March 2004 - ntg-pdftex - NTG Mailing Lists

-output-comment
by Martin Schröder 17 Mar '04

17 Mar '04

pdftex --help: [...] -output-comment=STRING use STRING for PDF file comment instead of date What's this supposed to do? Currently I see no effect... Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, ms(a)artcom-gmbh.de ArtCom GmbH, Lise-Meitner-Str 5, 28359 Bremen, Germany Voice +49 421 20419-44 / Fax +49 421 20419-10 http://www.artcom-gmbh.de

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bug or intended behaviour
by Hans Hagen 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

Hi, Why does \immediate\pdfliteral code end up as typeset text? \pdfcompresslevel0 \starttext \immediate\pdfliteral{\letterpercent [start]} \pdfliteral{\letterpercent (start)} test \pdfliteral{\letterpercent (stop)} \immediate\pdfliteral{\letterpercent [stop]} \stoptext if this is intended behaviour, it should be documented as such and 'frozen'. Also, the fact that a \pdfliteral ends up on a new line in the output should become a frozen (intended) and documented feature (unless we introduce \pdfcomment). [in pdf everything between % and endofline is comment!] Also, technically one may put text before the %PDF, but afaik we don't have a way of doing that Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE/POD/CTS 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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feature request
by Hans Hagen 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

Hi, Is it possible to have a primitive \pdfcurrentannot which is set to to the object number of the current annotation (i.e. the next \pdflastannot) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE/POD/CTS 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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pdf versions and so
by Hans Hagen 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

Hi, How about adding \pdfbinary == number (0=unknown, 1=web2c, 2=miktex) sometimes this is handy to know Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE/POD/CTS 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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.xpdfrc (was: pdftex/xpdf bug)
by Martin Schröder 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

On 2004-03-09 00:19:04 +0100, Reinhard Kotucha wrote: > >>>>> "Herman" == Herman Bruyninckx <Herman.Bruyninckx(a)mech.kuleuven.ac.be> writes: > > > Version 3.00 has some deprecated configuration variables. See > > the xpdfrc file that comes with the new version for all details. > > Yes, I use the new variables. The point is that pdftex shouldn't read > the xpdf config file at all. It just uses some libraries. It shouldn't. And between 2001/06/21 and 2002/02/03 maybe it didn't. :-( The following code was added to pdftoepdf.read_pdf_info at 2001/06/21 (which comes probably from the patch by Otfried Cheong (http://tug.org/mailman/htdig/pdftex/2001-May/000870.html) // initialize if (!isInit) { // We should better not call xpdf's initParams, which would // read $HOME/.xpdfrc to find external font files. There is // no good reason for pdftex to have a hidden dependence on // .xpdfrc, and we don't want the output PDF to depend on its // contents. The following four lines replace the call to // initParams(). fontPath = (char **) gmalloc(sizeof(char *)); fontPath[0] = 0; devFontMap = (DevFontMapEntry *) gmalloc(sizeof(DevFontMapEntry)); devFontMap[0].pdfFont = 0; // initParams(xpdfConfigFile); errorInit(); isInit = gTrue; } On 2002/02/03 (#1524 by Fabrice) this became // initialize if (!isInit) { // We should better not call xpdf's initParams, which would // read $HOME/.xpdfrc to find external font files. There is // no good reason for pdftex to have a hidden dependence on // .xpdfrc, and we don't want the output PDF to depend on its // contents. The following four lines replace the call to // initParams(). // read config file globalParams = new GlobalParams(""); isInit = gTrue; } Which, as the comment says, _reads_ the config file. :-( On 2002/11/15 (#2544) I added the setErrQuiet for the current version: // initialize if (!isInit) { // We should better not call xpdf's initParams, which would // read $HOME/.xpdfrc to find external font files. There is // no good reason for pdftex to have a hidden dependence on // .xpdfrc, and we don't want the output PDF to depend on its // contents. The following four lines replace the call to // initParams(). // read config file globalParams = new GlobalParams(""); globalParams->setErrQuiet(gFalse); isInit = gTrue; } I'll try to solve this tomorrow. :-( Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, ms(a)artcom-gmbh.de ArtCom GmbH, Lise-Meitner-Str 5, 28359 Bremen, Germany Voice +49 421 20419-44 / Fax +49 421 20419-10 http://www.artcom-gmbh.de

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Re: pdfetex as the only engine
by Martin Schröder 12 Mar '04

12 Mar '04

On 2004-03-07 07:48:45 -0500, Sebastian Rahtz wrote: > excellent. Indeed. Fabrice, please submit your patches to TL. Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, ms(a)artcom-gmbh.de ArtCom GmbH, Lise-Meitner-Str 5, 28359 Bremen, Germany Voice +49 421 20419-44 / Fax +49 421 20419-10 http://www.artcom-gmbh.de

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[bug] included pdfs get shiftet
by Martin Schröder 11 Mar '04

11 Mar '04

With the current devel version: 1in in x and y. What's the default for horigin and vorigin? Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, ms(a)artcom-gmbh.de ArtCom GmbH, Lise-Meitner-Str 5, 28359 Bremen, Germany Voice +49 421 20419-44 / Fax +49 421 20419-10 http://www.artcom-gmbh.de

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Re: [NTG-pdftex] pdftex.cfg (was: pdfetex as the only engine)
by Hans Hagen 10 Mar '04

10 Mar '04

At 03:31 10/03/2004, Staszek Wawrykiewicz wrote: >Perhaps Hans? I remember that he has some arguments for using cfg i think that the only reasons were the additional map files, but that can now be done with \pdfmapfile in combination with the default map file; mayb eth ename of the default map file should be configurable in the texmf.cnf file: pdftex.mapfile=whatever.map;more.map that way we have the best of all worlds Hans

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error / bug ?
by Hans Hagen 09 Mar '04

09 Mar '04

Hi, Error: was built without decryption support. Error: Couldn't read xref table .... ==> Fatal error occurred, the output PDF file is not finished! Is this new/intended behaviour? Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE/POD/CTS 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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