Re: Unable to view beamer dvis

On 20-06-2011 11:38, Crampton, Jason wrote:

> I've recently upgraded to MikTeX 2.9 (running on Windows 7 and using WinEdt).  I have not been able to compile beamer files to dvi.  The following "trivial" presentation will compile correctly to pdf but not to dvi.
>
> %-----------------------
> \documentclass{beamer}
>
> \begin{document}
>      \begin{frame}{Hello}
>          Hello world!
>      \end{frame}
> \end{document}
> %-----------------------
>
> On opening yap I get the following error report:
>
> MiKTeX Problem Report
> Message: Some PostScript specials could not be rendered.
> Data: Error: /undefined in pgf2
> Operand stack:
>     --nostringval--   PermitFileReading   --nostringval--   PermitFileWriting   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
> Execution stack:
>     %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1914   1   3   %oparray_pop   1913   1   3   %oparray_pop   1897   1   3   %oparray_pop   1787   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   %errorexec_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--
> Dictionary stack:
>     --dict:1166/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:1/20(G)--   --dict:88/200(L)--   --dict:97/300(L)--   --dict:60/200(L)--
> Current allocation mode is local
> MiKTeX GPL Ghostscript  9.00: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
>
> Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\Dvi\Ghostscript.cpp
> Line: 372
> MiKTeX: 2.9
> OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Business Edition, 64-bit (build 7600)
> Invokers: explorer/WinEdt
> SystemAdmin: no
> PowerUser: no
> Root0: C:\Users\UMAI001\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9
> Root1: C:\Users\UMAI001\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9
> Root2: C:\Users\UMAI001\Dropbox\MyTeX
> Root3: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9
> Root4: C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9
> UserInstall: C:\Users\UMAI001\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9
> UserConfig: C:\Users\UMAI001\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9
> UserData: C:\Users\UMAI001\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9
> CommonInstall: C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9
> CommonConfig: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9
> CommonData: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9
>
> I do want to be able to compile to dvi (and then to ps and pdf) because I use the MayuraDraw drawing package extensively.  (LaTeX will compile MayuraDraw files directly, without conversion to a particular graphics format; I do not want to have to convert all my .md files to .pdf.)
>
> Any help resolving this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Within Yap, do:

View -> Render Method -> Dvips

Best regards,

Jose Carlos Santos

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