[NTG-context] FWD: RE: dvipdfmx bug

Dear gang, I sent a bug report to ChoF, but the bug was actually in ConTeXt so I forward ChoF's answer, in case anyone else needs it. Thanks again, ChoF! Best to all Idris

===== Original Message From Jin-Hwan Cho ===== On Aug 20, 2005, at 12:03 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:

I'm presently editing the latest issue of my academic journal, which depends on the aleph-dvipdfmx cycle (used for the last three issues). Unfortunately, the latest dvipdfmx (from the latest ConTeXt distribution) freezes on figures. Enclosed is a sample file, the figure (eps), and the dvi file.

It's the problem of spec-dpx.tex in the ConTeXt distribution. One solution might be change the file as follows: 1. Comment out the line 119 as follows: %\definefileinsertion{dpx}{eps}{\handlepdfimage} % unstable 2. After the line 119 put the following codes. \def\handleepsimage#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9% {\PointsToWholeBigPoints{#7}\width \PointsToWholeBigPoints{#8}\height \special {PSfile="#1"\space llx=\EPSllx\space lly=\EPSlly\space urx=\EPSurx\space ury=\EPSury\space rwi=\width0\space rhi=\height0}} \definefileinsertion{dpx}{eps}{\handleepsimage} Another solution is to update spec-dpx.tex and DVIPDFMx if you can compile it by yourself. 1. Download http://project.ktug.or.kr/dvipdfmx/snapshot/current/ dvipdfmx-20050815.tar.gz 2. You can download the updated spec-dpx.tex at http://project.ktug.or.kr/dvipdfmx/contrib/context/spec-dpx.tex 3. Compile dvipdfmx-20050815. Note that the updated spec-dpx.tex works with DVIPDFMx version 20050815 or later. Best, ChoF. ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523