LATEX-DEV(1)                General Commands Manual               LATEX-DEV(1)

NAME
       latex-dev, pdflatex-dev, xelatex-dev, lualatex-dev, dvilualatex-dev,
       platex-dev, uplatex-dev - release candidate LaTeX testing

SYNOPSIS
       latex-dev [options] [&format]  [ file [ more-input ] | [ \more-input ]

DESCRIPTION
       These -dev executables are made so that anyone interested can easily
       help test upcoming LaTeX releases. They correspond to new formats which
       have been tested by the LaTeX team for stability and usability. They
       are not arbitrary development snapshots; more like release candidates
       and checkpoints.

       Testing by as many users as possible is desired and requested. Simply
       replacing the regular engine (e.g., pdflatex) with the -dev engine name
       (pdflatex-dev) in your invocations is all that should be needed. No
       changes to source documents should be required.

       The lualatex-dev format is built with the luahbtex engine, the LuaTeX
       variant with HarfBuzz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarfBuzz)
       supported for glyph shaping.

       The latest ltnews document present in latex-dev describes the changes
       present in -dev compared to the previous official release. E.g., if the
       official release has a document ltnews42.pdf, then look for
       ltnews43.pdf in the -dev tree.

OPTIONS
       See tex(1) for details of command-line parsing.

       See the individual engines (pdflatex(1), lualatex(1), etc.), for
       engine-specific options.

SEE ALSO
       latex(1).

       Package page on CTAN: https://ctan.org/pkg/latex-dev
       The LaTeX home page: https://latex-project.org

       Please report bugs in these -dev versions, like all LaTeX releases,
       following the procedure at https://www.latex-project.org/bugs.

       Public discussion list for all things TeX: https://lists.tug.org/texhax

Web2C 2026                      25 January 2026                   LATEX-DEV(1)