It produces significantly better output for syntax diagrams, for a
start.
.dtx.dvi:; run_latex(`latex')
.tex.dvi:; run_latex(`latex')
+.dtx.pdf:; run_latex(`pdflatex')
+.tex.pdf:; run_latex(`pdflatex')
.dvi.ps:; dvips -e0 -o $@ $<
-.ps.pdf:; ps2pdf $< $@
clean-local::; rm -rf t.*/
-$(DVI): gpl.tex $(OBJ) mdwtools.tex
+$(DVI) $(PDF): gpl.tex $(OBJ) mdwtools.tex
$(wordlist 2,$(words $(OBJ)),$(OBJ)): $(firstword $(OBJ))
$(firstword $(OBJ)): $(SRC) mdwtools.ins