Re: Problem with beamer

On 02/10/2013 00:21, Michael Barr wrote:
> I was told that processing a file with pdflatex gives the same result as 
> processing it with latex, with \pdfoutput1 in the preamble.  They both 
> load with "pdftex".  The following file:
> 
> \documentclass{beamer}
> \pdfoutput1
> \title{testfile}
> \author{Michael Barr}
> \begin{document}
> \titlepage
> \end{document}
> 
> gives quite a different result when processed with latex and pdflatex. 
> The latter gives the expected out, while the former produces a white page 
> with a large black square in the upper left quadrant.  When \pdfoutput is 
> changed to 0, they give the same dvi file.  This is Miktex 2.8, by the 
> way.
> 
> I am asking this more out of interest, since I can always process it using 
> pdflatex, but I like to track these things down when I can.
> 
> Michael Barr

Using \pdfoutput directly is not recommended: switching should work fine
by choosing either pdflatex or latex as the command used for processing.
All works fine for me with the latest beamer release (v3.27) with an
up-to-date TeX Live.
-- 
Joseph Wright

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