
macros `webmac.tex` that produce DVI output only; for historic reasons, it
will never be modified (apart from catastrophic errors).
Hàn Thế Thành has modified these macros in his (outdated?) `pdfwebmac.tex` for
Hàn Thế Thành has extended these macros in his (outdated?) `pdfwebmac.tex` for
PDF output (only) with [pdfTeX](https://ctan.org/pkg/pdftex).
Jonathan Kew's [XeTeX](https://ctan.org/pkg/xetex) has similar macros
`xewebmac.tex` by Khaled Hosny that _modify_ `webmac.tex` for PDF output;
these macros can only be used with a specific “TeX engine” each.
`xewebmac.tex` by Khaled Hosny that include and _modify_ `webmac.tex` for PDF
output; all these macros can only be used with a specific “TeX engine” each.

The present `pwebmac` package integrates these three WEB macro files similar
to `cwebmac.tex` in Silvio Levy's and Don Knuth's
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programs for “TeX and friends” as distributed in
[TeX Live](https://www.tug.org/texlive). For this purpose, the shell script
`makeall` was whipped together; it provides various commandline options and
works around several “quirks” in the WEB sources. The resulting ``PDF
library'' can be browsed in the `knuth-pdf` package.
works around several “quirks” in the WEB sources. The resulting collection
of PDF documents can be browsed in the `knuth-pdf` package.

WEB programmers who want to use `pwebmac.tex` instead of the default
`webmac.tex` in their programs have to change the first line in the TeX file
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The `pwebmac` package is free software and may be used without constraints.

This is version “4.6.2” of the `pwebmac` package — 2021-03-17, Andreas Scherer.
This is version “4.6.3” of the `pwebmac` package — 2021-08-12, Andreas Scherer.

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