December 2005 - ntg-pdftex - NTG Mailing Lists

various features
by Hans Hagen 19 Dec '05

19 Dec '05

Hi, Are all Than's recent patches included? Like the \pdfprependkern and alike stuff? Hans

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1.40.0-alpha-20051205
by Martin Schröder 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

http://sarovar.org/download.php/846/pdftex-1.40.0-alpha-20051205.tar.bz2 I've tried to intergrate as many patches as possible: - 386 grow obj_tab and dest_names arrays dynamically - 416 new primitive pdflastlink - 427 Character positioning patch - 432 Rules in a PDF qQ group - 434 Remove queued map item handling - 438 \pdfsavepos in DVI mode - 443 512 zeros in Type1 fonts not copied anymore - 447 Don't write /Encoding for non-reencoded fonts - 453 Object Streams for PDF-1.5 - take PK resolution from "pk_dpi" parameter in texmfmp.c, if it has not been set by the format file or by the user It's roughly tested: The manual still compiles. Best Martin -- http://www.tm.oneiros.de

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pdftex-1.40.0-alpha-20051208
by Martin Schröder 08 Dec '05

08 Dec '05

http://sarovar.org/download.php/850/pdftex-1.40.0-alpha-20051205-20051208.d… http://sarovar.org/download.php/851/pdftex-1.40.0-alpha-20051208.tar.bz2 - improved patches: - 386 grow obj_tab and dest_names arrays dynamically - 453 Object Streams for PDF-1.5 - take PK resolution from "pk_dpi" parameter in texmf.cnf, if it has not been set by the format file or by the user - write out PDF statistics later to make them correct - makefile target pdfetex-all.pdf for a huge file Have fun Martin -- http://www.tm.oneiros.de

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[ pdftex-Patches-416 ] new primitive pdflastlink
by noreply＠sarovar.org 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

Patches item #416, was opened at 2005-08-19 09:42 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=495&aid=416&group_id=106 Category: Primitives Group: v1.30.0 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Ralf Utermann (ralfu) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: new primitive pdflastlink Initial Comment: This patch implements a new primitive \pdflastlink (analogous to \pdflastannot) which returns the object number of the last object created with \pdfstartlink. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=495&aid=416&group_id=106

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[ pdftex-Patches-415 ] various extensions and fixes
by noreply＠sarovar.org 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

Patches item #415, was opened at 2005-08-19 09:09 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=495&aid=415&group_id=106 Category: Primitives Group: v1.30.0 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: The Thanh Han (hanthethanh) Assigned to: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Summary: various extensions and fixes Initial Comment: This is a patch for various experimental extensions: - \pdfinsertht: return the height of an insert (requested by Hans); this has similar syntax to \pdftexrevision. - do not fail when \pdfobj is used with an invalid object number (requested by Hans) - snapping: support for grid typesetting -- see snap.txt for details - kern before space: allow changing interword glues in a flexible way and inserting a kern before certain characters -- see kern-before-interword-glue.txt for details The notes in snap.txt and kern-before-interword-glue.txt are from email correspondence with people interested in; hence these notes are somewhat informal, inaccurate or out-of-date. How to apply: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cd /path/to/pdftex-1.30.0-srcdir/src/texk patch -p1 < /path/to/pdftex-20050818.patch cd web2c make pdfetex ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Date: 2005-09-04 18:22 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=421 The patch for invalid object numbers is included in 1.30.1++ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=495&aid=415&group_id=106

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[ pdftex-Feature Requests-454 ] distribution: rename Build script
by noreply＠sarovar.org 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

Feature Requests item #454, was opened at 2005-11-27 00:53 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=496&aid=454&group_id=106 Category: None Group: None >Status: Closed >Resolution: Fixed Priority: 5 Submitted By: Robert (schlcht) >Assigned to: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Summary: distribution: rename Build script Initial Comment: Here is a very, very minor nuisance: In order to compile pdftex on case-insensitive file systems like Windows, one always has to rename the Build script first, e.g., to Build.sh, since otherwise the directory build/ cannot be created. I would suggest to rename either the script or the build directory. Regards, Robert. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Date: 2005-12-04 15:14 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=421 This has been fixed in 1.30.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=496&aid=454&group_id=106

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[ pdftex-Bugs-444 ] buffer overflow with \pdfmatch
by noreply＠sarovar.org 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

Bugs item #444, was opened at 2005-10-29 19:24 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=444&group_id=106 Category: None >Group: v1.30.0 >Status: Closed >Resolution: Fixed Priority: 5 Submitted By: Robert (schlcht) >Assigned to: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Summary: buffer overflow with \pdfmatch Initial Comment: % The new \pdfmatch primitive will run into a buffer overflow with strings % longer than 1023 characters: % % (I am using 1.30.3 with Thanh's patches from pdftex.sarovar.org/src, % compiled under cygwin.) \def\x{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,} \def\testlist{% ,\x\x\x\x\x \x\x\x\x\x \x\x\x\x\x \x\x\x\x\x \x\x\x\x\x \x\x\x\x\x \x\x\x\x\x \x\x\x\x\x \x\x\x\x\x \x\x\x\x\x \x00,}% 1024 \ifcase\pdfmatch{,1,}{\testlist}\relax \fi % Also, if the pattern is too long: %\ifcase\pdfmatch{\testlist}{1}\relax \fi \bye, Robert. PS: Is there a simple way to escape all regex special characters in a string? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Date: 2005-12-04 15:12 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=421 This has been fixed in 1.30.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Hartmut Henkel (hhenkel) Date: 2005-10-29 21:08 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=929 see patch to utils.c. This makes makecstring() memory grow on demand. Also increase MAX_CSTRING_LEN in ptexmac.h to e. g. 10000000. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=444&group_id=106

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[ pdftex-Bugs-441 ] Debug output of makecfilename
by noreply＠sarovar.org 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

Bugs item #441, was opened at 2005-10-22 09:28 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=441&group_id=106 >Category: Image inclusion >Group: v1.30.0 >Status: Closed >Resolution: Fixed Priority: 5 Submitted By: Heiko Oberdiek (oberdiek) >Assigned to: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Summary: Debug output of makecfilename Initial Comment: Hello, since pdfTeX 1.30.4, e.g. \pdfximage prints the file name twice, the first time stderr is used and messes up the output, e.g.: <screen_output lines="8"> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4 (Web2C 7.5.5) (./test.tex (./dir.tex antrschl.jpg [1 <./antrschl.jpg>] console.jpg [1 <./console.jpg>] img002.jpg [1 <./img002.jp g>]) ) Output written on test.pdf (3 pages, 451963 bytes). Transcript written on test.log. </screen_output> The line break in "<.\img002.jpg>" looks funny. The reason is some debug output in function makecfilename of utils.c: fprintf(stderr, " %s\n", name); Patch attached that removes that line. (With comment that at least marks the incompatibiliy introduced in 1.30.4 regarding file names, but that is another topic). Output after the patch is applied: <screen_output lines="5"> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4 (Web2C 7.5.5) (./test.tex (./dir.tex [1 <./antrschl.jpg>] [1 <./console.jpg>] [1 <./img002.jp g>]) ) Output written on test.pdf (3 pages, 451963 bytes). Transcript written on test.log. </screen_output> Perhaps the output is messed up by the web interface of the bug report system. There should be five lines. The funny line break in "<.img002.jpg>" is now the normal TeX line break because of screen line. Yours sincerely Heiko <oberdiek(a)uni-freiburg.de> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=441&group_id=106

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[ pdftex-Bugs-450 ] error copying .pfb font to pdf
by noreply＠sarovar.org 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

Bugs item #450, was opened at 2005-11-09 20:33 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=450&group_id=106 Category: Fonts Group: v1.21a >Status: Closed Resolution: Fixed Priority: 5 Submitted By: Christian Heusquin (chrisheus) Assigned to: Hartmut Henkel (hhenkel) Summary: error copying .pfb font to pdf Initial Comment: I'm an user of MikTeX package (vers 2.4) and uses pdfLaTeX on a regular basis. I bought a Poscript Type 1 Sabon Font family from Monotype and when using the italic (msbri8a.pfb) pdfeTex has a problem and stops writing output. The pdf is unusable. I checked the .pfb and its Ok. I can use it with Latex but then I have other problems (graphics, and symbol fonts). Here is an extract of the log file: This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (preloaded format=latex 2005.11.7) 9 NOV 2005 19:41 . . . {8r.enc}<C:\localtexmf\fonts\type1\monotype\s abon\msbr8a.pfb><C:\localtexmf\fonts\type1 \monotype\sabon\msbri8a.pfb Warning: pdflatex (file C:\localtexmf\fonts\type1 \monotype\sabon\msbri8a.pfb): 532 bytes more than expected were ignored Error: pdflatex (file C:\localtexmf\fonts\type1 \monotype\sabon\msbri8a.pfb): un expected end of file ==> Fatal error occurred, the output PDF file is not finished! ---------------------------- If you need, I have all the necessary .pfb, .afm, .tfm, .fd, .vf, .map, .enc, .sty and a short .tex file to reproduce the problem. Anyway I attach them so you have them if you need. Many thanks in advance ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Hartmut Henkel (hhenkel) Date: 2005-11-09 23:29 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=929 seems the font file msbri8a.pfb is broken. It is missing the line mark currentfile closefile near the end. The other fonts in this family are ok! With the missing line, pdftex can't find the end of the eexec section. The above statements are normally part of any Type1 font, see the Type1 specification by Adobe. Just compare your font with other .pfb's after disassembling by t1disasm. Add above line at the right place, make a new .pfb by t1asm -b and pdftex will happily use the font. And complain to the font manufacturer! :-) Regards, Hartmut ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Hartmut Henkel (hhenkel) Date: 2005-11-09 20:53 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=929 it's likely that this is solved in a newer version. I can't check without the font. Try to retest on 1.30.4 from MiKTeX. Or you might send me the pack of test files to hartmut_henkel at gmx dot de. Regards, Hartmut ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=450&group_id=106

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Xpdf 3.01pl1
by Martin Schröder 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I'll investigate and do a 1.30.5 if needed. Best Martin ----- Forwarded message from "Derek B. Noonburg" <derekn(a)foolabs.com> ----- Date: 1 Dec 2005 19:55:28 -0000 Message-ID: <20051201195528.27062.qmail(a)foolabs.com> From: "Derek B. Noonburg" <derekn(a)foolabs.com> Subject: ANNOUNCE: Xpdf 3.01pl1 - a PDF viewer for X A new release of Xpdf is available to fix several security holes reported by iDEFENSE (CAN-2005-3193). The source code patch is available here: ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.01pl1.patch Updated binaries are available here: http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html - Derek ----- End forwarded message ----- -- http://www.tm.oneiros.de

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