Re: 2.99.3 beta and dvipdft
Svend Tollak Munkejord <[email protected]> Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:24:23 +0100
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On 2004-11-16, Sven de Vries <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > seems like dvipdft is broken: > >> dvipdft --help > /usr/devries/local/packages/teTeX-2.99/bin//dvipdft: syntax error at > line 126: `end of file' unexpected > > l43 of that script looks odd. has anybody encountered this too? Yes, I got that too, on Compaq Tru64 Unix (OSF1) V5.1 On 2004-11-16, Thomas Esser <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 10:21:09AM +0100, Sven de Vries wrote: > > Works for me on SuSE Linux 9.1. > >> l43 of that script looks odd. has anybody encountered this too? > > Is the following better? > s="$s${s+ }'"`echo "x$1" | sed "1s@.@@; s@'@'\\\\\''@g"`"'" With that line, I get: svendm@vsl175 > dvipdft a.dvi dvipdft: running dvipdfm -e -z0 a.dvi Multiple dvi filenames? dvipdfm, version 0.13.2c, Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 by Mark A. Wicks dvipdfm comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Details are distributed with the software. Usage: dvipdfm [options] dvifile [...] dvipdfm works by itself, though: svendm@vsl175 > dvipdfm -e -z0 a.dvi a.dvi -> a.pdf [1] 42408 bytes written Regards, -- Svend Tollak Munkejord