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MacOSX-TeX Digest #140 - Wednesday, October 31, 2001
New teTeX.dmg
by "Gerben Wierda"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] BBEdit syntax coloring
by "Jerome Laurens"
OSX 10.1 crashes on epstopdf'ed pdf's
by "Georges Vael"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] OSX 10.1 crashes on epstopdf'ed pdf's
by "Ross Moore"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] BBEdit syntax coloring
by "Bruno Voisin"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg
by "Adrian Heathcote"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg
by "Bruno Voisin"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg
by "Ross Moore"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg
by "Adrian Heathcote"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] OSX 10.1 crashes on epstopdf'ed pdf's
by "Gerben Wierda"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg
by "Gerben Wierda"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg
by "Gerben Wierda"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] OSX 10.1 crashes on epstopdf'ed pdf's
by "Georges Vael"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] OSX 10.1 crashes on epstopdf'ed pdf's
by "Georges Vael"
[Mac OS X TeX] PS2EPS+ on 10.1
by "Michael Murray"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] OSX 10.1 crashes on epstopdf'ed pdf's
by "Alessandro Languasco"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg
by "Hemant Bhargava"
New teTeX.dmg (small updater available)
by "Gerben Wierda"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] PS2EPS+ on 10.1
by "Tom Kiffe"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg (small updater available)
by "Gary L. Gray"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg (small updater available)
by "Gary L. Gray"
URGENT: margin kerning and protcode.tex
by "Gerben Wierda"
update-protcode.tar.gz updated
by "Gerben Wierda"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] URGENT: margin kerning and protcode.tex
by "Ross Moore"
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Subject: New teTeX.dmg
From: "Gerben Wierda"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 07:39:08 +0100
In ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/ can be found:
teTeX.dmg -> teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
To download, use either
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/teTeX.dmg
Changes:
pdfTeX 1.00a instead of pdfTeX 0.14h with patches
margin kerning repaired following patch from Ross Moore
G
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] BBEdit syntax coloring
From: "Jerome Laurens"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 07:59:48 +0100
"V. Vatsal" wrote:
>
It is not recommended to use $ in tex source code because it is a tex
primitive.
instead use \( and \[
both can be patched to add new functionalities but $ cannot
but anyone is free
j laurens
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Subject: OSX 10.1 crashes on epstopdf'ed pdf's
From: "Georges Vael"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:18:46 +0100
Hi,
Since I installed MacOSX 10.1, its previewer crashes (and thus also
TeXShop) on figures that I produced with 'epstopdf' from MatLab saved
eps files . Under OS 10.0.4 the same files did not cause crashes.
If I convert the same eps files with Acrobat Distiller, everything works
OK. I could - and will if nothing else works - reproduce all files using
Distiller, but that would cost some time as I do not keep the eps files
but rather the original figures (MatLab, Canvas etc.).
I would appreciate any thoughts/experiences on this matter.
Georges Vael
gvael@innas.com
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] OSX 10.1 crashes on epstopdf'ed pdf's
From: "Ross Moore"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:00:20 +1100 (EST)
> Hi,
>
> Since I installed MacOSX 10.1, its previewer crashes (and thus also
> TeXShop) on figures that I produced with 'epstopdf' from MatLab saved
> eps files . Under OS 10.0.4 the same files did not cause crashes.
>
> If I convert the same eps files with Acrobat Distiller, everything works =
> OK. I could - and will if nothing else works - reproduce all files using =
> Distiller, but that would cost some time as I do not keep the eps files
> but rather the original figures (MatLab, Canvas etc.).
>
> I would appreciate any thoughts/experiences on this matter.
Would you please post some examples of this where they can be downloaded
via the web. Put both the .eps and .pdf after conversion.
Maybe then someone can try to identify the problem.
Cheers,
Ross Moore
> Georges Vael
> gvael@innas.com
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] BBEdit syntax coloring
From: "Bruno Voisin"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:00:28 +0100
> It is not recommended to use $ in tex source code because it is a tex
> primitive.
> instead use \( and \[
A problem with \(, as opposed to the "equivalent" $, is that it's
fragile and requires protection.
Suppose you want a section named "The alpha-example", and a table of
contents.
- If you write \section{The $\alpha$-example} then the following line is
written to the .toc file:
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.}The $\alpha $-example}{22}
and nothing bad happens.
- If you write \section{The \(\alpha\)-example} then you get the error
message:
! LaTeX Error: Bad math environment delimiter.
[...]
l.8 ...turn> to continue without it.}-example}{22}
and, after entering scrollmode, the following line is written to the
..toc file:
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.}The \relax $\alpha \relax
\GenericError { }{LaTeX Error: Bad math environment delimiter}{See the
LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.}{Your command was
ignored.\MessageBreak Type I to replace it with
another command,\MessageBreak or to continue without
it.}-example}{22}
Clearly not what you want!
- If you write \section{The \protect\(\alpha\protect\)-example} then the
following line is written to the .toc file:
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.}The \(\alpha \)-example}{22}
and all's well again - but not very handy!
> but anyone is free
It's for avoiding that kind of problem, I guess, that people often
prefer to stick to $ $ constructs.
Bruno Voisin
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg
From: "Adrian Heathcote"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:07:07 +1100
This brand new version of teTeX has a major problem with it. The margin
kerning now doesn't work properly and the right margin is v.ragged
indeed. (In protrudechars=3D1 and 2).
Adrian Heathcote
On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 05:39 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
> In ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/ can be found:
>
> teTeX.dmg -> teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
> teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
>
> To download, use either
>
> ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-
> gs/teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
> ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/teTeX.dmg
>
> Changes:
> pdfTeX 1.00a instead of pdfTeX 0.14h with patches
> margin kerning repaired following patch from Ross Moore
>
> G
>
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg
From: "Bruno Voisin"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:29:27 +0100
> This brand new version of teTeX has a major problem with it. The margin
> kerning now doesn't work properly and the right margin is v.ragged
> indeed. (In protrudechars=3D1 and 2).
Yes I've got exactly the same problem.
This looks very much like the problem reported in one message of Ross
Moore, dated 29th October:
> ... but the effect is not subtle at all.
> Have a look at 2 versions of my paper:
>
> http://www-texdev.mpce.mq.edu.au/TUG/TUG2001/rossI.pdf
> http://www-texdev.mpce.mq.edu.au/TUG/TUG2001/rossImk1.pdf
>
> Clearly the kerning parameters in rossImk1.pdf are set too large.
> Yet this was the result using protcode.tex from CTAN.
> It contains an error in the TeX coding, to determine whether or not
> to set \needadjustprotcodetrue .
> (The numerical tests on the version number are done in the wrong order;
> thereby leading to the wrong boolean result with the most recent
> versions of pdfTeX.)
Could this be connected?
Bruno Voisin
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg
From: "Ross Moore"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:36:45 +1100 (EST)
> This brand new version of teTeX has a major problem with it. The margin
> kerning now doesn't work properly and the right margin is v.ragged
> indeed. (In protrudechars=3D1 and 2).
This is the error in protcode.tex that I described earlier:
\def\adjustprotcode#1{%
\needadjustprotcodefalse
\ifnum\pdftexversion > 13
\ifnum \expandafter`\pdftexrevision > `g
\needadjustprotcodetrue
\fi
\else\ifnum\pdftexversion > 14
\needadjustprotcodetrue
\fi\fi
is non-sensical, since the test for > 14 is never done.
It should be either:
\def\adjustprotcode#1{%
\needadjustprotcodefalse
\ifnum\pdftexversion > 13
\ifnum \expandafter`\pdftexrevision > `g
\needadjustprotcodetrue
\else\ifnum\pdftexversion > 14
\needadjustprotcodetrue
\fi
\fi\fi
or
\def\adjustprotcode#1{%
\needadjustprotcodefalse
\ifnum\pdftexversion > 14
\needadjustprotcodetrue
\else\ifnum\pdftexversion > 13
\ifnum \expandafter`\pdftexrevision > `g
\needadjustprotcodetrue
\fi
\fi\fi
This latter is easier to understand and is logically more stable,
with respect to possible future development versions of pdfTeX.
Hope this helps,
Ross Moore.
> Adrian Heathcote
> On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 05:39 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>
> > In ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/ can be found:
> >
> > teTeX.dmg -> teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
> > teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
> >
> > To download, use either
> >
> > ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-
> > gs/teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
> > ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/teTeX.dmg
> >
> > Changes:
> > pdfTeX 1.00a instead of pdfTeX 0.14h with patches
> > margin kerning repaired following patch from Ross Moore
> >
> > G
> >
> >
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg
From: "Adrian Heathcote"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 22:10:27 +1100
On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 09:36 PM, Ross Moore wrote:
>> This brand new version of teTeX has a major problem with it. The margin
>> kerning now doesn't work properly and the right margin is v.ragged
>> indeed. (In protrudechars=3D1 and 2).
>
> This is the error in protcode.tex that I described earlier:
The fix may be right, but isn't it strange that the previous
distribution (28/10/01) worked. In fact I've just redownloaded it from
the texshop website and the problem is now fixed again--margin kerning
works just as it should!
Very baffling!
>
> \def\adjustprotcode#1{%
> \needadjustprotcodefalse
> \ifnum\pdftexversion > 13
> \ifnum \expandafter`\pdftexrevision > `g
> \needadjustprotcodetrue
> \fi
> \else\ifnum\pdftexversion > 14
> \needadjustprotcodetrue
> \fi\fi
>
> is non-sensical, since the test for > 14 is never done.
>
> It should be either:
>
> \def\adjustprotcode#1{%
> \needadjustprotcodefalse
> \ifnum\pdftexversion > 13
> \ifnum \expandafter`\pdftexrevision > `g
> \needadjustprotcodetrue
> \else\ifnum\pdftexversion > 14
> \needadjustprotcodetrue
> \fi
> \fi\fi
>
> or
>
> \def\adjustprotcode#1{%
> \needadjustprotcodefalse
> \ifnum\pdftexversion > 14
> \needadjustprotcodetrue
> \else\ifnum\pdftexversion > 13
> \ifnum \expandafter`\pdftexrevision > `g
> \needadjustprotcodetrue
> \fi
> \fi\fi
>
> This latter is easier to understand and is logically more stable,
> with respect to possible future development versions of pdfTeX.
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Ross Moore.
>
>
>
>
>> Adrian Heathcote
>> On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 05:39 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>>
>>> In ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/ can be found:
>>>
>>> teTeX.dmg -> teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
>>> teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
>>>
>>> To download, use either
>>>
>>> ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-
>>> gs/teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
>>> ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/teTeX.dmg
>>>
>>> Changes:
>>> pdfTeX 1.00a instead of pdfTeX 0.14h with patches
>>> margin kerning repaired following patch from Ross Moore
>>>
>>> G
>>>
>>>
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] OSX 10.1 crashes on epstopdf'ed pdf's
From: "Gerben Wierda"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:28:38 +0100
On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 10:18 , Georges Vael wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since I installed MacOSX 10.1, its previewer crashes (and thus also
> TeXShop) on figures that I produced with 'epstopdf' from MatLab saved
> eps files . Under OS 10.0.4 the same files did not cause crashes.
>
> If I convert the same eps files with Acrobat Distiller, everything
> works OK. I could - and will if nothing else works - reproduce all
> files using Distiller, but that would cost some time as I do not keep
> the eps files but rather the original figures (MatLab, Canvas etc.).
>
> I would appreciate any thoughts/experiences on this matter.
This is a known extremely serious bug in Apple's Quartz display engine.
Please report this bug to Apple. Many have and the more do, the more
quickly we will get a fix. There is nothing Cocoa developers can do
about this at the moment.
There are more bugs (and omissions) in 10.1's PDF engine.
A workaround is to open these files only in Acrobat (which only in a
limited way uses Quartz), either the Carbon version under OS X 10.1 or
the 4.05 version in Classic. Another workaround is using Acrobat
Distiller or PStill, both seem to produce PDF that does not trigger the
Quartz bug so easily.
G
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg
From: "Gerben Wierda"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:21:56 +0100
OOPS. Somehow, the old non-fixed protcode.tex is still in my tree.
Apologies, I'll update tonight.
G
On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 11:36 , Ross Moore wrote:
>> This brand new version of teTeX has a major problem with it. The margin
>> kerning now doesn't work properly and the right margin is v.ragged
>> indeed. (In protrudechars=3D1 and 2).
>
> This is the error in protcode.tex that I described earlier:
>
> \def\adjustprotcode#1{%
> \needadjustprotcodefalse
> \ifnum\pdftexversion > 13
> \ifnum \expandafter`\pdftexrevision > `g
> \needadjustprotcodetrue
> \fi
> \else\ifnum\pdftexversion > 14
> \needadjustprotcodetrue
> \fi\fi
>
> is non-sensical, since the test for > 14 is never done.
>
> It should be either:
>
> \def\adjustprotcode#1{%
> \needadjustprotcodefalse
> \ifnum\pdftexversion > 13
> \ifnum \expandafter`\pdftexrevision > `g
> \needadjustprotcodetrue
> \else\ifnum\pdftexversion > 14
> \needadjustprotcodetrue
> \fi
> \fi\fi
>
> or
>
> \def\adjustprotcode#1{%
> \needadjustprotcodefalse
> \ifnum\pdftexversion > 14
> \needadjustprotcodetrue
> \else\ifnum\pdftexversion > 13
> \ifnum \expandafter`\pdftexrevision > `g
> \needadjustprotcodetrue
> \fi
> \fi\fi
>
> This latter is easier to understand and is logically more stable,
> with respect to possible future development versions of pdfTeX.
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Ross Moore.
>
>
>
>
>> Adrian Heathcote
>> On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 05:39 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>>
>>> In ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/ can be found:
>>>
>>> teTeX.dmg -> teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
>>> teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
>>>
>>> To download, use either
>>>
>>> ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-
>>> gs/teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
>>> ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/teTeX.dmg
>>>
>>> Changes:
>>> pdfTeX 1.00a instead of pdfTeX 0.14h with patches
>>> margin kerning repaired following patch from Ross Moore
>>>
>>> G
>>>
>>>
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg
From: "Gerben Wierda"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:30:23 +0100
On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 12:10 , Adrian Heathcote wrote:
>
> The fix may be right, but isn't it strange that the previous
> distribution (28/10/01) worked. In fact I've just redownloaded it from
> the texshop website and the problem is now fixed again--margin kerning
> works just as it should!
>
> Very baffling!
Not at all, because the 28/10 version uses pdfTeX .14h and the 30/10
version uses pdfteX 1.00a.
Wait until tomorrow and download the fixed version from the ftp site.
G
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] OSX 10.1 crashes on epstopdf'ed pdf's
From: "Georges Vael"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:46:32 +0100
Sorry for the omission but I had hoped it would be possible to answer
from experience.
I expected the OSX PDF immaturity (that was several times referred to in
this list) to be the most probable cause.
As I seem to be the only one with this problem, it is more probable that
I am doing something wrong. I am fairly new at this game ;-).
So, for anyone willing to look into it, the files can be downloaded from:
http://homepage.mac.com/gvael/FileSharing1.html
Thanks,
Georges
On woensdag, oktober 31, 2001, at 11:00 , Ross Moore wrote:
>
> Would you please post some examples of this where they can be downloaded
> via the web. Put both the .eps and .pdf after conversion.
>
> Maybe then someone can try to identify the problem.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ross Moore
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] OSX 10.1 crashes on epstopdf'ed pdf's
From: "Georges Vael"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:54:05 +0100
Suspected this was the problem, glad it wasn't me.
I will workaround and I report the bug to Apple.
Gerbens mail and my response to Rosses request for files to reconstruct
the problem with crossed. I'll leave them at the web for anyone
interested or for Apple's bug killers ;-).
Georges
On woensdag, oktober 31, 2001, at 12:28 , Gerben Wierda wrote:
> This is a known extremely serious bug in Apple's Quartz display engine.
> Please report this bug to Apple. Many have and the more do, the more
> quickly we will get a fix. There is nothing Cocoa developers can do
> about this at the moment.
>
> There are more bugs (and omissions) in 10.1's PDF engine.
>
> A workaround is to open these files only in Acrobat (which only in a
> limited way uses Quartz), either the Carbon version under OS X 10.1 or
> the 4.05 version in Classic. Another workaround is using Acrobat
> Distiller or PStill, both seem to produce PDF that does not trigger the
> Quartz bug so easily.
>
> G
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Subject: [Mac OS X TeX] PS2EPS+ on 10.1
From: "Michael Murray"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 23:02:45 +1030
I used to make a lot of use of PS2EPS+ to add bounding boxes to
ps files without them. Can anyone recommend a way of doing it in
MacOS 10.1 without launching PS2EPS+ via classic.
Thanks - Michael
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] OSX 10.1 crashes on epstopdf'ed pdf's
From: "Alessandro Languasco"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 14:17:58 +0100
Georges:
you are not alone!
Some times ago I report a similar problem to this list
and also to Apple suppport (as usual they do not give me any answer).
Other guys too in the USA had similar problems (you can see their=20
description
in the Apple discussion site).
My solution was to use the Macps2pdf by Thomas R. Kiffe.
It seems to produce .pdf files that don't crash Quartz engine.
Bye,
Alessandro
On Mercoled=EC, ottobre 31, 2001, at 12:54 , Georges Vael wrote:
> Suspected this was the problem, glad it wasn't me.
> I will workaround and I report the bug to Apple.
> Gerbens mail and my response to Rosses request for files to =
reconstruct=20
> the problem with crossed. I'll leave them at the web for anyone=20
> interested or for Apple's bug killers ;-).
>
> Georges
>
> On woensdag, oktober 31, 2001, at 12:28 , Gerben Wierda wrote:
>
>> This is a known extremely serious bug in Apple's Quartz display=20
>> engine. Please report this bug to Apple. Many have and the more do,=20=
>> the more quickly we will get a fix. There is nothing Cocoa developers=20=
>> can do about this at the moment.
>>
>> There are more bugs (and omissions) in 10.1's PDF engine.
>>
>> A workaround is to open these files only in Acrobat (which only in a=20=
>> limited way uses Quartz), either the Carbon version under OS X 10.1 =
or=20
>> the 4.05 version in Classic. Another workaround is using Acrobat=20
>> Distiller or PStill, both seem to produce PDF that does not trigger=20=
>> the Quartz bug so easily.
>>
>> G
>
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg
From: "Hemant Bhargava"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 08:55:24 -0500
Gerben -
I (and I expect many others) downloaded and installed the "new tetex
dmg" about 3 days ago, soon after your last posting about the update
(following the discussion of errors).
Would you please let us know if the latest one (Oct 30) is significantly
different, and if we need to update and reinstall.
Thanks
- Hemant
On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 01:39 AM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
> In ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/ can be found:
>
> teTeX.dmg -> teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
> teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
>
> To download, use either
>
> ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-
> gs/teTeX-2001-10-30-19-42-24.dmg
> ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/teTeX.dmg
>
> Changes:
> pdfTeX 1.00a instead of pdfTeX 0.14h with patches
> margin kerning repaired following patch from Ross Moore
>
> G
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Subject: New teTeX.dmg (small updater available)
From: "Gerben Wierda"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 15:58:28 +0100
On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 02:55 , Hemant Bhargava wrote:
> Would you please let us know if the latest one (Oct 30) is
> significantly different, and if we need to update and reinstall.
There is only one small change. I forgot to fix protcode.tex in the
texmf tree, but an updated protcode.tex is needed if it is to run with
the newer pdfTeX I have installed.
You only need to upgrade if you want to be able to use margin kerning.
There is not other difference.
For convenience, I have put a small file on my ftp site.
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/update-protcode.tar.gz
Download and untar. It creates two files, protocde.tex.fixed and
update_protcode, which is a shell script. In a Terminal window, from the
directory where these files reside, run (as root) ./update_protcode.
This will install the fixed version twice, one in the intended place in
the main texmf tree, the other will replace any protcode.tex you might
have installed yourself in a place where it is found before the official
one.
If you do this, you have a setup which is equal to downloading and
installing the new dmg which I will upload tonight.
Gerben
Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] PS2EPS+ on 10.1
From: "Tom Kiffe"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:34:21 -0600
If you want to convert a 1-page Postscript file into an eps file
there are at least two ways to accomplish this natively in OS X.
1) Use the ps2epsi script that comes with ghostscript. In addition to
adding a bounding box this script adds a bit preview to the
resulting eps file. This bit preview is not recognized by any Mac
program I know of.
2) The macps2pdf program included in the new MacGhostView 2.5 does the
same thing as ps2epsi except it does not include the bit preview.
The new MacGhostView can add a PICT 256 resource to the resource fork
of the eps file. The new CMacTeX 4.1 has an Apple Script that allows
you to accomplish both tasks at the same time by dropping a Postscript
file onto the script's icon.
--Tom
>I used to make a lot of use of PS2EPS+ to add bounding boxes to
>ps files without them. Can anyone recommend a way of doing it in
>MacOS 10.1 without launching PS2EPS+ via classic.
>
>
>Thanks - Michael
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg (small updater available)
From: "Gary L. Gray"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:09:55 -0500
On 10/31/2001 at 3:58 PM +0100, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>There is only one small change. I forgot to fix protcode.tex in the
>texmf tree, but an updated protcode.tex is needed if it is to run
>with the newer pdfTeX I have installed.
>
>You only need to upgrade if you want to be able to use margin
>kerning. There is not other difference.
>
>For convenience, I have put a small file on my ftp site.
>
> ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/update-protcode.tar.gz
>
>Download and untar. It creates two files, protocde.tex.fixed and
>update_protcode, which is a shell script. In a Terminal window, from
>the directory where these files reside, run (as root)
>./update_protcode. This will install the fixed version twice, one in
>the intended place in the main texmf tree, the other will replace
>any protcode.tex you might have installed yourself in a place where
>it is found before the official one.
>
>If you do this, you have a setup which is equal to downloading and
>installing the new dmg which I will upload tonight.
I just did this (that is, installed the newest teTeX and then ran the
above-mentioned script) and the protcode.tex file at:
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/plain/misc/
is not the new version (that is, is not the same as
protcode.tex.fixed). What am I missing here?
Best regards,
--
Gary L. Gray
Associate Professor
Engineering Science & Mechanics
Penn State University
(814) 863-1778
http://www.esm.psu.edu/Faculty/Gray/
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] New teTeX.dmg (small updater available)
From: "Gary L. Gray"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 15:02:09 -0500
On 10/31/2001 at 3:58 PM +0100, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>There is only one small change. I forgot to fix protcode.tex in the
>texmf tree, but an updated protcode.tex is needed if it is to run
>with the newer pdfTeX I have installed.
>
>You only need to upgrade if you want to be able to use margin
>kerning. There is not other difference.
>
>For convenience, I have put a small file on my ftp site.
>
> ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/update-protcode.tar.gz
>
>Download and untar. It creates two files, protocde.tex.fixed and
>update_protcode, which is a shell script. In a Terminal window, from
>the directory where these files reside, run (as root)
>./update_protcode. This will install the fixed version twice, one in
>the intended place in the main texmf tree, the other will replace
>any protcode.tex you might have installed yourself in a place where
>it is found before the official one.
>
>If you do this, you have a setup which is equal to downloading and
>installing the new dmg which I will upload tonight.
I just used BBEdit 6.5 to simply replace protcode.tex in:
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/plain/misc/
and now I get the following error (I apologize for the long message,
but I thought the entire TeX log would be useful in debugging):
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00a-pretest-20010806 (Web2C
7.3.3.1) (format=3Dpdflatex 2001.10.31) 31 OCT 2001 14:52
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(./falling-ladder-example.tex{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/pdftex/con=
fig/
pdftex.cfg}
LaTeX2e <2001/06/01>
Babel and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, =
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ohyphenation, loaded.
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Document Class: article 2001/04/21 v1.4e Standard LaTeX document class
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File: size12.clo 2001/04/21 v1.4e Standard LaTeX file (size option)
)
\c@part=3D\count79
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\abovecaptionskip=3D\skip41
\belowcaptionskip=3D\skip42
\bibindent=3D\dimen102
)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsmath/amsmath.sty
Package: amsmath 2000/07/18 v2.13 AMS math features
\@mathmargin=3D\skip43
For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option.
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsmath/amstext.sty
Package: amstext 2000/06/29 v2.01
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty
File: amsgen.sty 1999/11/30 v2.0
\@emptytoks=3D\toks14
\ex@=3D\dimen103
))
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsmath/amsbsy.sty
Package: amsbsy 1999/11/29 v1.2d
\pmbraise@=3D\dimen104
)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsmath/amsopn.sty
Package: amsopn 1999/12/14 v2.01 operator names
)
\inf@bad=3D\count87
LaTeX Info: Redefining \frac on input line 211.
\uproot@=3D\count88
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LaTeX Info: Redefining \overline on input line 307.
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\Mathstrutbox@=3D\box26
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LaTeX Font Info: Redeclaring font encoding OML on input line 567.
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\multlinegap=3D\skip44
\multlinetaggap=3D\skip45
\mathdisplay@stack=3D\toks18
LaTeX Info: Redefining \[ on input line 2666.
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)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty
Package: amssymb 1996/11/03 v2.2b
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsfonts/amsfonts.sty
Package: amsfonts 1997/09/17 v2.2e
\symAMSa=3D\mathgroup4
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LaTeX Font Info: Overwriting math alphabet `\mathfrak' in version =
`bold'
(Font) U/euf/m/n --> U/euf/b/n on input line 133.
))
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/exscale.sty
Package: exscale 1997/06/16 v2.1g Standard LaTeX package exscale
LaTeX Font Info: Redeclaring symbol font `largesymbols' on input line =
47.
LaTeX Font Info: Overwriting symbol font `largesymbols' in version =
`normal'
(Font) OMX/cmex/m/n --> OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 47.
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`bold'
(Font) OMX/cmex/m/n --> OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 47.
\big@size=3D\dimen112
)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsfonts/eucal.sty
Package: eucal 1995/01/06 v2.2 Euler Script fonts
LaTeX Font Info: Overwriting math alphabet `\EuScript' in version =
`bold'
(Font) U/eus/m/n --> U/eus/b/n on input line 47.
)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/cite/cite.sty
Package: cite 1999/04/23 v 3.8
)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/tools/enumerate.sty
Package: enumerate 1999/03/05 v3.00 enumerate extensions (DPC)
\@enLab=3D\toks19
)
(/Users/gray/Library/texmf/tex/latex/misc/boldfig.sty)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/misc/footmisc.sty
Package: footmisc 1999/12/02 v3.3j2 a miscellany of footnote facilities
\footnotemargin=3D\dimen113
\FN@tempboxb=3D\box28
\FN@tempboxc=3D\box29
)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/plain/misc/protcode.tex)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/graphicx.sty
Package: graphicx 1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty
Package: keyval 1999/03/16 v1.13 key=3Dvalue parser (DPC)
\KV@toks@=3D\toks20
)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.sty
Package: graphics 2001/07/07 v1.0n Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty
Package: trig 1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC)
)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/config/graphics.cfg)
Package graphics Info: Driver file: pdftex.def on input line 80.
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/pdftex.def
File: pdftex.def 2001/09/01 v0.03h graphics/color for pdftex
\Gread@gobject=3D\count99
))
\Gin@req@height=3D\dimen114
\Gin@req@width=3D\dimen115
)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/color.sty
Package: color 1999/02/16 v1.0i Standard LaTeX Color (DPC)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/config/color.cfg)
Package color Info: Driver file: pdftex.def on input line 125.
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/dvipsnam.def
File: dvipsnam.def 1999/02/16 v3.0i Driver-dependant file (DPC,SPQR)
))
(./falling-ladder-example.aux)
\openout1 =3D `falling-ladder-example.aux'.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 106.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 106.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 106.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 106.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 106.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 106.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line 106.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 106.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 106.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 106.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 106.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 106.
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.tex
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-mis.tex
loading : Context Support Macros / Missing
\protectiondepth=3D\count100
\scratchcounter=3D\count101
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\scratchdimen=3D\dimen116
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\nextdepth=3D\dimen117
\everyline=3D\toks22
\!!counta=3D\count102
\!!countb=3D\count103
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)
loading : Context Support Macros / PDF
\nofMPsegments=3D\count105
\nofMParguments=3D\count106
\everyMPtoPDFconversion=3D\toks23
)
! Extra \else.
\adjustprotcode ...edadjustprotcodetrue \fi \else
\ifnum \pdftexversion > =
13...
l.111 \setprotcode \font
?
! Undefined control sequence.
\adjustcp ...2\fi \char #3}\@tempcntb =3D\wd 0 \mul
\@tempcntb #1#2#3\div =
\@te...
l.111 \setprotcode \font
? X
Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
2025 strings out of 10431
25130 string characters out of 64719
71650 words of memory out of 1000001
5031 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+0
3938 words of font info for 15 fonts, out of 400000 for 1000
14 hyphenation exceptions out of 1000
27i,1n,24p,238b,47s stack positions out of 300i,100n,500p,50000b,4000s
No pages of output.
This margin kerning thing is rather problematic. I think I will do
without until someone can explain all of this to me.
Best regards,
--
Gary L. Gray
Associate Professor
Engineering Science & Mechanics
Penn State University
(814) 863-1778
http://www.esm.psu.edu/Faculty/Gray/
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Subject: URGENT: margin kerning and protcode.tex
From: "Gerben Wierda"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 22:14:19 +0100
This is cursed. One, I forgot to put the update_protocde script in
working condition before distributing (the commands are preceded by echo
for testing). Two, there was a typo in protcode.tex.
And it emains cursed, because even after applying Roos Moore's patch
correctly, I get an error when using this with pdftex 1.00a.
So, currently, I have removed the last teTeX dmg's and only the one from
Oct 28 (with pdfTeX 0.14h) is still there.
I urgently need a good protcode.tex to put in my distribution.
This is what I now have and it seems ok to me. But it has a problem
with \@tempcntb for some obscure reason.
\def\setprotcode#1{%
\rpcode#1`\!=3D200
\rpcode#1`\,=3D700
\rpcode#1`\-=3D700
\rpcode#1`\.=3D700
\rpcode#1`\;=3D500
\rpcode#1`\:=3D500
\rpcode#1`\?=3D200
\lpcode#1`\`=3D700
\rpcode#1`\'=3D700
\lpcode#1 92=3D500 % ``
\rpcode#1 34=3D500 % ''
\rpcode#1 123=3D300 % --
\rpcode#1 124=3D200 % ---
\rpcode#1`\)=3D50
\rpcode#1`\A=3D50
\rpcode#1`\F=3D50
\rpcode#1`\K=3D50
\rpcode#1`\L=3D50
\rpcode#1`\T=3D50
\rpcode#1`\V=3D50
\rpcode#1`\W=3D50
\rpcode#1`\X=3D50
\rpcode#1`\Y=3D50
\rpcode#1`\k=3D50
\rpcode#1`\r=3D50
\rpcode#1`\t=3D50
\rpcode#1`\v=3D50
\rpcode#1`\w=3D50
\rpcode#1`\x=3D50
\rpcode#1`\y=3D50
\lpcode#1`\(=3D50
\lpcode#1`\A=3D50
\lpcode#1`\J=3D50
\lpcode#1`\T=3D50
\lpcode#1`\V=3D50
\lpcode#1`\W=3D50
\lpcode#1`\X=3D50
\lpcode#1`\Y=3D50
\lpcode#1`\v=3D50
\lpcode#1`\w=3D50
\lpcode#1`\x=3D50
\lpcode#1`\y=3D50
\adjustprotcode#1
}
\makeatletter
\newif\ifneedadjustprotcode
\def\adjustprotcode#1{%
\needadjustprotcodefalse
\ifnum\pdftexversion > 14
\needadjustprotcodetrue
\else\ifnum\pdftexversion > 13
\ifnum \expandafter`\pdftexrevision > `g
\needadjustprotcodetrue
\fi
\fi\fi
\ifneedadjustprotcode
\@tempcnta=3D0
\loop
\ifcase\lpcode#1\@tempcnta\else
\adjustcp\lpcode#1\@tempcnta
\fi
\ifcase\rpcode#1\@tempcnta\else
\adjustcp\rpcode#1\@tempcnta
\fi
\advance\@tempcnta 1
\ifnum\@tempcnta < 256 \repeat
\fi
}
\def\adjustcp#1#2#3{%
\setbox0=3D\hbox{%
\ifx#2\font\else#2\fi
\char#3}%
\@tempcntb=3D\wd0
\mul\@tempcntb #1#2#3%
\div\@tempcntb \fontdimen6 #2%
#1#2#3=3D\@tempcntb
}
\makeatother
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Subject: update-protcode.tar.gz updated
From: "Gerben Wierda"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 22:52:51 +0100
It has been tested and it works here.
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/update-protcode.tar.gz
Unpack and run the update_protcode script from the directory where it
was unpacked. That fixes your margin kerning setup in protcode.tex with
the *real* patch form Ross Moore. Run this over any installed teTeX.dmg
G
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] URGENT: margin kerning and protcode.tex
From: "Ross Moore"
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 09:03:52 +1100 (EST)
> This is cursed. One, I forgot to put the update_protocde script in
No, not cursed. It's Murphy's Anthropic Principle of Computer Programming:
"Every little mistake that it's reasonable that you might make,
you *will* make, before the module works perfectly".
> working condition before distributing (the commands are preceded by echo =
> for testing). Two, there was a typo in protcode.tex.
>
> And it emains cursed, because even after applying Roos Moore's patch
> correctly, I get an error when using this with pdftex 1.00a.
Thanh's protcode.tex was clearly just a quick hack to access
the margin-kerning features now available in pdfTeX.
It requires 3 edits before it becomes useable with arbitrary LaTeX jobs:
1. fix the logic in testing for what version of pdfTeX is being used;
2. remove the \input abbr.tex at the beginning, which makes lots of
unnecessary definitions (some causing conflicts);
3. replace the \div and \mul by \divide and \multiply (since \div , \mul
no longer have the meanings from abbr.tex, which may conflict =
anyway).
Now protcode.tex should be OK for LaTeX jobs.
It's still no good for plain TeX jobs, as it needs the proper expansions
for macros: \makeatletter \makeatother
and scratch count-registers: \@tempcnta \@tempcntb
I think you can bet that this will not be the last word on margin-kerning
and protcode.tex . (Murphy more or less guarantees that!)
Hope this helps,
Ross
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