Re: Sorry another Beamer question

All very evangelical but the updated and latest Beamer files are exactly what was causing the problem ....

> On 21 Sep 2016, at 17:34, Ulrike Fischer <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Am Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:12:24 +0000 schrieb Thompson,Paul:
> 
>>>> Thanks for the help about my previous question which came down to 
>>>> incompatibility issues between beamer and graphics (graphicx) which a 
>>>> one-line fix of code at the start of the document can solve (for 
>>>> anyone with the same problem the line to insert at the
>>>> start of the latex file is   \makeatletter\let\ifGm@compatii\relax\makeatother
> 
>>> Sorry but this is a hack and not a solution.
> 
>> I copied that hack from an email with your name on it.
> 
> That was from 2010. And the context was:
> 
> =========================
> Update beamer. Or put 
> 
> \makeatletter\let\ifGm@compatii\relax\makeatother 
> 
> before \documentclass.
> =========================
> 
> So it should be clear that with a current beamer it should no longer
> be necessary. Such measures are sometimes needed for a short time
> until some update has reached the user. But after 6 years you should
> move them to the bin. 
> 
> Actually you should never rely on such old code without have checked
> quite carefully if the context for which the code was written is
> still valid. 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ulrike Fischer 
> http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/
> 
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