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Re: [MiKTeX] pdftex problem
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From: David A. <dra...@me...> - 2010-01-13 09:47:57
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Hi Bruce, Aha - with the aid of a test file, your problem is solved. Line 1 of your file has \magnification=\magstep1 which multiplies all dimensions by 1.2 - that means that 8.5" becomes 10.2" because \pdfpagewidth is affected by \magnification like any other TeX dimension. This won't affect your other paths as the conversion to PDF is done after TeX has run. Curiously enough, this isn't buggy behaviour - it's just very weird and probably doesn't affect LaTeX because its pdfTeX driver accounts for it (but I don't use LaTeX so I don't know...). It's been discussed before by the look of pdftex and comp.tex archive lists but appears not to have been "fixed". There are various long macro solutions online to patch plain's \magnification to work with pdftex but the easiest thing to do is to say: \pdfpagewidth=8.5truein \pdfpageheight=11truein Or, ahem, to pick the correct font sizes in the first place! The other solutions involve caching the value of \pdfpagewidth and \pdfpageheight initially and then automatically inserting \pdfpagewidth=blah true pt after the call. David > David, > > Thank you for the suggestions and I wish they fixed my problem, but no > such luck. :( > > For your information, I have attached some samples. > > test.tex <-- this is a sample page > > test.dvi <-- what I got running "tex test.tex." > > test_1pdf <-- this is what I got running "pdftex test.tex." > > I did do the following and it did not fix my problem. > > > initexmf --admin --edit-config-file=pdftex > > and put the two lines for US letter > > initexmf --admin --dump > > to rebuild formats > > pdftex \input story\bye > > test_2.pdf <-- this is what I got when I did "tex test.tex; dvips > test.dvi; ps2pdf test.ps." (*) > > test_3.pdf <-- this is what I got when I did "dvipdfm test.dvi." > > ttest_4.pdf <-- this is what I got under Linux (Slackware 12.1) after > doing what I did in (*) and this is what I'd like to get! > > Any help or suggestions are certainly welcom, if you have the time and > interest. > > bruce > > P.S. I should note that pdflatex seems to work just fine. > > > > > Bruce Babcock wrote: > >> Thanks to those who have made suggestions. But, still pdftex is not > >> working correctly. :( > > > > On my machine (Windows 7 Ultimate x64, built on 31-Dec-2009 - i.e. > > recently) from an elevated prompt I ran: > > > > initexmf --admin --edit-config-file=pdftex > > and put the two lines for US letter > > initexmf --admin --dump > > to rebuild formats > > pdftex \input story\bye > > > > story.pdf is US Letter. Is the *PDF* definitely the wrong size? The > > only well to tell this is to open the file in Adobe Reader (or another > > PDF > > reader) and look in Document -> Properties and see what the page size > > is reported as. \pdfpagewidth is totally independent of \hsize (in > > other words unless your format does something to set-up \pdfpagewidth > > and \hsize then changing \pdfpagewidth in an "A4" TeX will blat an A4 > on a US letter sheet). > > > > I only use Plain TeX (or more specifically, formats of my own based on > > Plain > > TeX) and have never had problems with document sizes - but if you're > > using Plain TeX then everything is your responsibility! > > > > > > David > > > > > >> Here is an update: > >> > >> 1. I did a fresh install of XP on a spare computer and then > >> installed MiKTeX 2.8 setting the paper size to LETTER. > >> > >> 2. As suggested, I > >> > >> pdflatex sample2e.tex > >> > >> and sample2e.pdf looked fine. Likewise, doing > >> > >> latex sample2e.tex following by dvips sample2e.dvi followed by ps2pdf > >> sample2e.ps > >> > >> gave me a sample2e.pdf which viewed the same as the sample2e.pdf > before. > >> > >> I also tried > >> > >> dvipdfm sample2e.dvi and again the pdf generated view the same as the > >> other two. > >> > >> 3. But, the same was not true for pdftex. :( > >> > >> When I ran pdftex on a plain tex file, I called the file foo.tex, the > >> foo.pdf did not view the same as the foo.pdf generated doing > >> > >> tex foo.tex; dvips foo.dvi; ps2pdf foo.ps (*) > >> > >> or by doing > >> > >> dvipdfm foo.dvi. > >> > >> So, at this point I not sure where to go. If anyone has a plain tex > >> file that is not altered when applying pdftex or (*), I would be > >> interested in testing it on my machine. > >> > >> Any other comments or suggestions are welcome, > >> > >> bruce > >> > >> George N. White III wrote: > >>> On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Ulrike Fischer <li...@ni...> > >> wrote: > >>>> [...] > >>>>> When I entered "pdftex" followed by "**\showthe\pdfpagewidth" I > >>>>> got the message > >>>>> > >>>>> entering extended mode > >>>> >> 614.295pt. > >>>> > >>>> Well this sounds as if the format contains the correct default > >>>> settings. So if the pdf still has not the correct page size your > >>>> document is responsable. At first check in the adobe reader the > >>>> actual size of the pdf. > >>> You may be using a package that messes with page size, or you may > >>> have some older version of a file that conflicts with the miktex > >>> version, in which case even a basic document can get the wrong > settings. > >>> > >>>> Then show us a minimal foo.tex that exhibits the problem. > >>>> Put at the begin \showthe\pdfpagewidth and sent the log-file too. > >>> Try "sample2e.tex", which is included in the base latex files. If > >>> you don't get a letter size pdf, see: > >>> <http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=filesused> > >>> for instructions on getting a list of the files used. > >>> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> --- > >> ------ > >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > >> Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A > >> streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and > >> easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon > >> customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > >> _______________________________________________ > >> MiKTeX-Users mailing list > >> MiK...@li... > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer > > Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development > > support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution > > fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon > > customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > > MiK...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > > > > |
