[pdf] erroneous pdf output

[pdf] erroneous pdf output

[Sanjay Vohra]

Hi all

I tried running this file with
texexec --pdf test.tex
and the pdf file cannot be read by acroread.
I have also included the log <apologies for that>.
Another thing the texexec stops due to something about
units and doesnt complain if no background thing is used.

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\setupbackground[background=screen,corner=round]

\starttext

\startbackground
Name : ME101 \crlf
Title : Introduction to Mechanical Engineering \crlf
Hours : 3 \crlf
Description : Basic Introduction to mechanincal Engineering. \crlf
\stopbackground

\stoptext

------

 more test.log
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-13d-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.1) (format=cont-en
2001.12.11)  16 DEC 2001 00:51
entering extended mode
**&cont-en test.tex
(test.tex[/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg]

ConTeXt  ver: 2001.12.10  fmt: 2001.12.11  int: english  mes: english

language       : language en is active
system         : cont-new loaded
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex
systems        : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex!
)
system         : cont-old loaded
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex
loading        : Context Old Macros
)
system         : cont-fil loaded
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex
loading        : Context File Synonyms
)
bodyfont       : 12pt rm is loaded
language       : patterns 2-en-2 2-uk-2 2-de-2 2-fr-2 2-nl-2 loaded
specials       : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded
\openout2 = `test.tui'.

system         : test.top loaded
(./test.top) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo)
(./test.tuo)
(./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo)
(./test.tuo)
\openout0 = `mpgraph.mp'.

\openout0 = `mprun.mp'.

\openout0 = `mpgraph.mp'.

\openout0 = `mprun.mp'.

(./test.tuo) (./test.tuo)
systems        : begin file test at line 5

Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines 8--12

\hbox(0.0+0.0)x414.78743
.\glue(\rightskip) 0.0

! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).
<to be read again>
                   \advance
\dosomeovalcalc #1#2#3->\dimen 2=#1\advance
                                            \dimen 2
#2\PointsToBigPoints {\...

\dosomeovalbox ...omeovalcalc {0}{+\dimen 0}\xmin
                                                  \dosomeovalcalc
{#1}{-\dim...

\doovalbox ...ovalbox {#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6}{#7}
                                                  \egroup
\ovalbox ...in }{\ovalrad } {\ovalstr }{\ovalfil }
                                                  \egroup
<argument> ... {\@@framed \c!achtergrondstraal }\\
                                                  \fi
...
l.12 \stopbackground

?
[1.1]
systems        : end file test at line 14
 )
Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
 228 strings out of 26869
 3116 string characters out of 320631
 344230 words of memory out of 1100001
 26656 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+25000
 9049 words of font info for 28 fonts, out of 400000 for 1000
 22 hyphenation exceptions out of 1000
 47i,16n,55p,192b,257s stack positions out of
1500i,500n,1500p,50000b,5000s

Output written on test.dvi (1 page, 1032 bytes).

Re: [pdf] erroneous pdf output

[David Antos]

On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 01:13:27AM -0500, Sanjay Vohra wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I tried running this file with
> texexec --pdf test.tex
> and the pdf file cannot be read by acroread.

Hi,

an error occurred, therefore the pdf has not been finished. The result is not
a correct pdf file, that's why acroread refuses it.

> I have also included the log <apologies for that>.

Don't apologize, we wouldn't have how to solve it otherwise.

> Another thing the texexec stops due to something about
> units and doesnt complain if no background thing is used.

My a bit older stable ConTeXt compiles it, BTW the pdfetex is quite old.

> This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-13d-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.1) (format=cont-en
> 2001.12.11)  16 DEC 2001 00:51
> entering extended mode
> ConTeXt  ver: 2001.12.10  fmt: 2001.12.11  int: english  mes: english
> 
...
> 1500i,500n,1500p,50000b,5000s
> 
> Output written on test.dvi (1 page, 1032 bytes).

Does it really write a pdf?

D.A.

Re: [pdf] erroneous pdf output

[Hans Hagen]

At 01:13 AM 12/16/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi all
>
>I tried running this file with
>texexec --pdf test.tex
>and the pdf file cannot be read by acroread.
>I have also included the log <apologies for that>.
>Another thing the texexec stops due to something about
>units and doesnt complain if no background thing is used.

you need to change this in spec-ps.tex

\def\dosomeovalbox#1#2#3#4#5#6#7%
   {\bgroup
    \dimen0=#4\divide\dimen0 2
    \dosomeovalcalc{0pt}{+\dimen0}\xmin    %%%%%%%%%%%% add pt after 0
    \dosomeovalcalc{#1}{-\dimen0}\xmax

[this is due to the fact that from now on the drivers work with dimens 
instead of numbers (was a left over from yandy driver support) which is 
more efficient for pdftex.

BTW, there is a more advanced background mechanism, one that also obeys 
indentation and floats and alike:

% output=pdftex modes=show

\definetextbackground
   [whatever]
   [alternative=1,
    level=-1, % +1,
    background=color,
    backgroundcolor=green,
    frame=uit,
    framecolor=red,
    rulethickness=1pt]

\starttext

We thrive in \startwhatever information||thick worlds
because of our marvelous and everyday capacity to select,
edit, single out, structure, highlight, group, pair, merge,
harmonize, synthesize, focus, organize,
condense, reduce, boil down, choose, categorize, catalog,
classify, list, abstract, scan, look into, idealize,
isolate, discriminate, distinguish, screen, pigeonhole, pick
over, sort, integrate, blend, inspect, filter, lump, skip,
smooth, chunk, average, approximate, cluster, aggregate,
outline, summarize, itemize, review, dip into, flip through,
browse, glance into, leaf through, skim,
refine, enumerate, glean, synopsize, winnow the wheat from
the chaff and\stopwhatever\ separate the sheep from the
goats.

\stoptext

Hans
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