[pstricks] prosper overlays problems
akhmedov at mpi-hd.mpg.de
akhmedov at mpi-hd.mpg.de
Sat Jan 28 17:08:31 CET 2017
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>> 1. Re: prosper overlay problems (akhmedov at mpi-hd.mpg.de)
>> 2. Re: prosper overlay problems (Herbert Voss)
>> 3. Re: prosper overlay problems (Herbert Voss)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:38:05 +0100 (CET)
>> From: akhmedov at mpi-hd.mpg.de
>> To: pstricks at tug.org
>> Subject: Re: [pstricks] prosper overlay problems
>> Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1701271333420.31330 at lin-1608d>
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>> Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, it does not help much. When I
>> remove the pdf option, it compiles without problems but does not produce
>> any overlays -- both frames are displayed simultaneously. The same can be
>> achieved if I simply remove all \overlays and \fromSlide{#}{..} commands,
>> but this is not what I need.
>>
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>>> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:17:32 +0100 (CET)
>>> From: akhmedov at mpi-hd.mpg.de
>>> To: pstricks at tug.org
>>> Subject: Re: [pstricks] prosper overlays problems
>>> Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1701261406430.21906 at lin-1608d>
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>>> Hello Herbert,
>>>
>>> here is the minimal example.
>>>
>>> The prosper file test1.tex:
>>>
>>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>>> \documentclass[pdf,serpaggi,slideColor,colorBG,accumulate,nototal]{prosper}
>>> \usepackage{pstricks,pst-node}
>>> %%%\usepackage{pst-ovl}
>>> \begin{document}
>>>
>>> \overlays{2}{
>>> \begin{slide}[Box]{This is a test}
>>> \small
>>> This is the first frame
>>> \fromSlide{2}{
>>>
>>> This is the second frame
>>> }
>>> \end{slide}
>>> }
>>> \end{document}
>>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>>>
>>> Then
>>>
>>> latex test1 -> dvips test1 -> ps2pdf test1.ps test1.pdf
>>>
>>> At the last stage there is an error message:
>>>
>>> Error: /undefined in BOL
>>> Operand stack:
>>> (1)
>>> Execution stack:
>>> %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval--
>>> --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval--
>>> --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1977 1 3 %oparray_pop
>>> 1976 1 3 %oparray_pop 1960 1 3 %oparray_pop 1852 1 3
>>> %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2
>>> --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push
>>> --nostringval--
>>> Dictionary stack:
>>> --dict:1198/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:122/200(L)--
>>> --dict:181/300(L)-- --dict:119/200(L)--
>>> Current allocation mode is local
>>> Last OS error: No such file or directory
>>> Current file position is 150749
>>> GPL Ghostscript 9.18: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
>>>
>>> The error actually occurs already at the dvips stage. If after dvips test1
>>> I open the test1.ps file with gv, I see the following error message:
>>>
>>> Error: /undefined in BOL
>>> Operand stack:
>>> (1)
>>> Execution stack:
>>> %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval--
>>> --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval--
>>> --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1977 1 3 %oparray_pop
>>> 1976 1 3 %oparray_pop 1960 1 3 %oparray_pop 1852 1 3
>>> %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2
>>> --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push
>>> --nostringval--
>>> DictiGPL Ghostscript 9.18: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
>>> onary stack:
>>> --dict:1198/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:123/200(L)--
>>> --dict:181/300(L)-- --dict:119/200(L)--
>>> Current allocation mode is local
>>> Last OS error: Resource temporarily unavailable
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The problem seems to be known, but I was not able to find a clear
>>> solution. On the web page
>>>
>>> http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/132779/problem-with-overlays
>>>
>>> it is mentioned that the problem may be related to incompatibility of
>>> prosper with recent versions of pstricks. However, the suggested solution
>>> (to add \usepackage{pst-ovl}) did not work in my case.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 26 Jan 2017, pstricks-request at tug.org wrote:
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>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 10:32:14 +0100 (CET)
>>>> From: akhmedov at mpi-hd.mpg.de
>>>> To: pstricks at tug.org
>>>> Subject: [pstricks] prosper overlay problems
>>>> Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1701261019310.19794 at lin-1608d>
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>>>> Hi, I have recently upgraded Ubuntu to version 16.04 on my desktop and
>>>> found that all my legacy prosper files with \overlays in them stopped
>>>> working. Apparently the problem is that prosper is not compatible with
>>>> recent versions of pstricks. Is it possible to get an older version which
>>>> would still work with prosper? Thanks, Evgeny
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Message: 2
>>>> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 11:20:08 +0100
>>>> From: Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss at FU-Berlin.DE>
>>>> To: pstricks at tug.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [pstricks] prosper overlay problems
>>>> Message-ID: <c0d2889b-bb9e-e78d-1932-bcb03211449e at FU-Berlin.DE>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
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>>>> Am 26.01.2017 um 10:32 schrieb akhmedov at mpi-hd.mpg.de:
>>>>> Hi, I have recently upgraded Ubuntu to version 16.04 on my desktop and
>>>>> found that all my legacy prosper files with \overlays in them stopped
>>>>> working. Apparently the problem is that prosper is not compatible with
>>>>> recent versions of pstricks. Is it possible to get an older version
>>>>> which would still work with prosper? Thanks, Evgeny
>>>>
>>>> Please give a short and complete example with the error message.
>>>>
>>>> Herbert
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:32:33 +0100
>>> From: Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss at FU-Berlin.DE>
>>> To: pstricks at tug.org
>>> Subject: Re: [pstricks] prosper overlays problems
>>> Message-ID: <9878df55-c5d6-ab0d-2509-d8c4f4c3fa78 at FU-Berlin.DE>
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>>> Am 26.01.2017 um 14:17 schrieb akhmedov at mpi-hd.mpg.de:
>>>
>>>> here is the minimal example.
>>>>
>>>> The prosper file test1.tex:
>>>>
>>>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>>>> \documentclass[pdf,serpaggi,slideColor,colorBG,accumulate,nototal]{prosper}
>>>
>>> do _not_ use the option "pdf":
>>>
>>> \documentclass[pdf,serpaggi,slideColor,colorBG,accumulate,nototal]{prosper}
>>>
>>> then it works for me. Up-to-date TeXLive 2016
>>>
>>> the pdf option makes only sense for default documents with
>>> article or book class.
>>>
>>> Herbert
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Message: 3
>>> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:33:36 +0100
>>> From: Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss at FU-Berlin.DE>
>>> To: Graphics with PSTricks <pstricks at tug.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [pstricks] prosper overlays problems
>>> Message-ID: <a2c7b034-fb1e-6a0d-6ab1-98ad43180696 at FU-Berlin.DE>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
>>>
>>> Am 26.01.2017 um 14:32 schrieb Herbert Voss:
>>>> Am 26.01.2017 um 14:17 schrieb akhmedov at mpi-hd.mpg.de:
>>>>
>>>>> here is the minimal example.
>>>>>
>>>>> The prosper file test1.tex:
>>>>>
>>>>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>>>>> \documentclass[pdf,serpaggi,slideColor,colorBG,accumulate,nototal]{prosper}
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> do _not_ use the option "pdf":
>>>>
>>>> \documentclass[pdf,serpaggi,slideColor,colorBG,accumulate,nototal]{prosper}
>>>
>>> sigh, should be
>>>
>>> \documentclass[serpaggi,slideColor,colorBG,accumulate,nototal]{prosper}
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> then it works for me. Up-to-date TeXLive 2016
>>>>
>>>> the pdf option makes only sense for default documents with
>>>> article or book class.
>>>>
>>>> Herbert
>>>
>>>
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 18:10:38 +0100
>> From: Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss at FU-Berlin.DE>
>> To: pstricks at tug.org
>> Subject: Re: [pstricks] prosper overlay problems
>> Message-ID: <68a004d2-cb1f-c9f2-1639-e8cfd078c242 at FU-Berlin.DE>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
>>
>> Am 27.01.2017 um 13:38 schrieb akhmedov at mpi-hd.mpg.de:
>>> Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, it does not help much. When I
>>> remove the pdf option, it compiles without problems but does not produce
>>> any overlays -- both frames are displayed simultaneously. The same can
>>> be achieved if I simply remove all \overlays and \fromSlide{#}{..}
>>> commands, but this is not what I need.
>>
>> I'll see what I can do
>>
>> Herbert
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 20:39:53 +0100
>> From: Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss at FU-Berlin.DE>
>> To: pstricks at tug.org
>> Subject: Re: [pstricks] prosper overlay problems
>> Message-ID: <32f71c6d-5447-3607-03fa-b4fcb77ee8ad at FU-Berlin.DE>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
>>
>> Am 27.01.2017 um 13:38 schrieb akhmedov at mpi-hd.mpg.de:
>>> Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, it does not help much. When I
>>> remove the pdf option, it compiles without problems but does not produce
>>> any overlays -- both frames are displayed simultaneously. The same can
>>> be achieved if I simply remove all \overlays and \fromSlide{#}{..}
>>> commands, but this is not what I need.
>>
>> I tried all versions of TeXLive back to 2010 and all have the
>> same problem. I have no idea what the changes may be...
>>
>> However, converting the slides to powerdot is not really difficult:
>>
>>
>> \documentclass[style=fyma]{powerdot}
>> \begin{document}
>> \begin{slide}{This is a test}
>> \onslide{1-2}{This is the first frame}
>>
>> \onslide{2}{This is the second frame}
>> \end{slide}
>>
>> \begin{slide}{Outline of the talk}
>> \begin{itemize}[type=0]
>> \item<1-> Introduction
>> \item<2-> Statement of the main theorem
>> \item<3> Technical lemmata
>> \item<4-> Proof of the main theorem
>> \item<5> Conclusions
>> \end{itemize}
>> \end{slide}
>>
>> \end{document}
>>
>>
>> Herbert
>
> Thanks once again. I could convert my files to powerdot (or beamer), but
> they would have to be modified -- not only the overlay commands, but frame,
> minipage and figure offsets, etc. I have many legacy prosper files, so this
> would be a lot of work.
>
> Actually, it may be that the problem is related with ghostscript rather than
> with pstricks. I have a computer account at ICTP (Trieste), there my files
> can be processed without problems. If I latex -> dvips -> ps2pdf my test1.tex
> file there, everything is fine (they do have an older version of pstricks,
> v1.29 I think). If I download from there test1.ps file to my local computer
> in Heidelberg and then ps2pdf it here, everything is fine. But if I download
> from there test1.dvi and dvips and ps2pdf it here, the same problem occurs
> already at the dvips stage. So it may well be that the problem is related to
> ghostscript.
>
> Evgeny
Update: the problem may still be related to a combination of pstricks and
dvips. I tried to first latex my test1.tex file locally, then upload it to
my account at ICTP and then dvips it there. This did not work -- the error
message was
dvips: ! Couldn't find header file pst-tools.pro.
Note that an absolute path or a relative path with .. are denied in -R2
mode.
This may be related to the fact that they have an older version of
pstricks.
Evgeny
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