Re: Problem with foiltex and texpower

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Angelo R. Rossi wrote:

> Hello:
> 
> I am foiltex and texpower in a document:
> 
> I have two questions:
> 
> 1) Why am I getting the following error?  I am using the latest version 
> of texpower in cvs.  If  I remove the texpower packing, error goes away.
>
> ! LaTeX Error: Command \hpagecolor already defined.
>                Or name \end... illegal, see p.192 of the manual.

The problem is that both texpower and background defines \hpagecolor 

To solve the problem load background *after* texpower.

> 2) How do I get foiltex to generate a page number for me?  Here is what 
> I mean:
> 
> A) This is the first foil in the document.
>  \foilhead{Table of Contents}
>  \toplink{whatis}{Parallelization and Parallel Speedup \dotfill Page xxxx}

\thepage returns the page number.

Hans  



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