Bugs item #335, was opened at 2005-05-05 14:51 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=335&group_id=106 Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Heiko Oberdiek (oberdiek) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: Empty name (\pdfdest name{}xyz) destroys /Names array Initial Comment: Hello, empty strings are suppressed by pdf_print_str (pdftex.ch). This is fatal for many places, resulting in invalid PDF files (no working bookmarks, ...): \pdfdest name{}xyz First page \vfil\break \pdfdest name{foobar}xyz \pdfoutline goto name{foobar} count 0{Second page} Second page. \bye The generated PDF file contains: /Names [ 4 0 R (foobar) 10 0 R] /Limits [ (foobar)] instead of /Names [() 4 0 R (foobar) 10 0 R] /Limits [() (foobar)] Suggested fix (modulo line breaks): *** pdftex.ch.org 2005-04-24 00:39:28.000000000 +0200 --- pdftex.ch 2005-05-05 14:45:27.000000000 +0200 *************** *** 1921,1928 **** begin i := str_start[s]; j := i + length(s) - 1; ! if (i > j) then return; {null string} if (str_pool[i] = '(') and (str_pool[j] = ')') then begin pdf_print(s); return; --- 1921,1930 ---- begin i := str_start[s]; j := i + length(s) - 1; ! if (i > j) then begin ! pdf_print("()"); return; {null string} + end; if (str_pool[i] = '(') and (str_pool[j] = ')') then begin pdf_print(s); return; Yours sincerely Heiko ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=335&group_id=106