Re: inclusion from image database broken (mkii+mkiv)

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Peter Rolf wrote:
> hi,
> 
> when i try to include an image from one of my databases i get the 
> following error messages:
> 
> mkii:
> 
> !pdfTeX error: pdftex.exe (file ./lib/test-db.pdf): xpdf: reading PDF 
> image failed (0)
>   ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!

i dunno; if there's indeed a file in ./lib/test-db.pdf then it's an xpdf 
problem so maybe you need to preflight the file and see what's wrong 
with it

> 
> mkiv:
> 
> !luaTeX error: xpdf: reading PDF image failed
>   ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
> 
> 
> i looked into the mkiv sources, but didn't succeed. the lua part (db 
> only) is clear to me, but i couldn't find the point in tex, where 
> \externalfigure is mapped to this somehow. either i have missed 
> something or there is some code missing. mh, probably the first one :)
> 
> regards, peter
> 
> 
> ps: any news about the \string{\{} problem in mkiv?

this is :

\string { -> letter {
\{ -> depends on definition but probably no bgroup
} -> egroup

so whatever happens, you'll probably end up with closing a group which 
in turn will result in an error someplace

Hans

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