From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/12602 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marshall Ward Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Texexec Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 18:39:23 -0500 (CDT) Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: References: <5.2.0.9.1.20030702200209.02acbc50@server-1> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-133388455-1387385990-1057361963=:17202" X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1057613486 4437 80.91.224.249 (7 Jul 2003 21:31:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 21:31:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Mon Jul 07 23:31:18 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19ZdWy-0000sq-00 for ; Mon, 07 Jul 2003 23:28:16 +0200 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B83E10B27; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 23:28:54 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from marshallward.net (12-248-89-167.client.attbi.com [12.248.89.167]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49A4310B2D for ; Sat, 5 Jul 2003 01:36:25 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from localhost (mdw162@localhost) by marshallward.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h64NdOr17238; Fri, 4 Jul 2003 18:39:24 -0500 Original-To: Hans Hagen In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.1.20030702200209.02acbc50@server-1> Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:12602 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:12602 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. ---133388455-1387385990-1057361963=:17202 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Thanks so much for the quick response, but it still didn't work. We had to make do with A4, not big deal. However, maybe I should submit this as a bug since I really think I've tried every option shown in the help. Texexec is the ONLY free Linux software I could find that could merge encrypted PDFs without any loss in quality! Here's what I did: ##### pdfinfo ##### [mdw162@twain tmp]$ pdfinfo testcert10.pdf Title: Seagate Crystal Reports - 23C5F Author: mward00@THISTOWN Creator: PScript5.dll Version 5.2 Producer: Jaws PDF Creator v3.00.1343 CreationDate: Thu Jun 26 17:09:51 2003 Tagged: no Pages: 1 Encrypted: yes (print:yes copy:no change:no addNotes:no) Page size: 612 x 792 pts (letter) File size: 101763 bytes Optimized: no PDF version: 1.3 [mdw162@twain tmp]$ pdfinfo testcert11.pdf Title: Seagate Crystal Reports - 23C5F Author: mward00@THISTOWN Creator: PScript5.dll Version 5.2 Producer: Jaws PDF Creator v3.00.1343 CreationDate: Thu Jun 26 17:09:51 2003 Tagged: no Pages: 1 Encrypted: yes (print:yes copy:no change:no addNotes:no) Page size: 612 x 792 pts (letter) File size: 101763 bytes Optimized: no PDF version: 1.3 ##### ACTUAL COMMAND ##### [mdw162@twain tmp]$ texexec --pdfarrange --paper=letter*letter --print=2up --result=out.pdf testcert10.pdf testcert11.pdf ### Output attached as out.log ### ##### RESILT FILE INFO ##### [mdw162@twain tmp]$ pdfinfo out.pdf Creator: TeX Producer: pdfTeX-0.14h CreationDate: Fri Jul 4 18:28:00 2003 Tagged: no Pages: 2 Encrypted: no Page size: 595.276 x 841.89 pts File size: 202996 bytes Optimized: no PDF version: 1.3 At this point I'm not really asking for help, but trying to maybe help point out a bug. It's texexec version 2.6, but if there is any other info you need please let me know. Oh --- and I know you're probably not the main developer/maintainer, but there wasn't one listed. So I'm going through you. :-) Thanks so much for your time and help! Marshall Ward On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Hans Hagen wrote: > At 23:01 01/07/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > >I'm trying to combine multiple PDF files. When I run > > > >"texexec --pdfarrange *.pdf" > > > >it works fine except for one thing: the input is in letter format and the > >output appears to be in A4. A little bit of the right side gets cut off. > > > >I've tried --mode=letter and a bunch of other options but nothing seems to > >force texexec to output in letter. > > > >Can you help me? > > texexec --help pdfarrange > > TeXExec 3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 > > --pdfarrange arrange pdf pages > --addempty add empty page after > --background > =string : background graphic > --backspace inner margin of the page > --markings add cutmarks > --noduplex single sided > --paper paper format > --paperoffset room left at paper border > --textwidth width of the original (one sided) text > --topspace top/bottom margin of the page > > > --paper=letter*letter --print=2up > > or if you run a recent context --paper=A*B being letter on doubleletter - > which is actually non existent - > > (there is an experimental gui for page imposition; will update/post that > one soon) > > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---133388455-1387385990-1057361963=:17202 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name="out.log" Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: Content-Description: Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="out.log" VGhpcyBpcyBwZGZlVGVYLCBWZXJzaW9uIDMuMTQxNTktMTRoLXJlbGVhc2Vk LTIwMDEwNDE3LTIuMSAoV2ViMkMgNy4zLjMuMSkgKGZvcm1hdD1jb250LWVu IDIwMDMuNi4yNSkgIDQgSlVMIDIwMDMgMTg6MjgNCmVudGVyaW5nIGV4dGVu ZGVkIG1vZGUNCioqJmNvbnQtZW4gdGV4ZXhlYy50ZXgNCiguL3RleGV4ZWMu dGV4ey91c3Ivc2hhcmUvdGV4bWYvcGRmdGV4L2NvbmZpZy9wZGZ0ZXguY2Zn fQ0KDQpDb25UZVh0ICB2ZXI6IDIwMDIuMS4yOCAgZm10OiAyMDAzLjYuMjUg IGludDogZW5nbGlzaCAgbWVzOiBlbmdsaXNoDQoNCmxhbmd1YWdlICAgICAg IDogbGFuZ3VhZ2UgZW4gaXMgYWN0aXZlDQpzeXN0ZW0gICAgICAgICA6IGNv bnQtbmV3IGxvYWRlZA0KKC91c3Ivc2hhcmUvdGV4bWYvdGV4L2NvbnRleHQv YmFzZS9jb250LW5ldy50ZXgNCnN5c3RlbXMgICAgICAgIDogYmV3YXJlOiBz b21lIHBhdGNoZXMgbG9hZGVkIGZyb20gY29udC1uZXcudGV4IQ0KKQ0Kc3lz dGVtICAgICAgICAgOiBjb250LW9sZCBsb2FkZWQNCigvdXNyL3NoYXJlL3Rl eG1mL3RleC9jb250ZXh0L2Jhc2UvY29udC1vbGQudGV4DQpsb2FkaW5nICAg ICAgICA6IENvbnRleHQgT2xkIE1hY3Jvcw0KKQ0Kc3lzdGVtICAgICAgICAg OiBjb250LWZpbCBsb2FkZWQNCigvdXNyL3NoYXJlL3RleG1mL3RleC9jb250 ZXh0L2Jhc2UvY29udC1maWwudGV4DQpsb2FkaW5nICAgICAgICA6IENvbnRl eHQgRmlsZSBTeW5vbnltcw0KKQ0KYm9keWZvbnQgICAgICAgOiAxMnB0IHJt IGlzIGxvYWRlZA0KbGFuZ3VhZ2UgICAgICAgOiBwYXR0ZXJucyAyLWVuLTIg Mi11ay0yIDItZGUtMiAyLWZyLTIgMi1ubC0yIGxvYWRlZA0Kc3BlY2lhbHMg ICAgICAgOiB0ZXgscG9zdHNjcmlwdCxyb2tpY2tpIGxvYWRlZA0KXG9wZW5v dXQyID0gYHRleGV4ZWMudHVpJy4NCg0Kc3lzdGVtICAgICAgICAgOiB0ZXhl eGVjLnRvcCBsb2FkZWQNCiguL3RleGV4ZWMudG9wDQpzcGVjaWFscyAgICAg ICA6IGxvYWRpbmcgZGVmaW5pdGlvbiBmaWxlIHRwZA0KKC91c3Ivc2hhcmUv dGV4bWYvdGV4L2NvbnRleHQvYmFzZS9zcGVjLXRwZC50ZXgNCnNwZWNpYWxz ICAgICAgIDogbG9hZGluZyBkZWZpbml0aW9uIGZpbGUgZmRmDQooL3Vzci9z aGFyZS90ZXhtZi90ZXgvY29udGV4dC9iYXNlL3NwZWMtZmRmLnRleCA8dW5w cm90ZWN0IDM+IDx1bnByb3RlY3QgND4NCjxwcm90ZWN0IDQ+IDxwcm90ZWN0 IDM+KQ0Kc3BlY2lhbHMgICAgICAgOiBmZGYgbG9hZGVkDQo8dW5wcm90ZWN0 IDM+IDxwcm90ZWN0IDM+KQ0Kc3BlY2lhbHMgICAgICAgOiBmZGYsdHBkIGxv YWRlZA0KKQ0KXG9wZW5vdXQwID0gYG1wZ3JhcGgubXAnLg0KDQpcb3Blbm91 dDAgPSBgbXBydW4ubXAnLg0KDQpcb3Blbm91dDAgPSBgbXBncmFwaC5tcCcu DQoNClxvcGVub3V0MCA9IGBtcHJ1bi5tcCcuDQoNCiAocGRmIGltYWdlIHBh Z2UgMSkgPC4vdGVzdGNlcnQxMC5wZGY+DQpmaWd1cmVzICAgICAgICA6IGRp bWVuc2lvbnMgb2YgLi90ZXN0Y2VydDEwLnBkZiBsb2FkZWQgZnJvbSBmaWd1 cmVmaWxlIGl0c2VsZg0Kc3lzdGVtICAgICAgICAgOiAxLjEgYXJyYW5nZWQg YXQgMQ0KKHBkZiBpbWFnZSBwYWdlIDEpIDwuL3Rlc3RjZXJ0MTEucGRmPg0K ZmlndXJlcyAgICAgICAgOiBkaW1lbnNpb25zIG9mIC4vdGVzdGNlcnQxMS5w ZGYgbG9hZGVkIGZyb20gZmlndXJlZmlsZSBpdHNlbGYNCnN5c3RlbSAgICAg ICAgIDogMi4yIGFycmFuZ2VkIGF0IDINCnN5c3RlbSAgICAgICAgIDogMy4z IGFycmFuZ2VkIGF0IDMNCnN5c3RlbSAgICAgICAgIDogNC40IGFycmFuZ2Vk IGF0IDQNCls1LjUuMC4xXSBbNS41LjAuMl0NCnN5c3RlbXMgICAgICAgIDog ZW5kIGZpbGUgdGV4ZXhlYyBhdCBsaW5lIDE4DQogKSANCkhlcmUgaXMgaG93 IG11Y2ggb2YgVGVYJ3MgbWVtb3J5IHlvdSB1c2VkOg0KIDYyMyBzdHJpbmdz IG91dCBvZiAyNjQyMg0KIDkyODAgc3RyaW5nIGNoYXJhY3RlcnMgb3V0IG9m IDMxMTYzMA0KIDM2NTM3OSB3b3JkcyBvZiBtZW1vcnkgb3V0IG9mIDExMDAw MDENCiAyNzIwOSBtdWx0aWxldHRlciBjb250cm9sIHNlcXVlbmNlcyBvdXQg b2YgMTAwMDArMjUwMDANCiA5MDQ5IHdvcmRzIG9mIGZvbnQgaW5mbyBmb3Ig MjggZm9udHMsIG91dCBvZiA0MDAwMDAgZm9yIDEwMDANCiAyMiBoeXBoZW5h dGlvbiBleGNlcHRpb25zIG91dCBvZiAxMDAwMA0KIDM5aSwxM24sNDVwLDE4 NmIsMzc3cyBzdGFjayBwb3NpdGlvbnMgb3V0IG9mIDMwMDBpLDUwMG4sMzAw MHAsNTAwMDBiLDUwMDBzDQoNCk91dHB1dCB3cml0dGVuIG9uIHRleGV4ZWMu cGRmICgyIHBhZ2VzLCAyMDI5OTYgYnl0ZXMpLg0K ---133388455-1387385990-1057361963=:17202--