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rc4 submitted to tl
by The Thanh Han 07 Jun '04

07 Jun '04

Hi, I have just submitted rc4 to tl tree Thanh

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What happens with \pdfavoidoverfull?
by Heiko Oberdiek 07 Jun '04

07 Jun '04

Hello, what happens with \pdfavoidoverfull? It was silently removed? Yours sincerely Heiko <oberdiek(a)uni-freiburg.de> --

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Re: pdfetex and copyright
by Martin Schröder 01 Jun '04

01 Jun '04

On 2002-07-17 19:34:47 +0200, Peter Breitenlohner wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Martin Schroeder wrote: > > Hello Peter, > > I hope you are the right person to contact about copyright > > questions on eTeX ("The NTS team" being difficult to define and > > to contact). > > > > We are in the process of finishing the next release of pdfTeX and > > clarifying the license of pdf{e}TeX. > > > > pdfTeX is GPL, which leaves at least me a bit confused about the > > license of pdfeTeX (those files in web2c/pdftexdir). Oviously > > there are three licenses which must be aligned: > > - the license of TeX > > - the license of eTeX (the same as TeX; only NTS Team instead of > > DEK) > > Hi Martin, > That's what the files say. Actually it has been decided on some Dante > meeting (about 2 years ago) that the eTeX be transferred to me. This just > has not yet been made it into the files (essentially because they have not > been changed since then). I just wondered about the output of 'pdfetex --version' and have fixed pdfetexextra.h in p4 (still for rc3). 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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pdftex-1.20-rc4
by Akira Kakuto 01 Jun '04

01 Jun '04

> I tested the following file > > ============================================ > \let\normalfont\font > \def\font#1=#2 {% > \message{Adding mapline: +#2 <#2.pfb}% > \pdfmapline{+#2 <#2.pfb}\normalfont#1=#2 } > > \pdfoutput=1 > \font\f=cmx10 at 100pt > \f Hello > \bye > ============================================ > > and it seems to be ok. What error did you get? It is ok here also. I have erased cmr10 from the pdftex.map and tested by \font\f=cmr10 at 100pt. Best regards Akira

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pdftex-1.20-rc4
by The Thanh Han 01 Jun '04

01 Jun '04

Hi, I uploaded pdftex-1.20a-rc4 to pdftex.sarovar.org/src. This version fixes the problem with finding fonts in included pdf, as discussed before. I also did some (heavy) cleaning up in the code handling fonts, so expect the unexpected. Thanh

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handling fatal errors / corrupt file
by Hans Hagen 26 May '04

26 May '04

Hi, Sometimes pdftex quits with a fatal error (e.g. when a pdf image is invalid); in that case the pdf file is corrutp. I think that in those situations either the fils should be correct, but since that is tricky, that alternatively the file is simply deleted automatically. Better no file than a corrupt one. 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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djgpp binaries for pdftex-1.20a-rc4 available
by The Thanh Han 24 May '04

24 May '04

Hi, the recent djgpp binaries seem to have problem. After some digging on the Internet it seems to be a problem with gcc-3.2.2 when using libstdc++ (C programs run fine). In the beginning I thought it is related to linux powerpc only (I am running the cross compiler on linux powerpc -- debian woody), but other people also have the same problem on other platforms. After another a few days strugling hard I got to build gcc-2.95.2 and rebuild pdftex with that new cross compiler. The binaries are available at http://pdftex.sarovar.org/djgpp I did a simple test (pdftex story.tex \\bye) on win2k and it seems to be ok. Please test it if you can; after about a week I will upload my changes to texlive p4 if no problems are found. I would like put some more info at http://pdftex.sarovar.org when I have more time to work on it. If you would like to help, please let me know. Thanh PS: to Hans: I didn't look at your problem with hz yet. PS2: to Hartmut: I implemented psname_lookup as we discussed. It was not very complicated, as thanks to avl it's easy to find all entries with the same psname + slant + extend. Now all the fm entries are also inserted to ps_tree. I had more work with checking those tfms and picking up the `right' one.

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still probelms with inclusion
by Hans Hagen 17 May '04

17 May '04

Hi, The 'old version' of pdftex had problems with including pdf files that uses fonts not present on the system (well, my system): Font \csname\endcsname=uplr8y not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. the new (djgpp) version still has: : invalid font dict type <null> the last couple of days i switched to map files with FontNames again, but i regret that move already. I'm puzzled because i thought that Hartmuts code took care of that. I need to make a decision: either ship with or without FontName entries in map files; (i never had problems without them, but since it was mentioned that inclusion was more efficient with them...) Is it possible to provide \pdfoptionignorefontnames=1 that 'ignores' the font name entries in map files? 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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bug in pdfxtex
by Hans Hagen 13 May '04

13 May '04

>pdfetex This is pdfxTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-rc3-2.1 (Web2C 7.5.3) \write18 enabled. **x kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdfetex.fmt Exiting due to signal SIGSEGV General Protection Fault at eip=00113d54 eax=746d6678 ebx=000fff34 ecx=009a0441 edx=000fff38 esi=00000054 edi=001ee210 ebp=0026e158 esp=0026e14c program=E:\TEX\TE2CCD~1\BIN\PDFETEX.EXE cs: sel=01a7 base=02aa0000 limit=00b4ffff ds: sel=01af base=02aa0000 limit=00b4ffff es: sel=01af base=02aa0000 limit=00b4ffff fs: sel=017f base=0000ecf0 limit=0000ffff gs: sel=01bf base=00000000 limit=0010ffff ss: sel=01af base=02aa0000 limit=00b4ffff App stack: [0026e210..001ee210] Exceptn stack: [001ee164..001ec224] Call frame traceback EIPs: 0x00113d54 0x000fd9c0 0x00060bf0 0x00011d95 0x0006444d 0x001135a8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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[bug] crash at lookup_fontmap
by Martin Schröder 12 May '04

12 May '04

With rc3: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x80a64c5 in lookup_fontmap (bname=0x830c180 "LUTYFL+CMBX12") at ../../../../src/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/mapfile.c:755 755 if (pdffontmap[i] == 0) (gdb) bt #0 0x80a64c5 in lookup_fontmap (bname=0x830c180 "LUTYFL+CMBX12") at ../../../../src/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/mapfile.c:755 #1 0x80b6723 in copyFont (tag=0x830cee0 "F128", fontRef=0xbfffce20) at ../../../../src/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftoepdf.cc:425 #2 0x80b6cfc in copyFontResources (obj=0xbfffcf04) at ../../../../src/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftoepdf.cc:458 #3 0x80b892d in write_epdf () at ../../../../src/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftoepdf.cc:1004 #4 0x80b54f5 in writeimage (img=0) at ../../../../src/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/writeimg.c:316 #5 0x807c9fc in zpdfwriteimage (n=6) at pdftex1.c:7324 #6 0x809b653 in doextension () at pdftex3.c:792 #7 0x809e355 in maincontrol () at pdftex3.c:2283 #8 0x805a150 in mainbody () at pdftexini.c:4908 #9 0x80a1bbe in main (ac=4, av=0xbfffd094) at pdftexextra.c:325 Will investigate further 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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pdfeTeX 1.20b-2.1: writet3 problem
by Akira Kakuto 12 May '04

12 May '04

>1.20a-rc3 no longer has this bug. I suspect that writet3.c in texlive p4 head is older than the one in the tarball. Best regards, Akira

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pdftex-1.20a-rc3
by The Thanh Han 12 May '04

12 May '04

Hi, I changed the version back to 1.20a-rc3 as Martin suggested. Also a src tarball and djgpp binaries are avail. at http://vntex.sourceforge.net/private/thanh/pdftex/ This version fixes the problem Staszek reported with pdfelatex. Thanh

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Re: [pdftex] Who does the releases?
by Akira Kakuto 11 May '04

11 May '04

Hi Thanh, >At the meantime, I will rename the latest sources >to 1.20a-rc3 as you suggested. Please do not go backward. You have enough numbers to use, 1.20c, 1.20d, ... As a stable release version number, you can choose 1.21. Best regards, Akira

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pdf(e)tex compatible with tex?
by Akira Kakuto 11 May '04

11 May '04

>I'm so sorry, but I found some incompatibilities in pdfetex in dvi mode. >My silly test, attached in il1test.zip, or in case that the mailer could >remove it, available from >ftp:/ftp.gust.org.pl/TeX/GUST/test/il1test.zip >can show you that some primitives give strange output, e.g. not expected >headlines and footers using pdfetex based latex format. I have also obtained headlines and footers in the case of pdfelatex and pdfxlatex (1.20b-2.1). However, pdflatex (1.20b) (i.e., non e-TeX version) seems to output the same dvi as latex or elatex. Best regards, Akira

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Re: [pdftex] Who does the releases?
by The Thanh Han 11 May '04

11 May '04

Hi Martin, > Thanh, > I was surprised by the release today (learned of it through > tetex-pretest). I suggest renaming it to 1.20a-rc3 and splitting > off pdfxtex ASAP. I was told that you were not very happy with the latest upload, because it overwrote the stable sources in texlive/tetex. I am sorry to hear about that. However, I would like to clarify a few points: 1) I think that the pdftex sources are in the development branch, and they are moved to the stable branch only when Sebastian approves it. 2) I am not aware that I should not do a release. We have agreed that you will be doing/monitoring/scheduling releases. Does it mean that I should not make any release at all. Then can you please tell me how I should name my changes? 3) It's not clear to me why pdfxtex should be gone ASAP. If it should not be built by default, isn't it better to change the config files not to compile it unless an option `--with-pdfxtex' is explicitly given? 4) At the meantime, I will rename the latest sources to 1.20a-rc3 as you suggested. My next changes will be uploaded to pdftex.sarovar.org and wait there until we agree that they can be released. 5) If something goes wrong, can you please let me know directly. Best regards, Thanh

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pdf(e)tex compatible with tex?
by Staszek Wawrykiewicz 11 May '04

11 May '04

I'm so sorry, but I found some incompatibilities in pdfetex in dvi mode. My silly test, attached in il1test.zip, or in case that the mailer could remove it, available from ftp:/ftp.gust.org.pl/TeX/GUST/test/il1test.zip can show you that some primitives give strange output, e.g. not expected headlines and footers using pdfetex based latex format. This example can be compared with 'latex' or 'pdflatex' from TeX Live 2003 against the *current* stuff from P4 depot (pdf(e)tex 1.20b-2.1). Ps. Martin, your 'Bye' was rejected, so I'd still like to hear your opinions. Best, -- Staszek Wawrykiewicz StaW(a)gust.org.pl

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Re: [NTG-pdftex] easy font expansion (image inclusion)
by Akira Kakuto 09 May '04

09 May '04

Hi Hartmut, > Ah, it was ", 4" formerly, just the new ", 6" is wrong. Then this should > do it right: > > pdf_append_list(pdf_ximage_objnum(p))(pdf_ximage_list); > if not is_pdf_image(image) then begin > pdf_print_real(ext_xn_over_d(pdf_width(p), > ten_pow[6], one_hundred_bp), 4); > pdf_print(" 0 0 "); > pdf_print_real(ext_xn_over_d(pdf_height(p) + pdf_depth(p), > ten_pow[6], one_hundred_bp), 4); > Thank you very much. It was ok by 6 ---> 4 only. Best regards Akira

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easy font expansion (image inclusion)
by Akira Kakuto 09 May '04

09 May '04

Hi Thanh, I have obtained a very small "pointlike" image by \includegraphics{foo.jpg} where foo.jpg is a usual size image. Therefore I have revived previous values for arguments of "pdf_print_real" as follows: pdf_append_list(pdf_ximage_objnum(p))(pdf_ximage_list); if not is_pdf_image(image) then begin pdf_print_real(ext_xn_over_d(pdf_width(p), ten_pow[6], one_hundred_bp), 6); pdf_print(" 0 0 "); pdf_print_real(ext_xn_over_d(pdf_height(p) + pdf_depth(p), ten_pow[6], one_hundred_bp), 6); -------> pdf_append_list(pdf_ximage_objnum(p))(pdf_ximage_list); if not is_pdf_image(image) then begin pdf_print_real(ext_xn_over_d(pdf_width(p), ten_pow[4], one_bp), 4); pdf_print(" 0 0 "); pdf_print_real(ext_xn_over_d(pdf_height(p) + pdf_depth(p), ten_pow[4], one_bp), 4); Best regards Akira

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endstream
by Hans Hagen 09 May '04

09 May '04

Hi, When embedding a file using \pdfobj file {...} i get whateverendstream is this valid? shouldn't endstream be on its own line? 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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Re: [NTG-pdftex] Re: easy font expansion
by Akira Kakuto 08 May '04

08 May '04

Dear Reinhard, > > If I use hz for base 14 fonts, pdf[ex]TeX crashes. But, if base > > 14 fonts are embedded by changing pdftex.map like ptmr8r > > Times-Roman "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc > > ---> > > ptmr8r "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <utmr8a.pfb hz > > can be used for base 14 fonts. > > This is a limitation of PDF, not pdftex. > > In a pdf document you cannot change the FontMatrix as you can do in > PostScript. Therefore pdftex has to manipulate the font itself when > it is inserted. If you run pdffonts (from xpdf) on your pdf file > you'll see that the same font is embedded for each expansion step. > > It is certainly mentioned in the pdftex manual. If not, complain. Thanks a lot. It will be better for pdf[ex]TeX to exit with an error message without causing access violation, when a user calls hz without embedding relevant fonts. Best regards Akira

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Re: easy font expansion
by Akira Kakuto 07 May '04

07 May '04

> This also works for virtual fonts (like ptmr8t). If I use hz for base 14 fonts, pdf[ex]TeX crashes. But, if base 14 fonts are embedded by changing pdftex.map like ptmr8r Times-Roman "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc ---> ptmr8r "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <utmr8a.pfb hz can be used for base 14 fonts. Best regards Akira

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easy font expansion
by The Thanh Han 07 May '04

07 May '04

Hi, I did some (quite heavy) changes on pdftex to support font expansion, so it can be used easily. So far the font expansion feature requires that user must be able to create expanded tfm (eg cmr10+10.tfm). Now font expansion can be used without expanded tfm. One can say: \font\f=cmr10 \pdffontexpand\f 20 20 5 autoexpand and pdftex will create those expanded tfm like cmr10+10, cmr10-20, etc. automatically. This also works for virtual fonts (like ptmr8t). The sources tarball is available at http://vntex.sourceforge.net/private/thanh/pdftex/pdftex-2004_05_02.tar.bz2 [to Hans Hagen: the djgpp binary of pdfxtex is avail. at the same location] I didn't submit this version to the texlive repository yet, because I changed the sources quite a lot and it can introduce new bugs. For those interested in details of automatical font expansion: 1) a tfm is expanded by copying the metrics from the base tfm, then character widths, kerns and italic corrections are adjusted. 2) for virtual fonts: nothing is changed apart from local font definitions (they are automatically expanded just like (1)). This means that some accents can be misplaced by a very small amount (0.01--0.01pt). If this amount seems too much to you, then the wokraround is to create expanded tfm manually. A minimal test file can look like: ======================================= \pdffontexpand\font 20 20 5 autoexpand \pdfadjustspacing 2 <A few long paragraphs here> \bye ======================================= Then open the pdf file in acroreader and look at File->Info->Fonts, or use pdffonts (comes from xpdf) to see whether the body font is expanded. What is font expansion good for? 1) if you care about micro-typography like even word spacing and greyness of your pages; 2) if you are typesetting narrow columns and would like to get rid of those overfull/underfull boxes or frequent hyphenations with none (or liltle) manual tweaking. Feedbacks are welcome very much. Thanh PS: this version also fixes the problem with \mag

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Re: easy font expansion
by Akira Kakuto 05 May '04

05 May '04

> I did some (quite heavy) changes on pdftex to support font expansion, so > it can be used easily. So far the font expansion feature requires that > user must be able to create expanded tfm (eg cmr10+10.tfm). Now font > expansion can be used without expanded tfm. One can say: Great! Thanks a lot. The new pdfxTeX is compatible with Olaf's new tex.ch if you use tex.ch2 with only 5 lines: @x @d format_extension=".efmt" {the extension, as a \.{WEB} constant} @y @d format_extension=".xfmt" {the extension, as a \.{WEB} constant} @z Best regards Akira

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1.20a-rc2
by Martin Schröder 27 Apr '04

27 Apr '04

Hi, #4712 is 1.20a-rc2. Once I can figure out how to make a release with sarovar, the archive will show up there. 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] 1.20a-rc2
by Akira Kakuto 26 Apr '04

26 Apr '04

>It's finally there (will be moved to beta): >http://sarovar.org/download.php/285/pdftex-1.20a-rc2.tar.bz2 Olaf has changed tex.ch in his source because terminal inputs are not recognized for the prompt '?'. Best regards Akira --- tex.ch Sat Apr 17 06:47:39 2004 +++ /wk/752/texk/web2c/tex.ch Thu Apr 22 18:31:13 2004 @@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ @x [5.71] encTeX - native buffer printing if last<>first then for k:=first to last-1 do print(buffer[k]); @y -while first < last do begin print_buffer(first) end; +k:=first; while k < last do begin print_buffer(k) end; @z @x [6.73] l.1732 - Add unspecified_mode.

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