convert old dvi files
I need to convert some old dvi files into pdf. One of the routes seems dvi --(dvips) ->- ps --> pdf But dvips (taken from the ConTeXt-beta distribution) complains "Couldn't find header file: tex.pro" Where can I find it? It doesn't seem present in the above mentioned distribution. Or is there a ConTeXt mtxrun-call or such, that can do it directly? Hans van der Meer
On 4/19/2016 10:32 PM, Meer, Hans van der wrote:
I need to convert some old dvi files into pdf. One of the routes seems dvi --(dvips) ->- ps --> pdf But dvips (taken from the ConTeXt-beta distribution) complains "Couldn't find header file: tex.pro"
Where can I find it? It doesn't seem present in the above mentioned distribution. Or is there a ConTeXt mtxrun-call or such, that can do it directly?
looks like it needs some prologue file (a blob of ps code), maybe you can find it on ctan ... it might depend on how the dvi was made (maybe the pro file is loaded via a special) it makes not much sense to add very old dvps stuff to the distribution Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Hans Hagen wrote:
On 4/19/2016 10:32 PM, Meer, Hans van der wrote:
it makes not much sense to add very old dvps stuff to the distribution
Some of these dvips support files are needed to use the pstricks module. See https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2013/076165.html https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2014/080256.html Aditya
Am 19.04.2016 um 23:18 schrieb Aditya Mahajan:
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Hans Hagen wrote:
On 4/19/2016 10:32 PM, Meer, Hans van der wrote:
it makes not much sense to add very old dvps stuff to the distribution
Some of these dvips support files are needed to use the pstricks module.
If you want to use PSTricks with ConTeXt minimal you have to copy a lot of files from the TeX distribution. This doesn't really make sense. Using context and PSTricks from TeXLive will work.
See
https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2013/076165.html
There is no more a \ifx!.. It is already changed in pstricks.tex to \ifx !... Herbert
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