texexec --pages

texexec --pages

[Willi Egger]

Hi Hans,

Today I decided to do some experiments with pdf.

I tried the following command:

    texexec --pages=1:3,20  myfile.pdf
    texexec --pdfselect=1:3,20 myfile.pdf

Both commands have identical failure:

    After starting the command, the 'myfile.pdf' is immediately renamed in
texexec.pdf. Hereafter one should again type the input filename, which of
course is not there anymore. - So texexec renames the input file while it
still should load it with the original input-file name.

Could you please have a look at this?

Thanks and kind regards Willi

Re: texexec --pages

[Patrick Gundlach]

"Willi Egger" <w.egger@boede.nl> writes:

Hello Willi,

>
>     texexec --pages=1:3,20  myfile.pdf
>     texexec --pdfselect=1:3,20 myfile.pdf

I had the same problem only when I say --result=somefile.pdf. But
your command gave me 

pdftex         : needs map file: original-vogel-symbol.map
! Too many }'s.
l.9 ...^^b5V^^aa^^ef^^bdn^^ef^^e7^^cf^^fe^^c0^^b5}



Patrick
-- 
... using the latest beta

Re: texexec --pages

[Hans Hagen]

At 12:57 PM 1/26/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi Hans,
>
>Today I decided to do some experiments with pdf.
>
>I tried the following command:
>
>     texexec --pages=1:3,20  myfile.pdf
>     texexec --pdfselect=1:3,20 myfile.pdf
>
>Both commands have identical failure:
>
>     After starting the command, the 'myfile.pdf' is immediately renamed in
>texexec.pdf. Hereafter one should again type the input filename, which of
>course is not there anymore. - So texexec renames the input file while it
>still should load it with the original input-file name.
>
>Could you please have a look at this?

Can you be more specific?

   texexec --pages=... something

is not an option, so 'something' is seen as input file, and in the rare 
case that a pdf file can be read as text, indeed you'll get a something.pdf 
file overwritten, which can lead to unexpected results because now the file 
is read and written at the same time; use:

   texexec --pdfselect --select=.... myfile.pdf

instead

Hans


-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl
                       Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands
  tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf
                     documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Re: Re: texexec --pages

[Willi Egger]

Hi Patrick,

If I had looked up the correct commandline then ...

See also the thread and answer by Hans

at least you have to say:

texexec --pdfselect --select=1:3,5 myfile.pdf

In the meantime I have also downloaded the latest beta (27.01.03)

> >     texexec --pages=1:3,20  myfile.pdf
> >     texexec --pdfselect=1:3,20 myfile.pdf
> 
> I had the same problem only when I say --result=somefile.pdf. But
> your command gave me 
> 
> pdftex         : needs map file: original-vogel-symbol.map
> ! Too many }'s.
> l.9 ...^^b5V^^aa^^ef^^bdn^^ef^^e7^^cf^^fe^^c0^^b5}
> 
> 
> 
> Patrick
> -- 
> ... using the latest beta
> _______________________________________________
> ntg-context mailing list
> ntg-context@ntg.nl
> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
> 

Re: texexec --pages

[Willi Egger]

Hi Hans,

One should read the MAPS more carefully, half a commandline does not work...
Thanks!


Willi