[EXTERNAL] Re: TeX on Windows?

Wed May 26 13:06:34 CEST 2021

On May 26, 2021 4:33:12 AM EDT, David Carlisle <d.p.carlisle at gmail.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 26 May 2021 at 01:58, AC <achirvasub at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Conclusion: you can't just enter special characters from the
>keyboard. You
>> need to produce them with TeX commands (like the \'e for accents,
>etc.) or
>> specify an encoding to pass to inputenc.
>>
>
>
>That is rather misleading, You do not need  to use 
>\UseRawInputEncoding .
>You simply need to specify the encoding  that you use, possibly
>\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
>or (better) save the file in UTF-8.
>

Well, if we'll quibble so readily over precise phrasing, perhaps I could have a quote (from a message of mine) that indicates you NEED to use \UseRawInputEncoding?

I never wrote that. In fact, the paragraph you quote immediately preceding your own specifically refers to NEEDING to specify an encoding.

>David
>
>
>
>
>
>> ---
>>
>> References:
>>
>> [0] https://www.latex-project.org/news/latex2e-news/ltnews28.pdf
>> [1] https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/429194/193209
>>
>> On May 25, 2021 8:24:05 PM EDT, AC <achirvasub at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >On May 25, 2021 7:35:57 PM EDT, Robert Jantzen
>> ><robert.jantzen at villanova.edu> wrote:
>> >>Hi Stuart,
>> >>
>> >>I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your help.
>> >>
>> >
>> >You bet! You'll always find enough computer geeks on these mailing
>> >lists who will do this out of sheer curiosity as to whether it works
>> >:).
>> >
>> >Now, about that UTF-8 error: the complaint is
>> >
>> >Package inputenc Error: Invalid UTF-8 byte "96
>> >
>> >In a text editor, viewing the error jumps me to the following
>passage
>> >in your text:
>> >
>> >"The spherical harmonics are usually defined with an extra sign
>> >$(-1)^m$ called the Condon\226Shortley phase to make the ladder
>> >operator formulas simpler."
>> >
>> >It's that thing displayed in the source as \226 that's producing the
>> >error. I don't know what it was meant to be, but in the pdf I sent
>you
>> >it simply doesn't render: the text appears as the (obviously wrong)
>> >merged 'CondonShortley'.
>> >
>> >If it was meant to be a dash, maybe just make it a plain minus sign.
>> >
>> >On May 25, 2021 7:35:57 PM EDT, Robert Jantzen
>> ><robert.jantzen at villanova.edu> wrote:
>> >>Hi Stuart,
>> >>
>> >>I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your help. I will install
>TeX
>> >>Live and try to reproduce your success and let everyone know.
>> >>
>> >>bob
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>bob jantzen
>> >>http://www34.homepage.villanova.edu/robert.jantzen/
>> >>http://www.drbobenterprises.com
>> >>
>> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >>From: Stuart Little <achirvasub at gmail.com>
>> >>Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 7:23 PM
>> >>To: Robert Jantzen <robert.jantzen at villanova.edu>
>> >>Cc: texhax at tug.org; Philip Taylor <P.Taylor at Hellenic-Institute.Uk>;
>Dr
>> >>Alan Litchfield <alan at alphabyte.co.nz>
>> >>Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: TeX on Windows?
>> >>
>> >>On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 11:14:21PM +0000, Robert Jantzen wrote:
>> >>> My apologies, I thought I had saved it after correcting it, but I
>> >>saved it again after sending the cache message and then checked the
>> >>link to make sure it worked.
>> >>>
>> >>> I appreciate your efforts to help me.
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>No worries.
>> >>
>> >>About the compilation: it was so fast because I had also unpacked
>the
>> >>converted-to-pdf images, so those were ready. Without unpacking
>those
>> >>the compilation still seems to have worked, but it took just a few
>> >>seconds longer. In any case, it produces a pdf with working
>> >>cross-references, as downloadable at the link I provided earlier.
>> >>
>> >>Here, too, is the gzipped and tarred working directory (with the
>> >images
>> >>placed properly in the 'images/' subdirectory, etc.):
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dropbox.com%2Fs%2Fvdke4p8s1kuax75%2Fdgn.tar.gz%3Fdl%3D0&data=04%7C01%7Crobert.jantzen%40villanova.edu%7C7fe7dfbb05e94667aa4608d91fd41ac8%7C765a8de5cf9444f09cafae5bf8cfa366%7C0%7C1%7C637575818113072811%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=VlMZF5Gn76VhiYuo8RVPgz1CXK3Xb9o8Bim6ZommRYU%3D&reserved=0
>> >>
>> >>This is for future reference, in case anyone else wants to try
>> >>compiling it. What you do is unpack that directory, move in, and
>> >>(assuming you have TeX Live) run 'pdflatex dgn.tex' a couple of
>times.
>> >>
>> >>> bob
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> bob jantzen
>> >>> http://www34.homepage.villanova.edu/robert.jantzen/
>> >>>
>>
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>> >>>
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>> >>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: AC <achirvasub at gmail.com>
>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 7:00 PM
>> >>> To: Robert Jantzen <robert.jantzen at villanova.edu>
>> >>> Cc: texhax at tug.org; Philip Taylor
><P.Taylor at Hellenic-Institute.Uk>;
>> >>Dr
>> >>> Alan Litchfield <alan at alphabyte.co.nz>
>> >>> Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: TeX on Windows?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On May 25, 2021 6:56:12 PM EDT, Robert Jantzen
>> >><robert.jantzen at villanova.edu> wrote:
>> >>> >It was your cache I think...??
>> >>> >
>> >>>
>> >>> It was not: your "corrected" link still reads 'dngimages' (just
>look
>> >>back at the message; you don't have to take my word for it).
>> >>>
>> >>> I manually corrected it to 'dgnimages', so I know the cache was
>not
>> >>the issue.
>> >>>
>> >>> >
>> >>> >bob jantzen
>> >>> >http://www34.homepage.villanova.edu/robert.jantzen/
>> >>>
>>
>>>>https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.
>> >>> >dr
>> >>>
>>
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>> >>> >
>> >>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >>> >From: Stuart Little <achirvasub at gmail.com>
>> >>> >Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 6:55 PM
>> >>> >To: Robert Jantzen <robert.jantzen at villanova.edu>
>> >>> >Cc: texhax at tug.org; Philip Taylor
><P.Taylor at Hellenic-Institute.Uk>;
>> >
>> >>> >Dr Alan Litchfield <alan at alphabyte.co.nz>
>> >>> >Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: TeX on Windows?
>> >>> >
>> >>> >On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 10:41:25PM +0000, Robert Jantzen wrote:
>> >>> >> Sorry, I misspelled DifferentialGeometryNotes as dng instead
>of
>> >>dgn
>> >>> >in
>> >>> >> haste yesterday. I corrected it to
>> >>> >>
>> >>>
>>
>>>>http://www34.homepage.villanova.edu/robert.jantzen/notes/diffgeom/dng
>> >>> >i
>> >>> >> mages.zip
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >
>> >>> >:D That's not correct though: it's still 'dng'! No worries
>though,
>> >>> >since you explained what was wrong I simply corrected it and got
>> >the
>> >>
>> >>> >source.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >The file compiled in seconds on TeX Live 2021, with one
>> >>> >*apparently*-show-stopping UTF-8 error that I simply clicked
>> >>'Return'
>> >>> >to bypass (I have not tried to debug). Does this look like it's
>> >>> >worked fine? You can find the result at
>> >>> >
>> >>>
>>
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>> >>> >.d
>> >>>
>>
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>> >>> >7C
>> >>>
>>
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>> >>> >
>> >>> >I should note, in that pdf I am able to navigate cross-links
>just
>> >>> >fine (I can jump to table-of-contents items, or images, or
>> >whatever,
>> >>
>> >>> >by simply clicking the hyperlinks in the document).
>> >>> >
>> >>> >> I did not intend anyone to waste much time on this, but it is
>> >>> >frustrating that these different packages fail on me! I do have
>> >>> >administrator access to my windows 10 machine.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> bob
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> bob jantzen
>> >>> >> http://www34.homepage.villanova.edu/robert.jantzen/
>> >>> >>
>> >>>
>>
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>> >>> >d
>> >>> >>
>> >>>
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>> >>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> >> From: AC <achirvasub at gmail.com>
>> >>> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 6:35 PM
>> >>> >> To: texhax at tug.org; Robert Jantzen
>> ><robert.jantzen at villanova.edu>;
>> >>
>> >>> >> Philip Taylor <P.Taylor at Hellenic-Institute.Uk>; Dr Alan
>> >Litchfield
>> >>
>> >>> >> <alan at alphabyte.co.nz>
>> >>> >> Cc: texhax at tug.org
>> >>> >> Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: TeX on Windows?
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> On May 25, 2021 6:03:40 PM EDT, Robert Jantzen
>> >>> ><robert.jantzen at villanova.edu> wrote:
>> >>> >> >This is my book:
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >>
>> >>>
>>
>>>>>http://www34.homepage.villanova.edu/robert.jantzen/notes/diffgeom/in
>> >>> >>d
>> >>> >> >ex .htm The complete LaTeX source consists of two zipped
>files
>> >>here:
>> >>> >>
>> >>>
>>
>>>>>http://www34.homepage.villanova.edu/robert.jantzen/notes/diffgeom/te
>> >>> >>x
>> >>> >> >di
>> >>> >> >stribution.htm
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> If I visit this last link I get to a page that in turn points
>me
>> >>to
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> -
>> >>> >>
>> >>>
>>
>>>>http://www34.homepage.villanova.edu/robert.jantzen/notes/diffgeom/dgn
>> >>> >t
>> >>> >> exfiles2021.zip
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> -
>> >>> >>
>> >>>
>>
>>>>http://www34.homepage.villanova.edu/robert.jantzen/notes/diffgeom/dng
>> >>> >i
>> >>> >> mages.zip
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> and
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> -
>> >>> >>
>> >>>
>>
>>>>http://www34.homepage.villanova.edu/robert.jantzen/notes/diffgeom/dgn
>> >>> >i
>> >>> >> magesepspdf.zip
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> The second one of those, presumably, is supposed to contain
>> >>images.
>> >>> >> Alas, it doesn't work: clicking it results in
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Not Found
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> The requested URL /robert.jantzen/notes/diffgeom/dngimages.zip
>> >was
>> >>> >not found on this server.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Apache/2.2.15 (Oracle) Server at www34.homepage.villanova.edu
>> >Port
>> >>
>> >>> >> 80
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> ---
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Ironic, given that abandoned websites came up in a companion
>> >>thread
>> >>> >not too long ago :).
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> >This folder contains also the "converted-to-pdf.pdf" image
>files
>> >>> >from
>> >>> >> >using MikTex Texworks or TexnicCenter (I cannot remember any
>> >more
>> >>
>> >>> >> >what I did back in the early teens of this decade):
>> >>> >>
>> >>>
>>
>>>>>http://www34.homepage.villanova.edu/robert.jantzen/notes/diffgeom/dg
>> >>> >>n
>> >>> >> >im
>> >>> >> >agesepspdf.zip
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >Should I try Tex Live next?
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >How is this possible? I really don't understand. Also how did
>> >you
>> >>
>> >>> >> >guys get my email shot in the dark at TUG?
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >bob
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >bob jantzen
>> >>> >> >http://www34.homepage.villanova.edu/robert.jantzen/
>> >>> >>
>> >>>
>>
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>> >>> >> >dr
>> >>> >>
>> >>>
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>> >>> >> >From: Philip Taylor <P.Taylor at Hellenic-Institute.Uk>
>> >>> >> >Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 7:24 AM
>> >>> >> >To: Dr Alan Litchfield <alan at alphabyte.co.nz>; Robert Jantzen
>> >>> >> ><robert.jantzen at villanova.edu>
>> >>> >> >Cc: texhax at tug.org
>> >>> >> >Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: TeX on Windows?
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >Dr Alan Litchfield wrote:
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >[Download the iso image and] mount it onto your computer.
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >Not possible under Windows 7, Alan, unless additional
>software
>> >is
>> >>
>> >>> >> >installed.  But to Bob :
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >I have been happily using PCTeX all these years, and will
>> >>continue
>> >>> >to
>> >>> >> >do so but it seems like PCTeX has left us in the past two
>years
>> >>> >since
>> >>> >> >I communicated with someone there at the company. Does anyone
>> >>know
>> >>> >> >what happened to them?
>> >>> >>
>> >>>
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>> >>> >> >website seems abandoned
>> >>> >> >Is there any other for pay product to replace it?
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >Pass.  Although I used to pay for TeX back in the Kellerman &
>> >>> >> >Smith days, I have not done so since then, and have never
>paid
>> >>for
>> >>> >> >a PC version.  Many years ago the late, great, Sebastian
>Rahtz
>> >>> >> >persuaded me to switch to TeX Live, and I have never looked
>> >back.
>> >>
>> >>> >> >In the past
>> >>> >
>> >>> >> >I would use the network installer, or download and burn the
>ISO,
>> >
>> >>> >> >or download and mount the ISO, but these days I use Rsynch to
>> >>> >> >fetch the
>> >>> >
>> >>> >> >installation suite and install from my local copy.  The real
>> >>> >> >problem
>> >>> >
>> >>> >> >is that TeX Live is not a Windows product - it is a generic
>> >>> >> >product that has to support $2^n+1$ variant operating systems
>> >>(how
>> >>> >> >many different ways can you spell "Linux" ?), and as a result
>> >the
>> >>
>> >>> >> >documentation too has to be generic, which is distinctly
>> >>> >sub-optimal.
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >I am certain that together the TeX user community will be
>able
>> >to
>> >>
>> >>> >> >assist you, but some background information will be vital,
>and
>> >it
>> >>
>> >>> >> >will almost certainly take several iterations before we
>achieve
>> >>> >> >complete success.  So, questions :
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >  1.  Exactly which operating system are you running  2.  Are
>> >you
>> >>
>> >>> >> > able to access your computer as am administrator 3.
>> >>> >Do
>> >>> >> >you have fast Internet access from your computer ?  (where
>> >"fast"
>> >>
>> >>> >> >=>
>> >>> >
>> >>> >> >better than 10Mbps) ?
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >And to my fellow TeX and Windows users - given that one can
>> >>> >> >install (for example) Windows 7 from a USB stick, using the
>> >>> >> >Microsoft
>> >>> >Windows
>> >>> >> >USB/DVD download
>> >>> >>
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>> >whether
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>> >>> >> >an
>> >>> >
>> >>> >> >analogous methodology could be used to install TeX Live from
>a
>> >>USB
>> >>> >> >stick for people such as Bob who lack a DVD reader ?
>> >>> >> >--
>> >>> >> >Philip Taylor
>>
>>