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<DIV>Hi Zdenek,</DIV>
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<DIV>I haven't catched your follow ups. Has the problem been resolved?</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,<BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 2/27/09, Zdenek Wagner <I><zdenek.wagner@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Zdenek Wagner <zdenek.wagner@gmail.com><BR>Subject: Re: [tex-live] (no subject)<BR>To: hmc0907@yahoo.com<BR>Cc: "TeX Live" <tex-live@tug.org><BR>Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 4:43 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>2009/2/24 Steve MC Han <<A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hmc0907@yahoo.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>hmc0907@yahoo.com</A>>:<BR>> Hi Zdenek,<BR>><BR>> Thanks for your response.<BR>><BR>><BR>> <<Could you send me the file? I could try it on Linux. I have both<BR>> TL2007 and 2008.>><BR>><BR>><BR>> "Daniel Becker" <A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=daniel.becker@uni-rostock.de" target=_blank rel=nofollow>daniel.becker@uni-rostock.de</A> siad it was OK with Mac too.<BR>><BR>> <compiles fine with TexLive 2008 and dvips(k) 5.97 and ps2pdf13<BR>> (Ghostscript 8.61) on Mac OS X. But isn't the beamer package supposed to be<BR>> used with pdflatex?<BR>><BR>> Daniel><BR>><BR>> Anyway here is the file and attached is output.<BR>><BR>I have tried with TL 2007 and TL 2008 installed a few months ago,<BR>everything
works fine. Then I used "tlmgr update" to get the latest TL<BR>2008 and now I have the same bug. Could someone write me where I can<BR>find the log file from tlmgr update? Apparently something wrong<BR>happened between the old and current version and the log could help to<BR>find it.<BR><BR>><BR>> I didn't have to set paper size when I use TexLive 2007.<BR>><BR>> Thanks,<BR>><BR>> \documentclass{beamer}<BR>> \usepackage{beamerthemesplit}<BR>> \title{Example Presentation Created with the Beamer Package}<BR>> \author{Till Tantau}<BR>> \date{\today}<BR>> \begin{document}<BR>> \special{papersize=width,height}<BR>> \frame{\titlepage}<BR>> \section[Outline]{}<BR>> \frame{\tableofcontents}<BR>> \section{Introduction}<BR>> \subsection{Overview of the Beamer Class}<BR>> \frame<BR>> {<BR>> \frametitle{Features of the Beamer Class}<BR>> \begin{itemize}<BR>> \item<1->
Normal LaTeX class.<BR>> \item<2-> Easy overlays.<BR>> \item<3-> No external programs needed.<BR>> \end{itemize}<BR>> }<BR>> \end{document}<BR>><BR>> --- On Mon, 2/23/09, Zdenek Wagner <<A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=zdenek.wagner@gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>zdenek.wagner@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR>><BR>> From: Zdenek Wagner <<A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=zdenek.wagner@gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>zdenek.wagner@gmail.com</A>><BR>> Subject: Re: [tex-live] (no subject)<BR>> To: <A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hmc0907@yahoo.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>hmc0907@yahoo.com</A><BR>> Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 4:01 PM<BR>><BR>> 2009/2/23 Steve MC Han <<A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hmc0907@yahoo.com" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>hmc0907@yahoo.com</A>>:<BR>>> Hi Zdenek,<BR>>><BR>>> I tried \special{papersize=width,height}, but it didn't help (the<BR>> result was<BR>>> the same). I didn't have any trouble with TexLive 2007, so something<BR>> must<BR>>> have been changed.<BR>>><BR>> Could you send me the file? I could try it on Linux. I have both<BR>> TL2007 and 2008.<BR>><BR>>> Another possibility is to use -T dimensions when running dvips:<BR>>> How do you do that? I use WinEdt, so just click dvips, it execute<BR>>> automatically.<BR>>><BR>> You would have to modify actions associated with the buttons but this<BR>> is not comfortable. That's why I prefer \special{papersize=...} for<BR>> dvips or xdvipdfmx and setting \pdfpagewidth and \pdfpageheight for<BR>> pdflatex. In fact I often use my own package zwpagelayout that does it<BR>> automatically (you find it on TL2008). It
supports most important<BR>> standard paper sizes as well as custom paper sizes so that I can<BR>> write:<BR>><BR>> \usepackage[papersize={10cm,16cm},...]{zwpagelayout}<BR>><BR>> However, I do not know whether it could be used with beamer without<BR>> conflict, I have never tried.<BR>><BR>>> Thanks,<BR>>> Steve<BR>>> --- On Mon, 2/23/09, Zdenek Wagner <<A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=zdenek.wagner@gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>zdenek.wagner@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> From: Zdenek Wagner <<A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=zdenek.wagner@gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>zdenek.wagner@gmail.com</A>><BR>>> Subject: Re: [tex-live] (no subject)<BR>>> To: "Steve MC Han" <<A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hmc0907@yahoo.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>hmc0907@yahoo.com</A>><BR>>> Cc: "T T"
<<A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=t34www@googlemail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>t34www@googlemail.com</A>>, <A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tex-live@tug.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow>tex-live@tug.org</A><BR>>> Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 7:28 AM<BR>>><BR>>> 2009/2/23 Steve MC Han <<A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hmc0907@yahoo.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>hmc0907@yahoo.com</A>>:<BR>>>> Hi Tomek,<BR>>>><BR>>>> Thank you for your help in installation of TexLive.<BR>>>><BR>>>> Can you give me some hint for this problem: If I compiled the<BR>> following<BR>>>> file with latex -> dvips -> ps2pdf, then the result is something<BR>>> wrong (see<BR>>>> the attached aa.pdf). The same type of file was perfectly OK with<BR>>>>
TexLive2007.<BR>>>><BR>>>> I suspected this might be "dvips" problem, so I reinstalled<BR>>> ghostscript (old<BR>>>> version), but still having the same result. Can you figure out what<BR>> seems<BR>>> be<BR>>>> wrong?<BR>>>><BR>>> You should set the correct papersize so that it is inserted in the PS<BR>>> file, otherwise ps2pdf takes the default which is "letter". The<BR>> best<BR>>> way is to include \special{papersize=width,height} in the preamble of<BR>>> your document or just below \begin{document}. If the class properly<BR>>> defines all dimensions, you can use \the\paperwidth and<BR>>> \the\paperheight as the dimensions. Another possibility is to use<BR>> -T<BR>>> dimensions when running dvips.<BR>>><BR>>>> Thank you,<BR>>>> Steve<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>> \documentclass{beamer}<BR>>>>
\usepackage{beamerthemesplit}<BR>>>> \title{Example Presentation Created with the Beamer Package}<BR>>>> \author{Till Tantau}<BR>>>> \date{\today}<BR>>>> \begin{document}<BR>>>> \frame{\titlepage}<BR>>>> \section[Outline]{}<BR>>>> \frame{\tableofcontents}<BR>>>> \section{Introduction}<BR>>>> \subsection{Overview of the Beamer Class}<BR>>>> \frame<BR>>>> {<BR>>>> \frametitle{Features of the Beamer Class}<BR>>>> \begin{itemize}<BR>>>> \item<1-> Normal LaTeX class.<BR>>>> \item<2-> Easy overlays.<BR>>>> \item<3-> No external programs needed.<BR>>>> \end{itemize}<BR>>>> }<BR>>>> \end{document}<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>
--<BR>>> Zdeněk Wagner<BR>>> <A href="http://hroch486.icpf.cas.cz/wagner/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://hroch486.icpf.cas.cz/wagner/</A><BR>>> <A href="http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz</A><BR>>><BR>>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> --<BR>> Zdeněk Wagner<BR>> <A href="http://hroch486.icpf.cas.cz/wagner/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://hroch486.icpf.cas.cz/wagner/</A><BR>> <A href="http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz</A><BR>><BR>><BR><BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Zdeněk Wagner<BR><A href="http://hroch486.icpf.cas.cz/wagner/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://hroch486.icpf.cas.cz/wagner/</A><BR><A href="http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz</A><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></td></tr></table><br>