Re: MiKTeX-Users Digest, Vol 124, Issue 8
Walter Goldburg <[email protected]>
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Re: Sorry another Beamer question (Thompson,Paul) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 12:21:27 +0000 > From: "Taylor, Robert" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Sorry another Beamer question > To: A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX related questions. > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <HE1PR0601MB228463CDBC13088F863DEC79B1F60@HE1PR0601MB2284.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Sorry, the problem yesterday was a conflict between geometry and beamer, not graphics and beamer ... so probably unrelated to today's problem .... > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Taylor, Robert [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 21 September 2016 12:59 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [MiKTeX] Sorry another Beamer question >> >> Hi all, >> >> 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 >> and thanks very much to Paul Thompson for passing this fix along to me) >> >> Emboldened, I thought I'd try out a file with PDF graphs called in it. Needless >> to say, it did not go well! The following call within the latex file >> >> \includegraphics[ >> natheight=10.6913in, natwidth=14.0472in, height=1.2035in, width=1.5733in] >> {C:/Users/rtaylor/Dropbox/tex/graphics/1a__1.pdf} >> >> Led to the following error >> >> .... [17] [18] [19] [20] <use C:/Users/rtaylor/Dropbox/tex/graphics/1a__1.pdf> >> ! Undefined control sequence. >> <argument> ...@base \Gin@ext image\GPT@AttrShort >> \ifx \GPT@print \ltx@empty... >> l.758 \end{frame} >> % >> ? >> >> Hit return and it compiles but with the graph simply missing from the output. >> The same latex file compiles fine (with the graphs included) on other well- >> known tex platforms such as scientific word and tex writer, so is this another >> conflict between beamer and graphics? >> >> Many thanks. >> >> Best wishes, Rob Taylor >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Q: How can I leave the mailing list? >> A: See https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.miktex.org%2Ffaq%2Fsupport.html%23leavingml&data=01%7C01%7Cgoldburg%40pitt.edu%7C121133f6946145a77c4708d3e21e55ad%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1&sdata=hSILFxSzZypnCMXg%2Bc4Yd0rT6Cuzaa%2BcyNK4%2BTAeJUM%3D&reserved=0 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 12:26:24 +0000 > From: "Taylor, Robert" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Sorry another Beamer question > To: A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX related questions. > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <HE1PR0601MB2284FCCA00E6720BEAD68AEEB1F60@HE1PR0601MB2284.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I think I solved this myself amazingly enough (!), by finding this on the web: > > "With natwidth and natheight you are trying to specify a bounding box which is not supported by the pdftex driver: > the driver pdftex.def does not support the manual specification of the bounding box, because it is not needed. If the user wants to have a portion of the image, there are options viewport and trim to specify this wish in a cleaner way. Option bb is treated as viewport with a warning." > > In case this helps anyone else. > > Cheers, Rob > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Taylor, Robert [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 21 September 2016 12:59 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [MiKTeX] Sorry another Beamer question >> >> Hi all, >> >> 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 >> and thanks very much to Paul Thompson for passing this fix along to me) >> >> Emboldened, I thought I'd try out a file with PDF graphs called in it. Needless >> to say, it did not go well! The following call within the latex file >> >> \includegraphics[ >> natheight=10.6913in, natwidth=14.0472in, height=1.2035in, width=1.5733in] >> {C:/Users/rtaylor/Dropbox/tex/graphics/1a__1.pdf} >> >> Led to the following error >> >> .... [17] [18] [19] [20] <use C:/Users/rtaylor/Dropbox/tex/graphics/1a__1.pdf> >> ! Undefined control sequence. >> <argument> ...@base \Gin@ext image\GPT@AttrShort >> \ifx \GPT@print \ltx@empty... >> l.758 \end{frame} >> % >> ? >> >> Hit return and it compiles but with the graph simply missing from the output. >> The same latex file compiles fine (with the graphs included) on other well- >> known tex platforms such as scientific word and tex writer, so is this another >> conflict between beamer and graphics? >> >> Many thanks. >> >> Best wishes, Rob Taylor >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Q: How can I leave the mailing list? >> A: See https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.miktex.org%2Ffaq%2Fsupport.html%23leavingml&data=01%7C01%7Cgoldburg%40pitt.edu%7C121133f6946145a77c4708d3e21e55ad%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1&sdata=hSILFxSzZypnCMXg%2Bc4Yd0rT6Cuzaa%2BcyNK4%2BTAeJUM%3D&reserved=0 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 12:51:37 +0000 > From: "Thompson,Paul" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Beamer question > To: 'A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX related questions.' > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <9B75E7CF385CB94EAD6587DD96AC2D9701D57D3CB1@SFSMCEXMBX3.sanfordhealth.org> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > That's not the problem. The problem is, how do you hack LaTeX to get it to work? Yes, the LaTeX Companion (base, graphics, web), is a super resource. However, when you have a problem, what do you do? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 5:43 AM > To: A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX related questions. > Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Beamer question > > On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 23:24:54 +0000, Thompson,Paul stated: > >> Since I have been using tex-like systems since 1983, I am used to >> figuring stuff out. I keep thinking I should write a blog post on "How >> to solve problems in LaTeX". > There are several excellent books available. For instance, I have used, "The LaTeX Companion", second edition by Frank Mittelbach and Michael Goossens may times. There are several other examples though. > > -- > Jerry > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Q: How can I leave the mailing list? > A: See https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.miktex.org%2Ffaq%2Fsupport.html%23leavingml&data=01%7C01%7Cgoldburg%40pitt.edu%7C121133f6946145a77c4708d3e21e55ad%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1&sdata=hSILFxSzZypnCMXg%2Bc4Yd0rT6Cuzaa%2BcyNK4%2BTAeJUM%3D&reserved=0 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, > is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain > privileged and confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, > disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy > all copies of the original message. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 12:53:25 +0000 > From: "Thompson,Paul" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Sorry another Beamer question > To: A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX related questions. > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <9B75E7CF385CB94EAD6587DD96AC2D9701D57D3CBD@SFSMCEXMBX3.sanfordhealth.org> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Now, there you go. You have figgered out how to hack. That's the issue - it's not how to do things when they work correctly (The LaTeX Companion covers much of this, but does not include my class in its coverage), but how to solve problems. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Taylor, Robert [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 7:26 AM > To: A place for MiKTeX users to discuss MiKTeX related questions. > Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Sorry another Beamer question > > I think I solved this myself amazingly enough (!), by finding this on the web: > > "With natwidth and natheight you are trying to specify a bounding box which is not supported by the pdftex driver: > the driver pdftex.def does not support the manual specification of the bounding box, because it is not needed. If the user wants to have a portion of the image, there are options viewport and trim to specify this wish in a cleaner way. Option bb is treated as viewport with a warning." > > In case this helps anyone else. > > Cheers, Rob > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Taylor, Robert [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 21 September 2016 12:59 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [MiKTeX] Sorry another Beamer question >> >> Hi all, >> >> 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 >> and thanks very much to Paul Thompson for passing this fix along to >> me) >> >> Emboldened, I thought I'd try out a file with PDF graphs called in it. >> Needless to say, it did not go well! The following call within the >> latex file >> >> \includegraphics[ >> natheight=10.6913in, natwidth=14.0472in, height=1.2035in, >> width=1.5733in] {C:/Users/rtaylor/Dropbox/tex/graphics/1a__1.pdf} >> >> Led to the following error >> >> .... [17] [18] [19] [20] <use >> C:/Users/rtaylor/Dropbox/tex/graphics/1a__1.pdf> >> ! Undefined control sequence. >> <argument> ...@base \Gin@ext image\GPT@AttrShort >> \ifx \GPT@print \ltx@empty... >> l.758 \end{frame} >> % >> ? >> >> Hit return and it compiles but with the graph simply missing from the output. >> The same latex file compiles fine (with the graphs included) on other >> well- known tex platforms such as scientific word and tex writer, so >> is this another conflict between beamer and graphics? >> >> Many thanks. >> >> Best wishes, Rob Taylor >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -------- _______________________________________________ >> Q: How can I leave the mailing list? >> A: See https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.miktex.org%2Ffaq%2Fsupport.html%23leavingml&data=01%7C01%7Cgoldburg%40pitt.edu%7C121133f6946145a77c4708d3e21e55ad%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1&sdata=hSILFxSzZypnCMXg%2Bc4Yd0rT6Cuzaa%2BcyNK4%2BTAeJUM%3D&reserved=0 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Q: How can I leave the mailing list? > A: See https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.miktex.org%2Ffaq%2Fsupport.html%23leavingml&data=01%7C01%7Cgoldburg%40pitt.edu%7C121133f6946145a77c4708d3e21e55ad%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1&sdata=hSILFxSzZypnCMXg%2Bc4Yd0rT6Cuzaa%2BcyNK4%2BTAeJUM%3D&reserved=0 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, > is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain > privileged and confidential information. 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