"Willi Egger" writes: Hello Willi,

texexec --pages=1:3,20 myfile.pdf texexec --pdfselect=1:3,20 myfile.pdf

I had the same problem only when I say --result=somefile.pdf. But your command gave me pdftex : needs map file: original-vogel-symbol.map ! Too many }'s. l.9 ...^^b5V^^aa^^ef^^bdn^^ef^^e7^^cf^^fe^^c0^^b5} Patrick -- ... using the latest beta

At 12:57 PM 1/26/2003 +0100, you wrote:

Hi Hans,

Today I decided to do some experiments with pdf.

I tried the following command:

texexec --pages=1:3,20 myfile.pdf texexec --pdfselect=1:3,20 myfile.pdf

Both commands have identical failure:

After starting the command, the 'myfile.pdf' is immediately renamed in texexec.pdf. Hereafter one should again type the input filename, which of course is not there anymore. - So texexec renames the input file while it still should load it with the original input-file name.

Could you please have a look at this?

Can you be more specific? texexec --pages=... something is not an option, so 'something' is seen as input file, and in the rare case that a pdf file can be read as text, indeed you'll get a something.pdf file overwritten, which can lead to unexpected results because now the file is read and written at the same time; use: texexec --pdfselect --select=.... myfile.pdf instead Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------