September 2005 - ntg-pdftex - NTG Mailing Lists

pdftex and xpdf (and its security bugs): What about a libxpdf?
by frank＠kuesterei.ch 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

Dear pdftex developers, during the last months security support for software containing xpdf code was a nightmare - not only that there were many security issues discovered, moreover everybody used a different patch, it was unclear to what extent older versions were affected, and so forth. This was also a problem for us, the teTeX maintainer in Debian, which currently has three versions of pdftex with three different versions of the xpdf code. What would you think about creating a shared library, "libxpdf", and using that for pdftex, either linked dynamically (for Linux/Unix distributions) or statically (for TeX-live and friends)? There is already such a library, libpoppler, a fork of the xpdf code (http://poppler.freedesktop.org/) However, I do not know whether the xpdf author, Derek B. Noonburg, is generally unwilling to create a shared library, or whether people simply didn't ask him. Personally I would prefer to have as little a number of versions of the same code, and thus to get a shared library from xpdf proper. If you agree, I would be oblidged if one of you would contact Derek Noonburg (derekn(a)foolabs.com) and ask him. He seems to be a little unresponsive at times, and has not answered a similar question from the maintainer of the xpdf package in Debian for a couple of weeks now. Maybe we can convince him that this is a good idea if he is approached from different sides. Alternatively, if he is unwilling to make this change, do you think using libpoppler would be feasible? Many thanks in advance, Frank Küster -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer

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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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Re: GrailTeX -- Yet Another TeX Distribution
by Nagy Bence 01 Oct '05

01 Oct '05

Dear TeX-friends, I made a compact LaTeX-based TeX-distribution which can be very usable e.g. for building TeX-based web solutions. GrailTeX is downloadable from http://www.tipogral.hu/index.rhtml/grailtex Most interesting features: package-based architecture with dependency support, the latest pdfeTeX binary (named grailtex) with unstable patches, Latin Modern Type1 fonts instead of bitmapped Metafont Computer Modern (EC) files... There is currently just a minimal documentation on its website. Any comments are welcomed! Greetings, Bence -- Nagy Bence -> Magyar Grafika | www.mgonline.hu -> Tipográl.hu | www.tipogral.hu

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Re: error messages, lack of
by Hans Hagen 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Hi, In the process of tug boat preparations, Karl and I exchanges some mails about font problems (changes in latin modern packaging, resulting in missing encoding files and such) > What kind of error messages? > >I just had in mind the actual errors reported by TeX, starting with "!". >The hard part would be extracting the file/line number information, but >even just leaving that out and reporting > grep \! foo.log >would be an improvement. > > about missing fonts? > > i wonder if we can have a separate log for that: jobname.flg (flg = font log) or so, mentioning: used fonts (tfm, vf, pfb, ...) used map files used enc files all plus exact location, something: [input file] [input line if relevant] [pdf pagenumber] [file|char] [status] [location] the status can be: ok, missing, etc This then could be controlled by: \pdffontlogfile{name} \pdffontloglevel<number> level=0 : no messages/file level=1 : only problems level=2 : all (rough idea, but i think we should consider something like this if only that currently it all depends on luck if you notice the missing glyph messages in the log) 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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[ pdftex-Feature Requests-431 ] support for changebar
by noreply＠sarovar.org 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

Feature Requests item #431, was opened at 2005-09-12 05:24 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=496&aid=431&group_id=106 Category: None Group: None Status: Closed Resolution: Out of Date Priority: 5 Submitted By: Rob MacLeod (rsmacleod) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: support for changebar Initial Comment: There appears to be a fix to the problems in pdflatex with the changebar.sty and I wonder if this fix could become part of the standard release. Without this, each time we do a local update (via teTeX and fink) we have to install the patch and do a manual update. We love using pdflatex but not having changebar capability is a real problem for our grant writing activities. Thanks for your support of the system!!! Cheers, Rob (University of Utah) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Rob MacLeod (rsmacleod) Date: 2005-09-20 07:17 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=2860 Got it, installed it, works like a charm. Many thanks!!! Rob ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Taco Hoekwater (taco) Date: 2005-09-20 06:03 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1608 By tomorrow it will probably be all over CTAN: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/changebar/ If you want it right now, use http://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/changebar/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Rob MacLeod (rsmacleod) Date: 2005-09-20 05:55 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=2860 Where do I find version 3.5? The archives all stop at 3.4. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Taco Hoekwater (taco) Date: 2005-09-20 01:47 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1608 This is fixed on the other end: The latest version of changebar.sty (3.5) now supports pdflatex, thanks to a set of fixes by Piet van Oostrum. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=496&aid=431&group_id=106

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[ pdftex-Feature Requests-431 ] support for changebar
by noreply＠sarovar.org 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

Feature Requests item #431, was opened at 2005-09-12 14:24 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=496&aid=431&group_id=106 Category: None Group: None Status: Closed Resolution: Out of Date Priority: 5 Submitted By: Rob MacLeod (rsmacleod) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: support for changebar Initial Comment: There appears to be a fix to the problems in pdflatex with the changebar.sty and I wonder if this fix could become part of the standard release. Without this, each time we do a local update (via teTeX and fink) we have to install the patch and do a manual update. We love using pdflatex but not having changebar capability is a real problem for our grant writing activities. Thanks for your support of the system!!! Cheers, Rob (University of Utah) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Taco Hoekwater (taco) Date: 2005-09-20 15:03 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1608 By tomorrow it will probably be all over CTAN: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/changebar/ If you want it right now, use http://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/changebar/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Rob MacLeod (rsmacleod) Date: 2005-09-20 14:55 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=2860 Where do I find version 3.5? The archives all stop at 3.4. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Taco Hoekwater (taco) Date: 2005-09-20 10:47 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1608 This is fixed on the other end: The latest version of changebar.sty (3.5) now supports pdflatex, thanks to a set of fixes by Piet van Oostrum. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=496&aid=431&group_id=106

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[ pdftex-Feature Requests-431 ] support for changebar
by noreply＠sarovar.org 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

Feature Requests item #431, was opened at 2005-09-12 05:24 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=496&aid=431&group_id=106 Category: None Group: None Status: Closed Resolution: Out of Date Priority: 5 Submitted By: Rob MacLeod (rsmacleod) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: support for changebar Initial Comment: There appears to be a fix to the problems in pdflatex with the changebar.sty and I wonder if this fix could become part of the standard release. Without this, each time we do a local update (via teTeX and fink) we have to install the patch and do a manual update. We love using pdflatex but not having changebar capability is a real problem for our grant writing activities. Thanks for your support of the system!!! Cheers, Rob (University of Utah) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Rob MacLeod (rsmacleod) Date: 2005-09-20 05:55 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=2860 Where do I find version 3.5? The archives all stop at 3.4. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Taco Hoekwater (taco) Date: 2005-09-20 01:47 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1608 This is fixed on the other end: The latest version of changebar.sty (3.5) now supports pdflatex, thanks to a set of fixes by Piet van Oostrum. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=496&aid=431&group_id=106

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Re: support for changebar
by Thanh Han The 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >Comment By: Taco Hoekwater (taco) > Date: 2005-09-20 10:47 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=1608 > > > This is fixed on the other end: > > The latest version of changebar.sty (3.5) now supports > pdflatex, thanks to a set of fixes by Piet van Oostrum. a wonderful news! Thanh

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[ pdftex-Feature Requests-431 ] support for changebar
by noreply＠sarovar.org 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

Feature Requests item #431, was opened at 2005-09-12 14:24 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=496&aid=431&group_id=106 Category: None Group: None >Status: Closed >Resolution: Out of Date Priority: 5 Submitted By: Rob MacLeod (rsmacleod) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: support for changebar Initial Comment: There appears to be a fix to the problems in pdflatex with the changebar.sty and I wonder if this fix could become part of the standard release. Without this, each time we do a local update (via teTeX and fink) we have to install the patch and do a manual update. We love using pdflatex but not having changebar capability is a real problem for our grant writing activities. Thanks for your support of the system!!! Cheers, Rob (University of Utah) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Taco Hoekwater (taco) Date: 2005-09-20 10:47 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1608 This is fixed on the other end: The latest version of changebar.sty (3.5) now supports pdflatex, thanks to a set of fixes by Piet van Oostrum. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=496&aid=431&group_id=106

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