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[ pdftex-Bugs-505 ] file with only \immediate\pdfobj stream results in garbage
by noreply＠sarovar.org 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

Bugs item #505, was opened at 2006-04-06 00:50 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=505&group_id=106 Category: None >Group: v1.40.0 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Assigned to: Hartmut Henkel (hhenkel) Summary: file with only \immediate\pdfobj stream results in garbage Initial Comment: The input \pdfcompresslevel=0 \immediate\pdfobj stream {xx} \end results in the message No pages of output. but produces the garbage pdf attached. Confirmed with 1.30.2 and the last 1.40.0-beta. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Hartmut Henkel (hhenkel) Date: 2006-04-08 08:45 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=929 tried 2 approaches: 1) try to make a complete PDF file without pages, like: << /Type /Pages /Count 0 /Kids [] >> Then xpdf shows a white background, but acroread complains. So this can't be done. 2a) silently delete faulty PDF. But one should give at least a warning. 2b) flag warning and delete faulty PDF. That's the current patch for 1.40.0-beta-20060213. Now it says: This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.0-beta-20060213 (Web2C 7.5.5) (format=pdftex 2006.4.8) 8 APR 2006 07:41 %&-line parsing enabled. **test1 (./test1.tex ) No pages of output. Warning: pdftex: dangling objects discarded, no output file produced. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=505&group_id=106

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[ pdftex-Bugs-505 ] file with only \immediate\pdfobj stream results in garbage
by noreply＠sarovar.org 06 Apr '06

06 Apr '06

Bugs item #505, was opened at 2006-04-06 00:50 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=505&group_id=106 Category: None Group: v1.30.0 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Assigned to: Hartmut Henkel (hhenkel) Summary: file with only \immediate\pdfobj stream results in garbage Initial Comment: The input \pdfcompresslevel=0 \immediate\pdfobj stream {xx} \end results in the message No pages of output. but produces the garbage pdf attached. Confirmed with 1.30.2 and the last 1.40.0-beta. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=505&group_id=106

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possible bug
by Hans Hagen 05 Apr '06

05 Apr '06

Hi, When I process: \pdfcompresslevel=0 \immediate\pdfobj stream {xx} \end pdftex reports 0 paes bug produces a faulty pdf file that looks like: %PDF-1.5 %ÐÔÅØ 1 0 obj << /Length 2 >> stream xx so, apart from content ending up in a file with no pages, the object is also faulty (no endstream) (version: This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.5)) maybe this is already solved 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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Changing the banner is hardly possible
by Frank Küster 04 Apr '06

04 Apr '06

Hi, I just tried to change the banner for our Debian-specific changes in teTeX's pdftex 1.21a, but that doesn't work well. --- tetex-bin-3.0.orig/texk/web2c/pdfetexdir/pdfetexextra.in 2005-07-20 12:28:21.000000000 +0200 +++ tetex-bin-3.0/texk/web2c/pdfetexdir/pdfetexextra.in 2006-03-24 10:17:29.000000000 +0100 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ (generated from ../lib/texmfmp.c). */ -#define BANNER "This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-PDFTEX-VERSION-ETEX-VERSION" +#define BANNER "This is pdfeTeX using libpoppler, Version 3.141592-PDFTEX-VERSION-ETEX-VERSION" #define COPYRIGHT_HOLDER "Peter Breitenlohner (eTeX)/Han The Thanh (pdfTeX)" #define AUTHOR NULL #define PROGRAM_HELP PDFETEXHELP leads to the funny output # pdftex --version pdfeTeX using libpoppler 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) kpathsea version 3.5.4 Copyright (C) 1997-2004 Peter Breitenlohner (eTeX)/Han The Thanh (pdfTeX). Kpathsea is copyright (C) 1997-2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. There is NO warranty. Redistribution of this software is covered by the terms of both the pdfeTeX using libpoppler copyright and the GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING and the pdfeTeX using libpoppler source. Primary author of pdfeTeX using libpoppler: Peter Breitenlohner (eTeX)/Han The Thanh (pdfTeX). Kpathsea written by Karl Berry and others. Appending something after the version number doesn't seem to work, either. If this is still the same in the 1.40 betas, I'll report a bug... Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)

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