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Xpdf 3.01 - a PDF viewer for X
by Martin Schröder 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

----- Forwarded message from "Derek B. Noonburg" <derekn(a)foolabs.com> ----- Date: 17 Aug 2005 21:51:23 -0000 Message-ID: <20050817215123.11144.qmail(a)foolabs.com> To: martin(a)oneiros.de From: "Derek B. Noonburg" <derekn(a)foolabs.com> Subject: ANNOUNCE: Xpdf 3.01 - a PDF viewer for X Glyph & Cog, LLC is pleased to announce a new version of Xpdf, the open source Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer for X. The Xpdf project also includes a PDF text extractor, PDF-to-PostScript converter, and various other utilities. Xpdf runs under the X Window System on Unix, VMS, and OS/2. The non-X components (pdftops, pdftotext, etc.) also run on Win32 systems and should run on pretty much any system with a decent C++ compiler. Major changes: * Added the continuous view mode, including the '-cont' switch and the 'continuousView' config file option. * At high zoom levels, don't rasterize the entire page - this avoids problems running out of memory. * Added "search backward" and "match case" options to the find dialog. * Support explicitly masked images and soft masked images. See the `CHANGES' file for a complete list of changes. Source (C++ and C) is available, and it should be fairly easy to compile for UNIX, VMS, OS/2, and Win32. More information, source code, and precompiled binaries are on the xpdf web page and ftp site: http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/ For information on commercial licensing and consulting, please see the Glyph & Cog web site: http://www.glyphandcog.com/ ----- End forwarded message ----- I'll have a look and might make a new release (1.30.1) together with the latest changes to web2c. Best Martin -- http://www.tm.oneiros.de

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Re: [NTG-pdftex] url links in included pdf documents,
by Thanh Han The 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

there was a patch to copy links in embedded pdf's, but it was not integrated to pdf. The patch was not that simple and none of pdftex maintainers (including me) was willing to take care of it. I think a compromise would be allowing certain kind of annotation to be copied, for example URI. But I cannot make any promise, sorry. Regards, Thanh On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 07:56:42AM +0200, Janko Hauser wrote: > Hello, I have the need to include pdf pages as backgrounds into a > latex document. I would like to keep the url-links in these > background pdf's. Searching the mailinglists it turns out, that > pdftex does strip all links from included pdf's. Has this changed in > recent versions? How should one proceed to look for this in the code > of pdftex? > > With regards, > > __Janko Hauser > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-pdftex mailing list > ntg-pdftex(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-pdftex

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Re: [NTG-pdftex] redundant resources
by Thanh Han The 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

Hi Hans, does it relate to the ToUnicode object only, or something else as well? I think the ToUnicode object can be generated by pdftex, as pdftex knows the current encoding vector and can find out the corresponding unicode for a given glyph name by looking into the AGL? It would also save some space, as fonts having the same encoding vector (eg 8r.enc) can share a single ToUnicode object. But I am not sure, have to recheck the ToUnicode description. Postponing the object refered by \pdffontattr is not that easy to do, as pdftex does no parsing of the parameter of \pdffontattr (like in case of many other parameters). Thanh On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 01:04:07PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > Hi, > > There are situations where unused resources can end up in a pdf file; > think for instance of a font system that sets up tounicode vector > inclusion. For practical purposes, one needs to have a font loaded > before the document preamble is scanned. If not, it is impossible to > deal with certain dimensions. So, it that case, we have something > > \pdffontattr\font{/ToUnicode ... 0 R} > > But imagine that we never use that font. If the rest of the document > fonts use the same vector, this is no problem, but when we switch to > another font encoding, we end up with a non used to unicode vector. Or > think of docs with only graphics (or other pdf pages) where no such > vector is needed. > > Because the object reference ... 0 R is not seen, pdftex cannot decide > either or not to include the object, so we need to use \immediate\obj > which result sin the non wanted entry. A solution is > > \pdffontvector <obj num> > > but a more generic solution is > > \pdffontattr\font{/ToUnicode ... \refobjnum <objnum>} > > which will tag the object (number) as being used but only when the font > desciption object is really flushed (so \refobjnum fullfils a signal > function) > > this means that a (later) \pdfobj{...} will not be flushed when it is > not really refered > > Hans > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-pdftex mailing list > ntg-pdftex(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-pdftex

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reserveobjnum
by Hans Hagen 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

! pdfTeX error (ext1): invalid object number. <argument> \immediate \pdfobj useobjnum 1 stream {... can this become a warning and not an error? in a multipass job (with obj cross refs) such a number may temporarily be wrong/clash, but will be resolved in next passes Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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redundant resources
by Hans Hagen 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

Hi, There are situations where unused resources can end up in a pdf file; think for instance of a font system that sets up tounicode vector inclusion. For practical purposes, one needs to have a font loaded before the document preamble is scanned. If not, it is impossible to deal with certain dimensions. So, it that case, we have something \pdffontattr\font{/ToUnicode ... 0 R} But imagine that we never use that font. If the rest of the document fonts use the same vector, this is no problem, but when we switch to another font encoding, we end up with a non used to unicode vector. Or think of docs with only graphics (or other pdf pages) where no such vector is needed. Because the object reference ... 0 R is not seen, pdftex cannot decide either or not to include the object, so we need to use \immediate\obj which result sin the non wanted entry. A solution is \pdffontvector <obj num> but a more generic solution is \pdffontattr\font{/ToUnicode ... \refobjnum <objnum>} which will tag the object (number) as being used but only when the font desciption object is really flushed (so \refobjnum fullfils a signal function) this means that a (later) \pdfobj{...} will not be flushed when it is not really refered Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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url links in included pdf documents,
by Janko Hauser 10 Aug '05

10 Aug '05

Hello, I have the need to include pdf pages as backgrounds into a latex document. I would like to keep the url-links in these background pdf's. Searching the mailinglists it turns out, that pdftex does strip all links from included pdf's. Has this changed in recent versions? How should one proceed to look for this in the code of pdftex? With regards, __Janko Hauser

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compilation under mingw
by Pawel Jackowski 04 Aug '05

04 Aug '05

Hi there, pdfTeX sources (at least current 1.30.0 and rcandidates) don't compile under mingw environment, although #ifdefs suggest that mingw is supported. src/texk/kpathsea/config.h:85:22 win32lib.h: No such file or directory src/texk/kpathsea/c-ctype.h:26:22 oldnames.h: No such file or directory Has anybody tried? Thanks for any clues. -- Pawe/l Jackowski P.Jackowski(a)gust.org.pl

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Re: [pdftex] pdftex 1.30.0
by Taco Hoekwater 03 Aug '05

03 Aug '05

Congrats to Martin! For Hans and other interested people, I've put up compiled binaries for i32 and amd64: http://tex.aanhet.net/temp/pdftex-1.30.0-linux-i32.tar.gz http://tex.aanhet.net/temp/pdftex-1.30.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz as well as a tar.bz2 version of the zip http://tex.aanhet.net/temp/pdftex-1.30.0-tar.bz2 Greetings, Taco Martin Schröder wrote: > [http://sarovar.org/download.php/673/pdftex-1.30.0.zip] > > The pdfTeX team is happy to announce the release of a new stable version: > > =========================================================================== > pdfTeX 1.30.0 > ===========================================================================

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[ pdftex-Bugs-378 ] xputenv.c:79: failed assertion `old_item' / pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.0-rc2-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
by noreply＠sarovar.org 03 Aug '05

03 Aug '05

Bugs item #378, was opened at 2005-07-05 17:17 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=378&group_id=106 Category: web2c Group: v1.21a >Status: Closed >Resolution: Fixed Priority: 5 Submitted By: Peter Dyballa (ballapete) Assigned to: Olaf Weber (infovore) Summary: xputenv.c:79: failed assertion `old_item' / pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.0-rc2-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) Initial Comment: That's the document: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{cmbright} %\usepackage{eurofont} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} %\usepackage{lmodern} \usepackage[?]{amsmath} \begin{document} This is a test document for testing purposes in cmbright. It's worth maybe 0,02\,\texteuro. \section{Introcution} Let us do some math! % \[ \forall x \in \mathbf{R}, x^2 \geq 0 \] % NOT ok \[ x , 0 \]%\in \mathbf{R} x^2 \geq % OK % \begin{equation} % \forall x \in \mathbf{R}, x^2 \geq 0 % NOT ok % \end{equation} % \begin{equation} % x = r^2 + \sum_{0}^{100} y^2 % NOT ok % \end{equation} \begin{equation} % {\partial\over\partial x} f(x,y) = {\partial\over\partial y} f(x,y) = 0 % OK! \frac{\partial}{\partial x} f(x,y) = \frac{\partial}{\partial y} f(x,y) = 0 % OK! \end{equation} \end{document} Failure message: .... (./cmbright.aux) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/ base/ts1cmr.fd) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/cmbright/ts1cmbr.fd) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/cmbright/ omlcmbrm.fd) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/cmbright/ omscmbrs.fd) [1{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/ pdftex.map}] (./cmbright.aux) ) </var/tmp/texfonts/pk/ljfour/public/cmbright/ cmbr10.720pk>xputenv.c:79: failed assertion `old_item' Abort No PS Type 1 fonts, only MF based. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Olaf Weber (infovore) Date: 2005-08-03 00:13 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1847 The new xputenv.c has been verified to fix the problem. It has been checked into the main web2c sources and will merge into TeX-live and teTeX from there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Olaf Weber (infovore) Date: 2005-07-10 11:41 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1847 Reopening and assigning to myself, updating title and group to clarify problem. Likely this is a problem with the xputenv implementation in the web2c sources. Attached is a new xputenv.c which should not suffer from the same problem. It also doesn't require the SMART_PUTENV autoconf check (was originally written specifically to be able to get rid of this check). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Date: 2005-07-07 23:53 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=421 This seems to be an implementation problem on certain versions of OSX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Peter Dyballa (ballapete) Date: 2005-07-06 09:46 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=2303 Sorry, that's my fault with commented out %\usepackage{eurofont}! The error becomes obvious with this file and the first two lines of math. The version below runs fine, but if you add any of the commented out math entities it breaks: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{cmbright} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} %\usepackage{lmodern} \usepackage[?]{amsmath} \begin{document} \section{Introcution} Let us do some math! % \[ x , 0 \mathbf{R} \]%\in x^2 \geq % NOT ok \[ x , 0 \]% \forall \in \mathbf{R} x^2 \geq % OK \begin{equation} \frac{\partial}{\partial x} f(x,y) = \frac{\partial}{\partial y} f(x,y) = 0 % OK! \end{equation} \end{document} I have too a case with archaic PK fonts and I've seen an answer to my ConTeXt question so that a third case might be coming ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Hartmut Henkel (hhenkel) Date: 2005-07-06 08:21 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=929 I also can't reproduce the bug; have sent Pete an xputenv.c with a few diagnostic printf's, which he has forwarded to Gerben (who will soon be in holidays...). Regards, Hartmut ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Date: 2005-07-06 03:08 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=421 Argl. The comment got lost. :-( Your example is without eurofont, yet your log shows that you use eurofont. Without eurofont the example works perfectly for me with 1.21a and 1.30.0-rc2 ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=378&group_id=106

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Re: [NTG-pdftex] compilation under mingw
by Thanh Han The 02 Aug '05

02 Aug '05

I spent a lot of time to compile pdftex with mingw in the past, but in the end I think that it's not worthwhile for the trouble so I gave it up. Using the djgpp cross-compiler is much easier ad allows me to use the same sources for compiling binaries for linux and dos/windows. Thanh On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 01:54:37PM +0200, Pawel Jackowski wrote: > Hi there, > > pdfTeX sources (at least current 1.30.0 and rcandidates) don't compile > under mingw environment, although #ifdefs suggest that mingw is supported. > > src/texk/kpathsea/config.h:85:22 win32lib.h: No such file or directory > src/texk/kpathsea/c-ctype.h:26:22 oldnames.h: No such file or directory > > Has anybody tried? Thanks for any clues. > -- > Pawe/l Jackowski > P.Jackowski(a)gust.org.pl > _______________________________________________ > ntg-pdftex mailing list > ntg-pdftex(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-pdftex

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