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pdfrender
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pdfcol
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holtxdoc
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selinput
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bookmark, zref, hypdestopt
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pdftexcmds
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Define pdftracingfonts.
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- some of the entries added to the aux file need to be written
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http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/116001/
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defaults of an ending; this should avoid confusion
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functions
- improvements in the list template code
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