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MacOSX-TeX Digest #133 - Wednesday, October 24, 2001

  TeXShop & pdfscreen (Mac OS X 10.1)
          by 
  [Mac OS X TeX] Re: Assistance with pdfscreen / texpower
          by "Michael Murray" 
  Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TeXShop & pdfscreen (Mac OS X 10.1)
          by "Louis Moresi" 
  Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TeXShop & pdfscreen (Mac OS X 10.1)
          by 
  texinfo problems
          by "Serge COHEN" 
  Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TeXShop & pdfscreen (Mac OS X 10.1)
          by "Michael Murray" 
  Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TeXShop & pdfscreen (Mac OS X 10.1)
          by "Serge COHEN" 
  Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TeXShop & pdfscreen (Mac OS X 10.1)
          by "Michael Murray" 


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Subject: TeXShop & pdfscreen (Mac OS X 10.1)
From: 
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 00:27:34 -0400

anyone know how to install pdfscreen on TeXShop running in Mac OS X 10.1?

Thanks in advance.

max2

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Subject: [Mac OS X TeX] Re: Assistance with pdfscreen / texpower
From: "Michael Murray" 
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:27:41 +0930

>  Hi there, experts,
>
>I've been using the pdfscreen / texpower combination recently to produce
>dynamic presentations.  This really is an excellent combination 
>which makes modular reuse
>of papers and course notes etc really possible.
>
>However, with decent sized presentations (many drawings/images) I
>repeatedly run into tex capacity errors using pdflatex. I would like to
>figure out if  there is a document somewhere which could help me 
>increase the default capacities
>for pdftex in the tetex distribution (and how this can be made to =
withstand
>the updating procedure).
>
>This one issue aside, I heartily recommend producing presentations 
>and so on in this fashion. Maybe if I can figure out how to embed 
>movies directly without recourse to Acrobat it'll be perfect.
>
>Any assistance gratefully received
>
>Louis
>
>


Hi Louis

I'm not an expert but here is what I think you need to do based on
my memory of advice I had from Ross Moore.

(1) Go to /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c and make a cp of
texmf.cnf called texmf.cnf.bk.

(2) Edit the file texmf.cnf as follows.
In that file search for every occurence of `context' . You should
see lines like:



main_memory.context =3D 1500000
main_memory.mpost =3D   1000000
main_memory =3D          263000 % words of inimemory available; also 
applies to inimf&mp


I think you need to increase the main_memory line to something like
what context has. Maybe instead of changing main_memory you should 
add a line like

main_memory.pdflatex =3D 15000000

Do this for every memory related parameter that is set for context.

(3) After this I think you should run

texconfig init




Of course an expert would now which of these numbers to change !!

There is a teTeX manual 
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/doc/tetex/TETEXDOC.pdf which
discusses a few of these things.



Michael












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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TeXShop & pdfscreen (Mac OS X 10.1)
From: "Louis Moresi" 
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 17:41:51 +0800


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For those interested, I can summarize what I managed to make work well for =

me to get both pdfscreen and texpower working together.

1) pdfscreen installed in  ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/pdfscreen (together 
with texpower in ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/texpower)

2) Using the pdflatex route to build the presentation / pdf file.

3) Increasing the capacities of pdflatex to be similar to those chosen for =

context in the texmf.cnf file, as described by michael murray in an 
earlier message (excerpt below))

4) specifying \usepackage{texpower} before \usepackage{pdfscreen} also 
helps reduce the number of exclamations during processing if you are using =

both packages

5) texpower seems to be evolving fast, with an interesting collection of 
bug-like features.  But the basic \step command works really quite well.  
It interacts with pdfscreen a little strangely on producing new pages. 
Adding \newpage here and there helps greatly.

Louis



On Wednesday, October 24, 2001, at 12:27 , get86@mac.com wrote:

> anyone know how to install pdfscreen on TeXShop running in Mac OS X =
10.1?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> max2

> (Michael Murray suggested)

>> Edit the file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf as follows.
>> In that file search for every occurence of `context' . You should
>> see lines like:
>>
>> main_memory.context =3D 1500000
>> main_memory.mpost =3D   1000000
>> main_memory =3D          263000 % words of inimemory available; also 
>> applies to inimf&mp
>>
>> You should add a line like

>> main_memory.pdflatex =3D 15000000
>>
>> Do this for every memory related parameter that is set for context. 
>> After this run
>>
>> texconfig init



=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

Dr Louis Moresi - CSIRO Exploration & Mining
louis.moresi@dem.csiro.au
tel  (+61 8 or 08) 6436 8633
fax (+61 8 or 08) 6436 8555
mob (+61 4 or 04) 0333 1413
Ignotum per Ignotius
http://www.ned.dem.csiro.au/research/solidmech/Personnel/LouisMoresi

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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For those interested, I can summarize what I managed to make work well
for me to get both pdfscreen and texpower working together.


1) pdfscreen installed in  ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/pdfscreen
(together with texpower in ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/texpower)


2) Using the pdflatex route to build the presentation / pdf file.


3) Increasing the capacities of pdflatex to be similar to those chosen
for context in the texmf.cnf file, as described by michael murray in
an earlier message (excerpt below))


4) specifying \usepackage{texpower} before \usepackage{pdfscreen} also
helps reduce the number of exclamations during processing if you are
using both packages


5) texpower seems to be evolving fast, with an interesting collection
of bug-like features.  But the basic \step command works really quite
well.  It interacts with pdfscreen a little strangely on producing new
pages. Adding \newpage here and there helps greatly.


Louis  




On Wednesday, October 24, 2001, at 12:27 , get86@mac.com wrote:


anyone know how to install pdfscreen on TeXShop running in
Mac OS X 10.1?


Thanks in advance.


max2



(Michael Murray suggested) 



Edit the file
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf as follows.

In that file search for every occurence of `context' . You should

see lines like:


main_memory.context =3D 1500000

main_memory.mpost =3D   1000000

main_memory =3D          263000 % words of inimemory available; also
applies to inimf&mp


You should add a line like



main_memory.pdflatex =3D 15000000


Do this for every memory related parameter that is set for context.
After this run


texconfig init





=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D


Dr Louis Moresi - CSIRO Exploration & Mining

louis.moresi@dem.csiro.au

tel  (+61 8 or 08) 6436 8633

fax (+61 8 or 08) 6436 8555

mob (+61 4 or 04) 0333 1413

Ignotum per Ignotius

http://www.ned.dem.csiro.au/research/solidmech/Personnel/LouisMoresi


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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TeXShop & pdfscreen (Mac OS X 10.1)
From: 
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 05:48:35 -0400

before i ask tons of questions.. what is texpower? and is it for Mac OS X?
i use TeXShop and hope someone can tell me how to install pdfscreen 
to use 'under' TeXShop. i have it working but don't how to tell tex 
the 'path'? or how to fix it so it always knows... am i making sense?

thanks

At 5:41 PM +0800 10/24/01, Louis Moresi wrote:
>For those interested, I can summarize what I managed to make work 
>well for me to get both pdfscreen and texpower working together.
>
>1) pdfscreen installed in  ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/pdfscreen 
>(together with texpower in ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/texpower)
>
>2) Using the pdflatex route to build the presentation / pdf file.
>
>3) Increasing the capacities of pdflatex to be similar to those 
>chosen for context in the texmf.cnf file, as described by michael 
>murray in an earlier message (excerpt below))
>
>4) specifying \usepackage{texpower} before \usepackage{pdfscreen} 
>also helps reduce the number of exclamations during processing if 
>you are using both packages
>
>5) texpower seems to be evolving fast, with an interesting 
>collection of bug-like features.  But the basic \step command works 
>really quite well.  It interacts with pdfscreen a little strangely 
>on producing new pages. Adding \newpage here and there helps greatly.
>
>Louis
>
>
>
>On Wednesday, October 24, 2001, at 12:27 , get86@mac.com wrote:
>
>>anyone know how to install pdfscreen on TeXShop running in Mac OS X =
10.1?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>max2
>
>>(Michael Murray suggested)
>
>>>Edit the file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf as follows.
>>>In that file search for every occurence of `context' . You should
>>>see lines like:
>>>
>>>main_memory.context =3D 1500000
>>>main_memory.mpost =3D   1000000
>>>main_memory =3D          263000 % words of inimemory available; also 
>>>applies to inimf&mp
>>>
>>>You should add a line like
>
>>>main_memory.pdflatex =3D 15000000
>>>
>>>Do this for every memory related parameter that is set for 
>>>context. After this run
>>>
>>>texconfig init
>
>
>
>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>
>Dr Louis Moresi - CSIRO Exploration & Mining
>louis.moresi@dem.csiro.au
>tel  (+61 8 or 08) 6436 8633
>fax (+61 8 or 08) 6436 8555
>mob (+61 4 or 04) 0333 1413
>Ignotum per Ignotius
>http://www.ned.dem.csiro.au/research/solidmech/Personnel/LouisMoresi
>
>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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Subject: texinfo problems
From: "Serge COHEN" 
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 13:06:04 +0200

Hello;

I'm using teTeX with TeXshop on MacOS X. I want to process some texinfo
files (mans from GNU), using pdflatex.
anytime I start pdflatex with some .txi file it crashes after giving the
following message.

Anybody has experienced problems with texinfo and teTeX for darwin?

Thanks for any answer (even if you just had the same trouble)

Serge.

PS: I've tried tex -> dvips -> ps2pdf. It works, but the font quality is
very low, and the text is hard to read.

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[visitor4:Downloads/GNU's/Manuals] cohen% pdftex automake.texi
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-14h-released-20010417 (Web2C 7.3.3.1)
(./automake.texi{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/pdftex/config/pdftex.cf=
g}
Babel  and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, =
ngerman, n
ohyphenation, loaded.
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/pdftex/texinfo/texinfo.tex
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/pdftex/texinfo/pdftexinfo.tex
Loading texinfo [version 1999-03-26.17]:
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/pdftex/plain/misc/pdfcolor.tex) Basics, =
fonts,
page headings, tables, conditionals, indexing, sectioning, toc, PDF =
outlines,
(./automake.toc) (./automake.toc) environments, defuns, macros,
cross references, (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/plain/dvips/epsf.tex)
localization, and turning on texinfo input format.)) (./automake.aux)
(./version.texi) =
[1{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/dvips/config/pdftex.map}{/usr/
local/teTeX/share/texmf.os/dvips/config/Ttbbold.map}] [2] Chapter 1
! Undefined control sequence.
@xrefX ...@ifnum @filenamelength >0 @pdfannotlink
                                                  attr{/Border [0 0 =
0]}goto ...
l.154 ... , , standards, The GNU Coding Standards}
                                                  )
?
! Undefined control sequence.
@xrefX ...@ifnum @filenamelength >0 @pdfannotlink
                                                  attr{/Border [0 0 =
0]}goto ...
l.169 autoconf, The Autoconf Manual}
                                    ), and enforces certain restrictions =
on
?
Chapter 2
! pdfTeX warning (ext4): destination with the same identifier (name{1@}) =
has be
en already used, duplicate ignored

                   }
\onepageout ... name {\mkpgn {\the \pageno }} xyz}
                                                  }\advancepageno \ifnum =
\ou...
 {\onepageout {\pagecontents \PAGE }
                                            }

                   A
l.233 A
       utomake tries to group comments with adjoining targets and macro
[1
! pdfTeX error (ext4): \pdfendlink ended up in different nesting level =
than \pd
fstartlink.
 }

\onepageout ... name {\mkpgn {\the \pageno }} xyz}
                                                  }\advancepageno \ifnum =
\ou...
 {\onepageout {\pagecontents \PAGE }
                                            }

                   A
l.233 A
       utomake tries to group comments with adjoining targets and macro
!  =3D=3D> Fatal error occurred, the output PDF file not finished!
Transcript written on automake.log.
[visitor4:Downloads/GNU's/Manuals] cohen%

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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TeXShop & pdfscreen (Mac OS X 10.1)
From: "Michael Murray" 
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:01:03 +0930

>before i ask tons of questions.. what is texpower? and is it for Mac OS =
X?
>i use TeXShop and hope someone can tell me how to install pdfscreen 
>to use 'under' TeXShop. i have it working but don't how to tell tex 
>the 'path'? or how to fix it so it always knows... am i making sense?
>


The simplest way to make  extra packages available is to create
your own texmf tree in your Library folder in your home folder.
Then go into the terminal and issue the command `sudo texhash'
and give you admin password when sudo asks for it.

For example I have a4wide.sty installed in


/Users/fred/Library/texmf/tex/latex/misc/a4wide.sty


(It may be in the standard texmf tree I have no idea !)

You can sort out other directories by looking at the installed
texmf tree.

I think the standard teTeX install will set things up so tex
will search in this directory. You can see if it has when you
do texhash:

macmurray2[fred]% sudo texhash
Password:
texhash: Updating /Users/fred/Library/texmf/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.os/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /var/tmp/texfonts/ls-R...
texhash: Done.
macmurray2[fred]%


Here you can see the first thing it did was search my own texmf tree.

As I understand it texhash searches the whole directory (doing ls -R)
and saves the output to the file ls-R.  Then tex doesn't have to
search the tree it just reads the file. Do more on the ls-R file and
you will get

% ls-R -- filename database for kpathsea; do not change this line.
../:
..DS_Store
fonts
ls-R
tex

../fonts:
..DS_Store
pk
type1

../fonts/pk:
..DS_Store
bh
cx
modeless
yandy

../fonts/pk/bh:
lumath


etc
etc


Note you could sudo to root and put your things in one of the other
texmf trees but they get nuked when a new teTeX is installed. Your
own tree is left alone.




Michael



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Department of Pure Mathematics       Fax: 61+ 8 8303 
3696                                      
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Australia  5005      Email: mmurray@maths.adelaide.edu.au             
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TeXShop & pdfscreen (Mac OS X 10.1)
From: "Serge COHEN" 
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 13:50:16 +0200

Hi,

Thanks for quick answer, indeed the handling of texinto files is supposed
to be in the standard install (and it is, that's why tex->dvips->ps2pdf
works Ok).

By the way, I tried to compile the teTeX sources, and had a trouble with
compiling the texinfo part...
So now I'm using the teTeX version compiled by Gerben Wierda (coming along
with TeXShop).

Any experience for compiling teTeX on MacOSX is very welcome.

Serge.


>
>
>The simplest way to make  extra packages available is to create
>your own texmf tree in your Library folder in your home folder.
>Then go into the terminal and issue the command `sudo texhash'
>and give you admin password when sudo asks for it.
>
>For example I have a4wide.sty installed in
>
>
>/Users/fred/Library/texmf/tex/latex/misc/a4wide.sty
>
>
>(It may be in the standard texmf tree I have no idea !)
>
>You can sort out other directories by looking at the installed
>texmf tree.
>
>I think the standard teTeX install will set things up so tex
>will search in this directory. You can see if it has when you
>do texhash:



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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TeXShop & pdfscreen (Mac OS X 10.1)
From: "Michael Murray" 
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:39:21 +0930

>Hi,
>
>Thanks for quick answer, indeed the handling of texinto files is supposed
>to be in the standard install (and it is, that's why tex->dvips->ps2pdf
>works Ok).
>
>By the way, I tried to compile the teTeX sources, and had a trouble with
>compiling the texinfo part...
>So now I'm using the teTeX version compiled by Gerben Wierda (coming =
along
>with TeXShop).
>
>Any experience for compiling teTeX on MacOSX is very welcome.
>
>Serge.
>
>
Hi Serge

I have never tried compiling teTeX.  Tom Kiffe (www.kiffe.com author 
of CMacTeX)
has some info at

http://www.kiffe.com/tex/tetex.html

Michael
-- 
_________________________________________________________
Assoc/Prof Michael Murray                                                  =
 
Department of Pure Mathematics       Fax: 61+ 8 8303 
3696                                      
University of Adelaide             Phone: 61+ 8 8303 4174       
Australia  5005      Email: mmurray@maths.adelaide.edu.au             
Home Page: http://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/pure/mmurray
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