Re: [MiKTeX] Problems when using steinmetz package with cancel package.

[Ulrike Fischer <list@ni...>]

Am Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:34:19 -0300 schrieb Jether@...:

> I've been using the cancel package for a while, and I like it very
> much. This weekend I found the steinmetz packege that interests
> me as much as the former, but when I use then at the same time,
> the lines and the arrows of the \cancel and \cancelto macros
> became misplaced. 
 
> The steinmetz package needs the pict2e package, and it's seems to
> me that this package when loaded redefines the references of the
> picture environment.

1. This is the wrong list for such question. Use a latex group 
(comp.text.tex, texhax, tex.stackexchange)
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=gethelp

2. Without a small, complete example that demonstrates your problem
I doubt that someone will be able and willing to help you.

http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=askquestion


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[MiKTeX] Problems when using steinmetz package with cancel package.

[Jether@IG <jether.reis@ig...>]

I've been using the cancel package for a while, and I like it very much. This weekend I found the steinmetz packege that interests me as much as the former, but when I use then at the same time, the lines and the arrows of the \cancel and \cancelto macros became misplaced. 

The steinmetz package needs the pict2e package, and it's seems to me that this package when loaded redefines the references of the picture environment.

Does anyone came across this problem, and does it have any solution?

Jether Fernandes Reis

Re: [MiKTeX] page number in pdf file

[Cornelius C. Noack <noack@it...>]

On Sun, 21 Aug 2011, Wu Zhang wrote:
> Hi, folks,
>    I can only see part of the page numbers of pdf files after
>  Pdflatex; everything else is fine. Could you someone help me
>  with that?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Wu
>
Please ``send a minimal working example that exhibits the
problem'' !!

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[MiKTeX] page number in pdf file

[Wu Zhang <wuzhang50@ya...>]

Hi, folks,
   I can only see part of the page numbers of pdf files after Pdflatex; everything else is fine. Could you someone help me with that?
 
Thanks,
 
Wu 

Re: [MiKTeX] path trouble with makeindex.exe

[Ulrike Fischer <list@ni...>]

Am Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:36:59 -0400 schrieb Alan G Isaac:

> Just noticed that calling makeindex.exe with a fully qualified path
> to myfile.idx fails.  I haven't used indexes for quite a while, so
> I'm not sure when this changed.  Can it be overridden?

You can try to set an environment variable:

set MIKTEX_ALLOWUNSAFEOUTPUTFILES=1

Perhaps it affects makeindex to. But I recommend not to use absolute
pathes.


> Also, how can I request version info from makeindex.exe?

It tells you the info when you run it on a command line:

I:\Z-Test>makeindex test-utf8
This is makeindex, version 2.15 [MiKTeX 2.9] (kpathsea + Thai
support).
 

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[MiKTeX] path trouble with makeindex.exe

[Alan G Isaac <aisaac@am...>]

Just noticed that calling makeindex.exe with a fully qualified path
to myfile.idx fails.  I haven't used indexes for quite a while, so
I'm not sure when this changed.  Can it be overridden?

Also, how can I request version info from makeindex.exe?

Thanks,
Alan Isaac

PS Since this involves a Windows binary, I'm supposing this is a MiKTeX question.

Re: [MiKTeX] error following miktex update

[Ulrike Fischer <list@ni...>]

Am Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:25:19 -0700 schrieb Nicolae Garleanu:

> On my next computer I'll try to be careful
> not to have both administrator and local variants (once I figure
> out how to do it..).

Install (like I do) miktex only in your user account in single user
mode (If the user account has no writing rights for "C:\program
files" use  another folder for the main root).

If you do a multi user installation it is imho difficult and
cumbersome to avoid every interference from the user - you would
have to disable on-the-fly and do every administration as admin. In
this case it is in my opinion best to run the update tool and
FNDB-renew always in both modes and updmap as user.   


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Re: [MiKTeX] error following miktex update

[Nicolae Garleanu <garleanu@ha...>]

All of this must be true. My guess is that `geometry' was installed on the fly, while I only updated the administrator variant (recently). On my next computer I'll try to be careful not to have both administrator and local variants (once I figure out how to do it..).
Thanks!
Nicolae


-----Original Message-----
From: Ulrike Fischer [mailto:list@...] 
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 1:08 AM
To: miktex-users@...
Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] error following miktex update

Am Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:20:04 -0700 schrieb Nicolae Garleanu:


> ("C:\Documents and Settings\garleanu\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.8\tex\latex\beamer\themes\font\beamerfontthemeserif.sty"
> Package: beamerfontthemeserif 2007/01/28  (rcs-revision 1.4)

> Undefined control sequence.
> \Gm@... ->\Geom@...


You have a new version of geometry but only an old beamer. Update beamer. Your path looks as if you installed beamer in user mode so you should ran the update manager in user mode too. 

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Re: [MiKTeX] error following miktex update

[Ulrike Fischer <list@ni...>]

Am Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:20:04 -0700 schrieb Nicolae Garleanu:


> ("C:\Documents and Settings\garleanu\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.8\tex\latex\beamer\themes\font\beamerfontthemeserif.sty"
> Package: beamerfontthemeserif 2007/01/28  (rcs-revision 1.4)

> Undefined control sequence.
> \Gm@... ->\Geom@...


You have a new version of geometry but only an old beamer. Update
beamer. Your path looks as if you installed beamer in user mode so
you should ran the update manager in user mode too. 

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Re: [MiKTeX] error following miktex update

[Nicolae Garleanu <garleanu@ha...>]

Yet another update. Googling the error I found an old post (involving OpenSuse, but perhaps that's irrelevant), which also suggested a workaround, namely using the following code very early on:

\makeatletter
\let\ifGm@...\relax
\makeatother

It appears to do the trick for me, although I hope it won't screw something up on another computer, etc. Anyway, if it is, indeed, a problem with a package, perhaps someone who understands better what is going on can help bring about a proper fix. 

Sorry for the many messages, and thanks again.

Nicolae


-----Original Message-----
From: Nicolae Garleanu [mailto:garleanu@...] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 4:14 PM
To: A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX related questions.
Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] error following miktex update

Quick update: I found the file with the line \setbeamersize{text margin left=0.25cm} (it's actually line 43, not 41, but I don't care at this point that I don't understand this aspect). Commenting these lines out caused the same command occurring later to give the same error. I commented those lines, too, and got the same error elsewhere, realizing that the error is actually

		! Undefined control sequence.
		\Gm@... ->\Geom@...

which is completely impenetrable to me.

Nicolae

-----Original Message-----
From: Nicolae Garleanu [mailto:garleanu@...]
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 3:58 PM
To: miktex-users@...
Subject: [MiKTeX] error following miktex update

What I had feared unfortunately happened: Having being forced to update my installation due to some `obsolete package' error, I now get compilation errors I did not use to. What is worse, I cannot figure out where they come from. In particular, as I am running pdflatex on a file, I get the following as part of the log file (I include something before the actual error). I cannot even tell which file line 41 (I assume this is what l.41 means) is referring to.

My goal is, naturally, to fix these errors. Perhaps intermediate questions are:


1)      How do I figure out in which file the offending line occurs? (And why is google desktop not able to find it...)

2)      What is actually wrong here? I have the same command in another style file I use, and that does not give rise to a problem. (Maybe that's the issue?

My guess is that I did not include all in the .log file that may be helpful, but I would rather do that in response to specific instructions (I can even attach the whole file), rather than drown you in useless text.

Thanks a lot for any ideas you may have.

Nicolae


("C:\Documents and Settings\garleanu\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.8\tex\latex\beam er\themes\font\beamerfontthemeserif.sty"
Package: beamerfontthemeserif 2007/01/28  (rcs-revision 1.4)
)
(C:\Research-General\miktexNBG\tex\latex\beamer\themes\outer\beamerouterthemesp
litSideTransTeach.sty
Package: beamerouterthemesplitSideTransTeach 2004/10/07  (rcs-revision 1.4)
\beamer@...=\dimen185
)
("C:\Documents and Settings\garleanu\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.8\tex\latex\beam er\themes\outer\beamerouterthememiniframes.sty"
Package: beamerouterthememiniframes 2007/01/28  (rcs-revision 1.8)
)
! Undefined control sequence.
\Gm@... ->\Geom@...

l.41 \setbeamersize{text margin left=0.25cm}
                                             \setbeamersize{text ?
! Missing number, treated as zero.
<to be read again>
                   \relax
l.41 \setbeamersize{text margin left=0.25cm}
                                             \setbeamersize{text ?
! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).
<to be read again>
                   \relax
l.41 \setbeamersize{text margin left=0.25cm}
                                             \setbeamersize{text ?
))
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Re: [MiKTeX] error following miktex update

[Nicolae Garleanu <garleanu@ha...>]

Quick update: I found the file with the line \setbeamersize{text margin left=0.25cm} (it's actually line 43, not 41, but I don't care at this point that I don't understand this aspect). Commenting these lines out caused the same command occurring later to give the same error. I commented those lines, too, and got the same error elsewhere, realizing that the error is actually

		! Undefined control sequence.
		\Gm@... ->\Geom@...

which is completely impenetrable to me.

Nicolae

-----Original Message-----
From: Nicolae Garleanu [mailto:garleanu@...] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 3:58 PM
To: miktex-users@...
Subject: [MiKTeX] error following miktex update

What I had feared unfortunately happened: Having being forced to update my installation due to some `obsolete package' error, I now get compilation errors I did not use to. What is worse, I cannot figure out where they come from. In particular, as I am running pdflatex on a file, I get the following as part of the log file (I include something before the actual error). I cannot even tell which file line 41 (I assume this is what l.41 means) is referring to.

My goal is, naturally, to fix these errors. Perhaps intermediate questions are:


1)      How do I figure out in which file the offending line occurs? (And why is google desktop not able to find it...)

2)      What is actually wrong here? I have the same command in another style file I use, and that does not give rise to a problem. (Maybe that's the issue?

My guess is that I did not include all in the .log file that may be helpful, but I would rather do that in response to specific instructions (I can even attach the whole file), rather than drown you in useless text.

Thanks a lot for any ideas you may have.

Nicolae


("C:\Documents and Settings\garleanu\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.8\tex\latex\beam er\themes\font\beamerfontthemeserif.sty"
Package: beamerfontthemeserif 2007/01/28  (rcs-revision 1.4)
)
(C:\Research-General\miktexNBG\tex\latex\beamer\themes\outer\beamerouterthemesp
litSideTransTeach.sty
Package: beamerouterthemesplitSideTransTeach 2004/10/07  (rcs-revision 1.4)
\beamer@...=\dimen185
)
("C:\Documents and Settings\garleanu\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.8\tex\latex\beam er\themes\outer\beamerouterthememiniframes.sty"
Package: beamerouterthememiniframes 2007/01/28  (rcs-revision 1.8)
)
! Undefined control sequence.
\Gm@... ->\Geom@...

l.41 \setbeamersize{text margin left=0.25cm}
                                             \setbeamersize{text ?
! Missing number, treated as zero.
<to be read again>
                   \relax
l.41 \setbeamersize{text margin left=0.25cm}
                                             \setbeamersize{text ?
! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).
<to be read again>
                   \relax
l.41 \setbeamersize{text margin left=0.25cm}
                                             \setbeamersize{text ?
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[MiKTeX] error following miktex update

[Nicolae Garleanu <garleanu@ha...>]

What I had feared unfortunately happened: Having being forced to update my installation due to some `obsolete package' error, I now get compilation errors I did not use to. What is worse, I cannot figure out where they come from. In particular, as I am running pdflatex on a file, I get the following as part of the log file (I include something before the actual error). I cannot even tell which file line 41 (I assume this is what l.41 means) is referring to.

My goal is, naturally, to fix these errors. Perhaps intermediate questions are:


1)      How do I figure out in which file the offending line occurs? (And why is google desktop not able to find it...)

2)      What is actually wrong here? I have the same command in another style file I use, and that does not give rise to a problem. (Maybe that's the issue?

My guess is that I did not include all in the .log file that may be helpful, but I would rather do that in response to specific instructions (I can even attach the whole file), rather than drown you in useless text.

Thanks a lot for any ideas you may have.

Nicolae


("C:\Documents and Settings\garleanu\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.8\tex\latex\beam
er\themes\font\beamerfontthemeserif.sty"
Package: beamerfontthemeserif 2007/01/28  (rcs-revision 1.4)
)
(C:\Research-General\miktexNBG\tex\latex\beamer\themes\outer\beamerouterthemesp
litSideTransTeach.sty
Package: beamerouterthemesplitSideTransTeach 2004/10/07  (rcs-revision 1.4)
\beamer@...=\dimen185
)
("C:\Documents and Settings\garleanu\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.8\tex\latex\beam
er\themes\outer\beamerouterthememiniframes.sty"
Package: beamerouterthememiniframes 2007/01/28  (rcs-revision 1.8)
)
! Undefined control sequence.
\Gm@... ->\Geom@...

l.41 \setbeamersize{text margin left=0.25cm}
                                             \setbeamersize{text
?
! Missing number, treated as zero.
<to be read again>
                   \relax
l.41 \setbeamersize{text margin left=0.25cm}
                                             \setbeamersize{text
?
! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).
<to be read again>
                   \relax
l.41 \setbeamersize{text margin left=0.25cm}
                                             \setbeamersize{text
?
))

[MiKTeX] using 64 bit 2.9 with livedrive briefcase

[Georgi, Howard <hgeorgi@fa...>]

The bare commands work fine on my windows 7 machines in briefcase directories.  But if I use an include file with
--include-directory="l:\texinclude\tex" it works with my 32 bit 2.8 but not with my 64 bit 2.9.  Has anyone else seen this problem?

Re: [MiKTeX] Question on input files

[Uwe Ziegenhagen <ziegenhagen@gm...>]

Could you pls provide more information? Did you just download MikTeX or did you install it as well? Where do you put which files, how do you include them?

Uwe

Am 15.08.2011 um 19:51 schrieb "agbqc@..." <agbqc@...>:

> I recently downloaded MikTex onto a new computer running Windows 7. The program can't seem to find files I want to input at the beginning of a new file --such as the file containing my definitions. Where should my input files be residing so that MikTex can find them? Thanks. Arthur Goodman 
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Re: [MiKTeX] dvipdfm fails to convert .eps images

[Jeff E. Lewis <jlewis@ui...>]

At 03:22 AM 8/8/2011, you wrote:
>From: "George N. White III" <gnwiii@...>
>Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] dvipdfm fails to convert .eps images
>
>ghostscript may require -dNOSAFER:
><http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/13359/xelatex-compilation-of-pstricks-fails>;



This works!

There are two working solutions for %R\dvipdfm\config\dvipdfmx.cfg :

1. ps2pdf:

%% insert -dNOSAFER and change %i %o to \"%i\" \"%o\"
D  "ps2pdf -dCompatibilityLevel=%v -sPAPERSIZE=a0 -dNOSAFER 
-dAutoFilterGrayImages=false -dGrayImageFilter=/FlateEncode 
-dAutoFilterColorImages=false -dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode \"%i\" \"%o\""

2. mgs:

%% Use MiKTeX Ghostscript with -dNOSAFER:
%% insert -dNOSAFER and change %i %o to \"%i\" \"%o\"
D  "mgs.exe -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sPAPERSIZE=a0 -dNOSAFER -sDEVICE=pdfwrite 
-dCompatibilityLevel=1.3 -dAutoFilterGrayImages=false 
-dGrayImageFilter=/FlateEncode -dAutoFilterColorImages=false 
-dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode -dUseFlateCompression=true 
-sOutputFile=\"%o\" \"%i\" -c quit"

N.B. I use change %i %o to \"%i\" \"%o\ in case the .eps has spaces in the 
file name (which is to be avoided!).

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Re: [MiKTeX] Window API 1113 error

[Ulrike Fischer <list@ni...>]

Am Mon, 8 Aug 2011 02:44:13 -0700 (PDT) schrieb pertechnetat:

> Good morning,
> 
> I experience the same problem since updating my miktex installation this
> morning. Until then it had worked just fine.
> 
> Neither my name nor any path in the directories uses accents or
> non-ASCII-codes anything like that., as far as I can judge

Some localizations of windows use non-ascii-chars in the default
pathes, e.g. the spanish "administrator" has as far as  I know a
"ç", french perhaps have a "Propriétaire" account. Check in miktex
settings (user + admin mode) all the pathes of the roots (including
the ones maintained by miktex).


> 
> Deinstallation of Miktex failed due to the API 113 error. "Manual"
> deinstallation and reinstallation of a version 2.9.4321 does not improve my
> situation at all.

Deinstallation and reinstallation is mostly only a waste of time.
Better invest it in the investigation of the source of the problem.

And then make a good bug report which contains useful informations
which allows Christian to reproduce (and solve) the problem. 
http://www.miktex.org/bugs
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html

 
> I appreciate any help. And it's urgend, my diploma thesis can't wait. 

Why do you update a running system when you have a deadline and
without doing first a backup?

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Re: [MiKTeX] Window API 1113 error

[pertechnetat <christian.adam@ki...>]

Good morning,

I experience the same problem since updating my miktex installation this
morning. Until then it had worked just fine.

Neither my name nor any path in the directories uses accents or
non-ASCII-codes anything like that., as far as I can judge

Deinstallation of Miktex failed due to the API 113 error. "Manual"
deinstallation and reinstallation of a version 2.9.4321 does not improve my
situation at all.

I use babel [ngerman], miktex version as stated above, on a WinXP machine. 

I appreciate any help. And it's urgend, my diploma thesis can't wait. 

Kind regards,

Christian

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[MiKTeX] Window API 1113 error

[Jerome Huck <jeromehuck@or...>]

Good morning.
I just downloaded the new release of MiKTeX 2.9 Version 4236 2011-08-07.
I still have the problem whenI run LaTeX to produce a dvi file :

Windows API error 1113: No mapping for the Unicode character exists in the
target multi-byte code page.

I am using Babel, French. Any idea how to fix it ?

Best regards.

Jerome Huck

 

Re: [MiKTeX] kpathsea in xdvipdfmx source files

[Daniel Greenhoe <dgreenhoe@gm...>]

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Ulrike Fischer <list@...> wrote:
> You could use debugview (http://www.miktex.org/diagnosing) to find
> out how exactly miktex calls its ghostscript when processing the
> tmp-files.

Thanks Ulrike --- that's a very interesting and potentially very
useful capability. I didn't know about it before.

Dan

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Ulrike Fischer <list@...> wrote:
> Am Sat, 6 Aug 2011 06:41:23 +0800 schrieb Daniel Greenhoe:
>
>>> If you run xetex --output-driver="xdvipdfmx -vv" file
>>> you can see that tons of external temporary files are processed.
>
>> I have tried that option, but the information it provides doesn't seem
>> to be to useful. It seems to be basically just a list of temporary
>> files.
>
> Yes, but it shows you how much temporary files are processed for
> your rather simple graphics.
>
>> What format are those files even in? For example, after running
>>   xelatex with the --output-driver="xdvipdfmx -vv" option, I get one
>> file containing this:
>>
>> (c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pstricks/pstricks.pro) run
>> (c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pstricks/pst-algparser.pro) run
>> (c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pstricks/pst-tools.pro) run
>> (c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pstricks/pst-dots.pro) run
>> (c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pst-node/pst-node.pro) run
>> (c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pst-3d/pst-3d.pro) run
>> (c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pst-math/pst-math.pro) run
>> (c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pstricks-add/pstricks-add.pro) run
>> [1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 72.000000 769.890000] concat 486.286609 -13
>> 6.911889 translate 0 0 moveto
>> (C:/Users/dan/AppData/Local/Temp/mik5CFF.tmp) run
>>
>> save
> [...]
>> count 1 sub {pop} repeat restore
>>
>> What language is the syntax from? I thought it might be postscript,
>
> looks like postscript. When I look in my temp-folder I find tmp
> files beloging together. E.g. a mik3F6 looking like your above,
> including a mik3F5 and mik3F4 which contains only simple postscript
> and a mik3f7 which looks like the generated pdf.
>
>> but ghostscript doesn't seem to know what to do with it.
>
> You could use debugview (http://www.miktex.org/diagnosing) to find
> out how exactly miktex calls its ghostscript when processing the
> tmp-files.
>
>
> --
> Ulrike Fischer

Re: [MiKTeX] kpathsea in xdvipdfmx source files

[Ulrike Fischer <list@ni...>]

Am Sat, 6 Aug 2011 06:41:23 +0800 schrieb Daniel Greenhoe:

>> If you run xetex --output-driver="xdvipdfmx -vv" file
>> you can see that tons of external temporary files are processed.
 
> I have tried that option, but the information it provides doesn't seem
> to be to useful. It seems to be basically just a list of temporary
> files.

Yes, but it shows you how much temporary files are processed for
your rather simple graphics.

> What format are those files even in? For example, after running
>   xelatex with the --output-driver="xdvipdfmx -vv" option, I get one
> file containing this:
> 
> (c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pstricks/pstricks.pro) run
> (c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pstricks/pst-algparser.pro) run
> (c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pstricks/pst-tools.pro) run
> (c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pstricks/pst-dots.pro) run
> (c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pst-node/pst-node.pro) run
> (c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pst-3d/pst-3d.pro) run
> (c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pst-math/pst-math.pro) run
> (c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pstricks-add/pstricks-add.pro) run
> [1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 72.000000 769.890000] concat 486.286609 -13
> 6.911889 translate 0 0 moveto
> (C:/Users/dan/AppData/Local/Temp/mik5CFF.tmp) run
> 
> save
[...]
> count 1 sub {pop} repeat restore
> 
> What language is the syntax from? I thought it might be postscript,

looks like postscript. When I look in my temp-folder I find tmp
files beloging together. E.g. a mik3F6 looking like your above,
including a mik3F5 and mik3F4 which contains only simple postscript
and a mik3f7 which looks like the generated pdf. 

> but ghostscript doesn't seem to know what to do with it.

You could use debugview (http://www.miktex.org/diagnosing) to find
out how exactly miktex calls its ghostscript when processing the
tmp-files.


-- 
Ulrike Fischer 

Re: [MiKTeX] dvipdfm fails to convert .eps images

[George N. White III <gnwiii@gm...>]

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Jeff E. Lewis <jlewis@...> wrote:
> The default dvipdfmx.cfg contains:
>
> %% Use MiKTeX Ghostscript:
> D  "mgs.exe -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sPAPERSIZE=a0 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite
> -dCompatibilityLevel=1.3 -dAutoFilterGrayImages=false
> -dGrayImageFilter=/FlateEncode -dAutoFilterColorImages=false
> -dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode -dUseFlateCompression=true
> -sOutputFile=\"%o\" \"%i\" -c quit"

ghostscript may require -dNOSAFER:

<http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/13359/xelatex-compilation-of-pstricks-fails>;

> This works "manually" specifying %o and %i -- but within dvipdfm results in
> an error message
> ** WARNING ** Filtering file via command -->mgs.exe -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH
> -sPAPER
> SIZE=a0 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.3 -dAutoFilterGrayImages=false
> -dGrayImageFilter=/FlateEncode -dAutoFilterColorImages=false
> -dColorImageFilter=
> /FlateEncode -dUseFlateCompression=true
> -sOutputFile="C:/Users/jlewis/AppData/Lo
> cal/Temp/mik63C2.tmp" "C:/docs/jlewis/math165/maple/165avgprofit1.eps" -c
> quit<-
> - failed.
> ** WARNING ** Image format conversion for
> "C:/docs/jlewis/math165/maple/165avgpr
> ofit1.eps" failed...
> ** WARNING ** pdf: image inclusion failed for "./maple/165avgprofit1.eps".
> ** WARNING ** Failed to read image file: ./maple/165avgprofit1.eps
> ** WARNING ** Interpreting special command PSfile (ps:) failed.
> ** WARNING ** >> at page="1" position="(198, 299.56)" (in PDF)
> ** WARNING ** >> xxx "PSfile=./maple/165avgprofit1.eps llx=20 lly=118
> urx=575 ur
> y=673"
>
> A HACKED SOLUTION:
>
> The only thing which I could get to work within dvipdfm was
>
> %% ImageMagick:
> %% Easiest way to support various file formats.
> %D  "convert %i epdf:%o"
> D  "c:/ImageMagick-6.7.1-2/convert.exe %i epdf:%o"
>
> Also works:
> D  "c:/ImageMagick-6.7.1-2/convert.exe \"%i\" epdf:\"%o\""
>
> Full path is necessary to avoid conflict with Windows "convert"
>
> Also works:
> D  "\"c:\\ImageMagick-6.7.1-2\\convert.exe\" \"%i\" epdf:\"%o\""
>
>
> I also tried ps2pdf14 with no success:
>
> D "ps2pdf14  %i %o "
> and
> D "ps2pdf14 \"%i\" \"%o\" "
>
>
>
> I think this a "bug" and, if so, the smart people who maintain MiKTeX will
> find a way to use divpdfm within MiKTeX without installing ImageMagick.
>
>
> Prof. Jeff E. Lewis
> Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
> Honors College Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Emeritus
> Tel: Office: +1-312-413-9586, Home (preferred): +1-312-421-4394, TrustFax:
> +1-866-571-9921
> e-mail: jlewis@...
> http://www.math.uic.edu/~lewis/
>
>
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Re: [MiKTeX] dvipdfm fails to convert .eps images

[Jeff E. Lewis <jlewis@ui...>]

The default dvipdfmx.cfg contains:

%% Use MiKTeX Ghostscript:
D  "mgs.exe -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sPAPERSIZE=a0 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite 
-dCompatibilityLevel=1.3 -dAutoFilterGrayImages=false 
-dGrayImageFilter=/FlateEncode -dAutoFilterColorImages=false 
-dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode -dUseFlateCompression=true 
-sOutputFile=\"%o\" \"%i\" -c quit"

This works "manually" specifying %o and %i -- but within dvipdfm results in 
an error message
** WARNING ** Filtering file via command -->mgs.exe -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH 
-sPAPER
SIZE=a0 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.3 -dAutoFilterGrayImages=false
-dGrayImageFilter=/FlateEncode -dAutoFilterColorImages=false 
-dColorImageFilter=
/FlateEncode -dUseFlateCompression=true 
-sOutputFile="C:/Users/jlewis/AppData/Lo
cal/Temp/mik63C2.tmp" "C:/docs/jlewis/math165/maple/165avgprofit1.eps" -c 
quit<-
- failed.
** WARNING ** Image format conversion for 
"C:/docs/jlewis/math165/maple/165avgpr
ofit1.eps" failed...
** WARNING ** pdf: image inclusion failed for "./maple/165avgprofit1.eps".
** WARNING ** Failed to read image file: ./maple/165avgprofit1.eps
** WARNING ** Interpreting special command PSfile (ps:) failed.
** WARNING ** >> at page="1" position="(198, 299.56)" (in PDF)
** WARNING ** >> xxx "PSfile=./maple/165avgprofit1.eps llx=20 lly=118 
urx=575 ur
y=673"

A HACKED SOLUTION:

The only thing which I could get to work within dvipdfm was

%% ImageMagick:
%% Easiest way to support various file formats.
%D  "convert %i epdf:%o"
D  "c:/ImageMagick-6.7.1-2/convert.exe %i epdf:%o"

Also works:
D  "c:/ImageMagick-6.7.1-2/convert.exe \"%i\" epdf:\"%o\""

Full path is necessary to avoid conflict with Windows "convert"

Also works:
D  "\"c:\\ImageMagick-6.7.1-2\\convert.exe\" \"%i\" epdf:\"%o\""


I also tried ps2pdf14 with no success:

D "ps2pdf14  %i %o "
and
D "ps2pdf14 \"%i\" \"%o\" "



I think this a "bug" and, if so, the smart people who maintain MiKTeX will 
find a way to use divpdfm within MiKTeX without installing ImageMagick.


Prof. Jeff E. Lewis
Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
Honors College Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Emeritus
Tel: Office: +1-312-413-9586, Home (preferred): +1-312-421-4394, TrustFax: 
+1-866-571-9921
e-mail: jlewis@...
http://www.math.uic.edu/~lewis/

[MiKTeX] spurious pstricks error in Miktex 2.9 disappears in TexLive 2011

[Daniel Greenhoe <dgreenhoe@gm...>]

For a long time I have been having trouble with spurious errors when
using pstricks with XeLaTeX in Miktex.

> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Ulrike Fischer <list@...> wrote:
> Why don't you try TeXLive first?

After this suggestion by Ulrich, I did try TeXLive 2011 for Windows
and the problem has so far disappeared with TexLive. In addition, the
pdf file size is about 33% smaller when using TeXLive.

I am not overjoyed with the result however --- I would still like to
know why Miktex does not work (while TexLive does). I have used Miktex
for several years and have only reluctantly left it behind.

It seems the server I would normally upload pdf files to for usenet
sharing is down right now. But in the hopefully near future I will put
sample files here:

http://banyan.cm.nctu.edu.tw/~dgreenhoe/groups/test_miktex1.pdf
http://banyan.cm.nctu.edu.tw/~dgreenhoe/groups/test_miktex2.pdf
http://banyan.cm.nctu.edu.tw/~dgreenhoe/groups/test_texlive1.pdf
http://banyan.cm.nctu.edu.tw/~dgreenhoe/groups/test_texlive2.pdf

And here is the test code (minus some comments):

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\usepackage{pstricks-add}

\begin{document}
  first page
  \psset{unit=1mm}
  \newpage
  \begin{pspicture}(0,0)(150,150)
    \multirput(0,0)(0,15){10}{%
      \multirput(0,0)(5,0){30}{\psline(0,0)(0,10)}%
      }%
  \end{pspicture}
  \newpage
  \begin{pspicture}(0,0)(150,150)
    \multirput(0,0)(0,15){10}{%
      \multirput(0,0)(5,0){30}{\psline(0,0)(0,10)}%
      }%
  \end{pspicture}
  \newpage
  \begin{pspicture}(0,0)(150,150)
    \multirput(0,0)(0,15){10}{%
      \multirput(0,0)(5,0){30}{\psline(0,0)(0,10)}%
      }%
  \end{pspicture}
  \newpage
  \begin{pspicture}(0,0)(150,150)
    \multirput(0,0)(0,15){10}{%
      \multirput(0,0)(5,0){30}{\psline(0,0)(0,10)}%
      }%
  \end{pspicture}
  \newpage
  \begin{pspicture}(0,0)(150,150)
    \multirput(0,0)(0,15){10}{%
      \multirput(0,0)(5,0){30}{\psline(0,0)(0,10)}%
      }%
  \end{pspicture}
  \newpage
  \begin{pspicture}(0,0)(150,150)
    \multirput(0,0)(0,15){10}{%
      \multirput(0,0)(5,0){30}{\psline(0,0)(0,10)}%
      }%
  \end{pspicture}
  \newpage
  \begin{pspicture}(0,0)(150,150)
    \multirput(0,0)(0,15){10}{%
      \multirput(0,0)(5,0){30}{\psline(0,0)(0,10)}%
      }%
  \end{pspicture}
\end{document}

If anyone has any theories as to why Miktex failed on my system while
TexLive does not fail, I would be interested to hear it.

Thanks!
Dan

Re: [MiKTeX] kpathsea in xdvipdfmx source files

[Daniel Greenhoe <dgreenhoe@gm...>]

Am Fri, 5 Aug 2011 20:31:13 +0800 schrieb Daniel Greenhoe:
>> I have wget working on downloading TeXLive

More than 10 hours later, wget is still working on the download.

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Ulrike Fischer <list@...> wrote:
> If you run
> xetex --output-driver="xdvipdfmx -vv" file
> you can see that tons of external temporary files are processed.

I have tried that option, but the information it provides doesn't seem
to be to useful. It seems to be basically just a list of temporary
files. What format are those files even in? For example, after running
  xelatex with the --output-driver="xdvipdfmx -vv" option, I get one
file containing this:

(c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pstricks/pstricks.pro) run
(c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pstricks/pst-algparser.pro) run
(c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pstricks/pst-tools.pro) run
(c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pstricks/pst-dots.pro) run
(c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pst-node/pst-node.pro) run
(c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pst-3d/pst-3d.pro) run
(c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pst-math/pst-math.pro) run
(c:/p/miktex29/dvips/pstricks-add/pstricks-add.pro) run
[1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000 72.000000 769.890000] concat 486.286609 -13
6.911889 translate 0 0 moveto
(C:/Users/dan/AppData/Local/Temp/mik5CFF.tmp) run

save
tx@... begin STP newpath /ArrowA { moveto } def /ArrowB { } def /ArrowInside {
} def  0.8 SLW 0  setgray  /ArrowA { moveto } def /ArrowB { } def /ArrowInside {
 } def  [ 0.0 28.4526 0.0 0.0    /Lineto /lineto load def false 0  setlinejoin
NArray n 0 eq not { n 1 eq { 0 0 /n 2 def } if () length 0 gt { 1.5 2.  CLW mul
add dup 1.4  mul exch 0.4 mul neg add /arrowlength exch def 4 copy /y1 ED /x1 ED
 /y2 ED /x2 ED /Alpha y2 y1 sub x2 x1 sub Atan def ArrowA x1 Alpha cos arrowleng
th mul add y1 Alpha sin arrowlength mul add /n n 1 sub def n { 4 copy /y1 ED /x1
 ED /y2 ED /x2 ED x1 y1 0.5  1 gt { /Alpha y2 y1 sub x2 x1 sub Atan def /ArrowPo
s 0.  def /dArrowPos 0.5  abs def 1.  cvi { /ArrowPos ArrowPos dArrowPos add def
 x1 Alpha cos ArrowPos mul add y1 Alpha sin ArrowPos mul add ArrowInside pop pop
 } repeat }{ /ArrowPos 0.  def /dArrowPos 1. 1 gt {1.0 1. 1.0 add div }{0.5 } if
else def 1.  cvi { /ArrowPos ArrowPos dArrowPos add def x2 x1 sub ArrowPos mul x
1 add y2 y1 sub ArrowPos mul y1 add ArrowInside pop pop } repeat } ifelse pop po
p Lineto } repeat }{ ArrowA /n n 2 sub def n { Lineto } repeat } ifelse CP 4 2 r
oll ArrowB L pop pop } if   gsave 0.8 SLW 0  setgray  1. .setopacityalpha   0  s
etlinejoin 0  setlinecap stroke  grestore end
count 1 sub {pop} repeat restore

What language is the syntax from? I thought it might be postscript,
but ghostscript doesn't seem to know what to do with it.

Dan

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Ulrike Fischer <list@...> wrote:
> Am Fri, 5 Aug 2011 20:31:13 +0800 schrieb Daniel Greenhoe:
>
>
>> But it is still with some anguish that I perhaps leave MikTeX behind
>> after using it all these years just because I can't solve what should
>> be a straightforward problem. I just can't understand why the example
>> I sent out before would fail on my system but work perfectly on some
>> (or all) other people's systems. Might you have any guesses why that
>> might be, or how to go about debugging it without debugging xdvipdfmx
>> at the c source file level?
>
>
> Well your problem is system dependent. It could be xdvipdfmx (e.g.
> if you use the 64bit version which I don't), but it could also be
> e.g. a virus program or something else: If you run
> xetex --output-driver="xdvipdfmx -vv" file
> you can see that tons of external temporary files are processed. And
> a lot of things can interfere there.
>
> I personnally don't care much about pstricks on XeTeX. As soon as
> the graphics get a bit more complex tt is so slow that it is not
> really useful. I would always make either external graphics or use
> tikz/pgf.
>
>
> --
> Ulrike Fischer
>
>
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