Re: MiKTeX-Users Digest, Vol 81, Issue 8 (Message 8)

Can you pass this on to Robert:
Nothing works, as intended
(Note punctuation)
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 On Feb 16, 2013 4:39 AM, <[email protected]>
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>    1. Re: Getting DVI instead of PDF (Jos? Carlos Santos)
>    2. Strange Behavior of TeXWorks typesetting (George McNulty)
>    3. Getting DVI instead of PDF (Part 2) (Lawrence Walker)
>    4. Re: Getting DVI instead of PDF (Part 2) (Ulrike Fischer)
>    5. Re: Strange Behavior of TeXWorks typesetting (Rui Moutinho)
>    6. Re: Getting DVI instead of PDF (Part 2) (Ulrike Fischer)
>    7. Re: Getting DVI instead of PDF (Part 2) (George McNulty)
>    8. Re: Getting DVI instead of PDF (Part 2) (Peter Zimmermann)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:47:45 +0000
> From: Jos? Carlos Santos <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Getting DVI instead of PDF
> To: "A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX related questions."
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> On 13-02-2013 11:06, Jos? Carlos Santos wrote:
>
> > After upgrading MiKTeX this morning, nothing works anymore. :(
> >
> > If I try to compile with PDFLaTeX a file whose contents are:
> >
> > \documentclass{article}
> > \begin{document}
> > Hello World!
> > \end{document}
> >
> > then I get the information that the article class is missing (it isn't,
> > of course!) and then MiKTeX asks for my permission to install it. And
> > then it creates a DVI file, not a PDF file.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> As I expected, 24 hours later the problem is solved. Thanks, Christian!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jose Carlos Santos
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:52:04 -0500
> From: George McNulty <[email protected]>
> Subject: [MiKTeX] Strange Behavior of TeXWorks typesetting
> To: <[email protected]>
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> I have just downloaded the 64-bit version of MiKTeX.   Using the
> accompanying TeXWorks I enountered the following behavior:
>
>               Typesetting a  tex file with  pdflatex via TeXWorks
> produces a  dvi file.
>
>               Typesetting the same file tex file with XeLaTeX via
> TeXWorks produces a pdf  file.
>
> This is counterintuitive and, of course, just opposite of how my earlier
> installations of MiKTeX behave.   What is the fix?
>
> Thanks,
>
> George McNulty
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:30:00 -0500
> From: Lawrence Walker <[email protected]>
> Subject: [MiKTeX] Getting DVI instead of PDF (Part 2)
> To: [email protected]
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> I notice that the pdftex.exe program is no longer generating pdf files
> -- it generates dvi instead.  Also, I notice the following output which
> is peculiar:
>
> "This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (MiKTeX 2.9 64-bit)".
>
> However a direct version check (via the command: pdftex -version)
> reveals "MiKTeX-pdfTeX 2.9.4535 (1.40.13) (MiKTeX  2.9 64-bit)".
>
> Is this expected behavior?
>
> Lawrence
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:56:56 +0100
> From: Ulrike Fischer <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Getting DVI instead of PDF (Part 2)
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> Am Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:30:00 -0500 schrieb Lawrence Walker:
>
> > I notice that the pdftex.exe program is no longer generating pdf files
> > -- it generates dvi instead.
>
> Run an update, make sure that you have the miktex-runtime-bin from
> 13. February. Recreate the formats.
>
> > Also, I notice the following output which
> > is peculiar:
> >
> > "This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (MiKTeX 2.9 64-bit)".
> >
> > However a direct version check (via the command: pdftex -version)
> > reveals "MiKTeX-pdfTeX 2.9.4535 (1.40.13) (MiKTeX  2.9 64-bit)".
> >
> > Is this expected behavior?
>
> Yes.
>
> --
> Ulrike Fischer
> http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:37:56 +0000
> From: Rui Moutinho <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Strange Behavior of TeXWorks typesetting
> To: "A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX related questions."
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> There was a bug with the update on 12/Fev.
>
> Ensure you update the packages and the formats.
> It may not be required to update the formats, however.
> In my case, yesterday, it was required on both admin and regular user
> "flavors".
>
> Best regards,
>
> Rui Moutinho
>
> Em 14-02-2013 04:52, George McNulty escreveu:
> > I have just downloaded the 64-bit version of MiKTeX.   Using the
> > accompanying TeXWorks I enountered the following behavior:
> >
> >                Typesetting a  tex file with  pdflatex via TeXWorks
> > produces a  dvi file.
> >
> >                Typesetting the same file tex file with XeLaTeX via
> > TeXWorks produces a pdf  file.
> >
> > This is counterintuitive and, of course, just opposite of how my earlier
> > installations of MiKTeX behave.   What is the fix?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > George McNulty
> >
> >
> >
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:10:30 +0100
> From: Ulrike Fischer <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Getting DVI instead of PDF (Part 2)
> To: [email protected]
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>
> am Freitag, 15. Februar 2013 um 07:59 schrieb Peter Zimmermann:
>
> > thanks for your advice. But I can confirm the behavior Mr Walker
> reported.
>
> I don't doubt that you get this behaviour.
>
> > Update 13.2. no pdflatex run possible
> > Update 14.2. pdflatex runs but produces dvi output
> >                       of course I can put the line
> >                       \pdfoutput=1
> >                       at the beginning of my document and I get pdf but
> >                       there is something wrong.
> >                       Besides: also all hyphenation patterns are gone
> when
> >                       running pdflatex from within WinEdt
> >                       Running pdflatex in command line is ok.
>
> Check the languages.ini in all local UserData/CommonData roots (don't
> touch the languages.ini in the main miktex tree!). They should contain
> long lists of language settings like this:
> [marathi]
> attributes=exclude
>
> If this is not the case: Rename the files (to have a backup). Then go
> to miktex-settings, tab languages. Change something and apply the
> changes. This should write new local languages.ini and also rebuild
> the formats. Do this in admin mode + user mode for all users.
>
> If everything works again you can delete the renamed files.
>
>
> --
> Mit freundlichen Gr??en
> Ulrike Fischer
>
>
>
>
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:27:52 -0500
> From: George McNulty <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Getting DVI instead of PDF (Part 2)
> To: Ulrike Fischer <[email protected]>, A place for MiKTeX users to
>         discuss MiKTeX related questions. <
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> Dear Ms Fischer,
>
>           I would like to report that the DVI/ PDF fix that was put in
> place recently worked fine in my case
> ( WINDOWs 7 64-bit).  I now get perfect runs on quite involved LaTeX
> documents.
>
>          Many thanks
>
> George McNulty
>
>
> On 2/15/2013 4:10 AM, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
> > am Freitag, 15. Februar 2013 um 07:59 schrieb Peter Zimmermann:
> >
> >> thanks for your advice. But I can confirm the behavior Mr Walker
> reported.
> > I don't doubt that you get this behaviour.
> >
> >> Update 13.2. no pdflatex run possible
> >> Update 14.2. pdflatex runs but produces dvi output
> >>                        of course I can put the line
> >>                        \pdfoutput=1
> >>                        at the beginning of my document and I get pdf but
> >>                        there is something wrong.
> >>                        Besides: also all hyphenation patterns are gone
> when
> >>                        running pdflatex from within WinEdt
> >>                        Running pdflatex in command line is ok.
> > Check the languages.ini in all local UserData/CommonData roots (don't
> > touch the languages.ini in the main miktex tree!). They should contain
> > long lists of language settings like this:
> > [marathi]
> > attributes=exclude
> >
> > If this is not the case: Rename the files (to have a backup). Then go
> > to miktex-settings, tab languages. Change something and apply the
> > changes. This should write new local languages.ini and also rebuild
> > the formats. Do this in admin mode + user mode for all users.
> >
> > If everything works again you can delete the renamed files.
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:59:26 +0100
> From: "Peter Zimmermann" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Getting DVI instead of PDF (Part 2)
> To: [email protected],   "A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX
>         related questions."     <[email protected]>
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> Dear Mrs. Fischer,
>
> thanks for your advice. But I can confirm the behavior Mr Walker reported.
> Update 13.2. no pdflatex run possible
> Update 14.2. pdflatex runs but produces dvi output
>                       of course I can put the line
>                       \pdfoutput=1
>                       at the beginning of my document and I get pdf but
>                       there is something wrong.
>                       Besides: also all hyphenation patterns are gone when
>                       running pdflatex from within WinEdt
>                       Running pdflatex in command line is ok.
>
> Thanks for your attention
> Peter Zimmermann
>
> > Am Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:30:00 -0500 schrieb Lawrence Walker:
> >
> > > I notice that the pdftex.exe program is no longer generating pdf
> > files
> > > -- it generates dvi instead.
> >
> > Run an update, make sure that you have the miktex-runtime-bin from
> > 13. February. Recreate the formats.
> >
> > > Also, I notice the following output which
> > > is peculiar:
> > >
> > > "This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (MiKTeX 2.9
> > 64-bit)".
> > >
> > > However a direct version check (via the command: pdftex -version)
> > > reveals "MiKTeX-pdfTeX 2.9.4535 (1.40.13) (MiKTeX  2.9 64-bit)".
> > >
> > > Is this expected behavior?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > --
> > Ulrike Fischer
> > http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/
> >
> >
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