Re: [pdf] erroneous pdf output

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

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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