Re: special infestation of Omega

Roozbeh Pournader wrote:
> I don't know much about dvipng, but these specials are handled by
> odvips. Perhaps there should either come an odvipng, or dvipng should be
> patched to safely ignore the specials.

I know quite a bit about dvipng. Nothing strange happens, except the
warning.

> > dvipng warning: at (0,0) unimplemented \special{om:col=21;}.
> > [2dvipng warning: at (0,20) unimplemented \special{om:lines="circutf.tex",57;}.
<...>
> > Uh, is this Omega version that plasters the dvi file with unrequested
> > specials a good idea?  On the other hand, Aleph exists, too, so maybe
> > there is not much harm done here...

I take it there is some deep reason for the specials being there in
the first place? What do they do, give source position? 

/JÅ


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