Thank you, ChoF, for your quick reply. I do not know how to compile dvipdfmx so I will try your changes to spec-dpx.tex. Maybe Fabrice can compile the latest dvipdfmx for windows? Question: how do I determine the version number of my dvipdfmx? My present one came from the context distribution of 16-08-05? All the best Idris

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

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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