Dear MikTeX Users,
I have found strange thing running DVIPS: option "-T hsize,vsize" in command line for DVIPS should (in theory) override settings in \special{papersize=hsize1,vsize1}, but in fact it does not. Just yesterday I have downloaded and installed the latest version of MikTeX 2.9 for Windows x64 (via MikTeX update routine). I try to process very simple TeX file test.tex with only 5 lines: \documentclass{article} \special{papersize=500pt,600pt} \begin{document} The Dvips program has a number of features that set it apart from other PostScript drivers for TeX. \end{document} Then if I run DVIPS with option "-T 300pt,450pt" I obtain PS-file with the head %!PS-Adobe-2.0 %%Creator: dvips(k) 5.996 Copyright 2016 Radical Eye Software %%Title: test.dvi %%CreationDate: Tue Feb 28 06:57:56 2017 %%Pages: 1 %%PageOrder: Ascend %%BoundingBox: 0 0 499 598 %%DocumentFonts: CMR10 %%EndComments %DVIPSWebPage: (www.radicaleye.com) %DVIPSCommandLine: dvips -T 300pt,450pt test %DVIPSParameters: dpi=600 %DVIPSSource: TeX output 2017.02.28:0957 Here BoundingBox should have dimensions 300pt,450pt (as in option "-T"), but in fact it has dimensions 499pt, 598pt (as in \special command in TeX file). Could anybody explain me is this a bug or my fault? All files (log, dvi, ps) are attached. File test0.tex has the line with \special commented out. Yours, Andrei Malokostov PS. There is no such effect in TexLive ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See http://docs.miktex.org/faq/support.html#leavingml |
Am Tue, 28 Feb 2017 10:43:26 +0300 schrieb Andrei Malokostov:
> Dear MikTeX Users, > > I have found strange thing running DVIPS: option "-T hsize,vsize" in > command line for DVIPS should (in theory) override settings in > \special{papersize=hsize1,vsize1}, but in fact it does not. > Could anybody explain me is this a bug or my fault? Neither. It is due to a change in dvips explained here https://sourceforge.net/p/miktex/bugs/2577/#464b Using dvips with the option -L0 helps in your case too. > PS. There is no such effect in TexLive It will in texlive 2017. -- Ulrike Fischer http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See http://docs.miktex.org/faq/support.html#leavingml |
Am Tue, 28 Feb 2017 11:09:04 +0100 schrieb Ulrike Fischer:
>> Could anybody explain me is this a bug or my fault? > > Neither. Actually it could be a bug -- the documentation says that -T should override every special. But if it is a bug it is not in miktex but in dvips. I will pass the question on. -- Ulrike Fischer http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See http://docs.miktex.org/faq/support.html#leavingml |
Dear Ulrike,
Thank you so much! Option "-L0" works OK. I also think that it should be written in the documentation, but in fact I dod not find at all this documentation in the new complete MikTeX 2.9 installation. With old distributives this documentation (dvips.pdf) is present, but in the latest version of MikTeX the corresponding folder is empty or even not present. Thank you! Yours, Andrei Malokostov 2017-02-28 13:30 GMT+03:00 Ulrike Fischer <[hidden email]>: > Am Tue, 28 Feb 2017 11:09:04 +0100 schrieb Ulrike Fischer: > > >> Could anybody explain me is this a bug or my fault? > > > > Neither. > > Actually it could be a bug -- the documentation says that -T should > override every special. But if it is a bug it is not in miktex but > in dvips. I will pass the question on. > > > -- > Ulrike Fischer > http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Q: How can I leave the mailing list? > A: See http://docs.miktex.org/faq/support.html#leavingml > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See http://docs.miktex.org/faq/support.html#leavingml |
Am Tue, 28 Feb 2017 13:49:10 +0300 schrieb Andrei Malokostov:
>> Actually it could be a bug -- the documentation says that -T should >> override every special. But if it is a bug it is not in miktex but >> in dvips. I will pass the question on. I reported the issue on the texlive list. It has been corrected. Some time in the future the -T option should again work. -- Ulrike Fischer http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See http://docs.miktex.org/faq/support.html#leavingml |
Thank you so much!
2017-03-01 1:42 GMT+03:00 Ulrike Fischer <[hidden email]>: > Am Tue, 28 Feb 2017 13:49:10 +0300 schrieb Andrei Malokostov: > > > >> Actually it could be a bug -- the documentation says that -T should > >> override every special. But if it is a bug it is not in miktex but > >> in dvips. I will pass the question on. > > I reported the issue on the texlive list. It has been corrected. > Some time in the future the -T option should again work. > > > -- > Ulrike Fischer > http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Q: How can I leave the mailing list? > A: See http://docs.miktex.org/faq/support.html#leavingml > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Q: How can I leave the mailing list? A: See http://docs.miktex.org/faq/support.html#leavingml |
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