texexec.pl vs. .rb

texexec.pl vs. .rb

[Tobias Burnus]

Hi,

the following command works with the PERL but not with the RUBY version.
Is this option obsolete or simply not yet implemented:

(texmfstart) texexec --pdfarrange --paper=a5a4 --print=up test.pdf

texexec: works
texmfstart texexec:

! Missing number, treated as zero.
<to be read again>
                   a
\@@ppoffset ->a
               5a4
\calculatepaperoffsets ...lue {\??pp #1\c!offset }
                                                  \divide \scratchdimen
\arr...
<argument> ...dth }\fi \calculatepaperoffsets {A4}
                                                  \xdef \papersize {A4}
\firstofoneargument #1->#1

\next1 #1,->\docommand {#1}
                           \doprocesscommaitem
...
l.3 \setuplayout


Tobias

Re: texexec.pl vs. .rb

[Taco Hoekwater]

Tobias Burnus wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> the following command works with the PERL but not with the RUBY version.
> Is this option obsolete or simply not yet implemented:
> 
> (texmfstart) texexec --pdfarrange --paper=a5a4 --print=up test.pdf

The option --paper should become --papersize.
The shortcutted form --paper resolves to --paperoffset nowadays.

Best,
Taco

Re: texexec.pl vs. .rb

[Sanjoy Mahajan]

> > (texmfstart) texexec --pdfarrange --paper=a5a4 --print=up test.pdf
> 
> The option --paper should become --papersize.
> The shortcutted form --paper resolves to --paperoffset nowadays.

Shouldn't it be --paperformat?  From the texexec manpage:

       --paperformat=KEY
              For typesetting multiple pages on a single piece of
              paper.  KEY has the form a4a3 (for printing A4 pages on
              A3 paper), a5a4 (for printing A5 pages on A4 paper), or
              in general aMaN.  The actual layout of the pages is
              specified with the --printformat option.

Let me know if I have it wrong and I'll correct the manpage (I've been
feeding the manpages to tex-live).

-Sanjoy

`Not all those who wander are lost.' (J.R.R. Tolkien)

Re: texexec.pl vs. .rb

[Taco Hoekwater]

Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
>>> (texmfstart) texexec --pdfarrange --paper=a5a4 --print=up test.pdf
>> The option --paper should become --papersize.
>> The shortcutted form --paper resolves to --paperoffset nowadays.
> 
> Shouldn't it be --paperformat?  From the texexec manpage:

Sorry, you are right.

Taco

Re: texexec.pl vs. .rb

[Wolfgang Schuster]

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2007/4/5, Tobias Burnus <burnus@net-b.de>:
>
> Hi,
>
> the following command works with the PERL but not with the RUBY version.
> Is this option obsolete or simply not yet implemented:
>
> (texmfstart) texexec --pdfarrange --paper=a5a4 --print=up test.pdf


 Hi Tobias,

replace --paper by --paperformat

Wolfgang

texexec: works
> texmfstart texexec:
>
> ! Missing number, treated as zero.
> <to be read again>
>                    a
> \@@ppoffset ->a
>                5a4
> \calculatepaperoffsets ...lue {\??pp #1\c!offset }
>                                                   \divide \scratchdimen
> \arr...
> <argument> ...dth }\fi \calculatepaperoffsets {A4}
>                                                   \xdef \papersize {A4}
> \firstofoneargument #1->#1
>
> \next1 #1,->\docommand {#1}
>                            \doprocesscommaitem
> ...
> l.3 \setuplayout
>
>
> Tobias
>
>

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