Re: Re: Publicon problems converting sample document to LaTeX
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- Subject: [mg50326] Re: [mg50313] Re: Publicon problems converting sample document to LaTeX
- From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 02:57:48 -0400 (EDT)
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Clearly, you have far more patience than I do. Bobby On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 06:51:14 -0400 (EDT), Steve Luttrell <steve_usenet at _removemefirst_luttrell.org.uk> wrote: > I just tried to reproduce your experiment. I found the same formatting > problems with wide equations that you encountered. However, I had a bit more > success with the graphics because I did a DVI->PS translation before viewing > the results on screen. > > Here's what I did: > > 1. Create a DefaultSample.nb document using the "S" button at the top-left > of the Default palette. > 2. Save As LaTeX. > 3. Use MiKTeX to compile the LaTeX source. > 4. Use the YAP to look at the DVI. Graphics do NOT display. > 5. Process DVI->PS, and use GSVIEW to look at the PS. Graphics DO display. > > I have got used to graphics being temperamental in DVI viewers, so I am not > too worried about not seeing them above. The only formatting problems are > with the two very long numbers whose right hand margin seems to be decided > by where the right hand edge of the page is. > > Equation 4 is also too wide to fit properly. I notice that equation 4 (when > viewed in Publicon) does not reformat itself when you make the window narrow > enough to "squeeze" it; this appears to be related to be a Publicon (and > Mathematica) limitation with doing clever formatting of equations that live > in grids of boxes (i.e. such clever formatting is not even attempted). > > Steve Luttrell > > "Murray Eisenberg" <murray at math.umass.edu> wrote in message > news:cghfrv$jeo$1 at smc.vnet.net... >> My first attempt at translating a Publicon document into LaTeX and >> printing the result was a bit of a disaster. >> >> I tried the supplied file DefaultSample.nb, saving it to LaTeX. >> >> First I tried to use Y&Y LaTeX to process this, but it choked on .tfm's >> it couldn't find. >> >> Second I tried MiKTeX. At least LaTeX processed to the end of the >> document. But: >> >> (1) There was no \maketitle in the generated LaTeX, so no title appeared! >> >> (2) None of the .ps files (originating from the \includegraphics >> commands) rendered in the Yap viewer and none printed. (See below for >> the Yap report.) >> >> (3) The wide math display (4) was horribly translated into LaTeX as just >> an equation environment, whereas some sort of amsmath structure was >> clearly required in order to keep the long lines from wandering >> off-screen and off-paper to the right. I suppose this is more than one >> can ask at present from such a translater -- that here the burden should >> fall upon the author of the Publicon notebook, but then this might mean >> considerable manual intervention into the LaTeX markup, and that in turn >> vitiates some of the purpose of using Publicon to produce TeX. >> >> >> Here's the report I got about the (first?) PostScript special include >> not being able to be rendered: >> >> Error: /typecheck in --image-- >> Operand stack: >> --nostringval-- PermitFileReading --nostringval-- >> PermitFileWriting --nostringval-- (\000) 745 745 8 >> --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- >> Execution stack: >> %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- >> --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- >> --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop >> 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop >> .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 >> %stopped_push --nostringval-- 11 5 %oparray_pop >> --nostringval-- 12 5 > %oparray_pop --nostringval-- --nostringval-- >> Dictionary stack: >> --dict:1057/1123(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:71/200(L)-- >> --dict:95/300(L)-- --dict:81/200(L)-- >> Current allocation mode is local >> MiKTeX GPL Ghostscript 8.01: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 >> >> >> -- >> Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu >> Mathematics & Statistics Dept. >> Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) >> University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) >> 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 >> Amherst, MA 01003-9305 >> > > > > -- DrBob at bigfoot.com www.eclecticdreams.net
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- Re: Technical Publishing Made Easy with New Wolfram Publicon Software
- From: "Steve Luttrell" <steve_usenet@_removemefirst_luttrell.org.uk>
- Re: Publicon problems converting sample document to LaTeX
- From: "Steve Luttrell" <steve_usenet@_removemefirst_luttrell.org.uk>
- Re: Technical Publishing Made Easy with New Wolfram Publicon Software