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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
>>
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-- 
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• References:
  • 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>