[Mac OS X TeX] !Dimensions too large ??

[Ross Moore]

> hi all,
> 
> i keep getting strange error messages in pdflatex that i cannot reolve:
> 
> Warning: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdflatex: 
> arithmetic
> : number too big
> ! Dimension too large.
> <argument> \wd \@tempboxa
> 
> l.804 .../detections/rowley/19990923114842000.jpg}
> 
> 
> where the latex-source is a simple
> \includegraphics[width=4cm]{Figures/detections/rowley/19990923114842000.jpg}

It's rather dangerous to use filenames that start with numbers.
The possibility is small, but non-existent, that the name will
follow directly after another number, and macro expansion might
be such as to make the two concatenate into a single number.

So try renaming the image file, and try again.

If that solves the problem in this case, then it gives an indication
of where some internal coding is a bit sloppy.
It also gives you an effective work-around.
 
> inside a {tabular} environment...
> 
> any ideas?
> 
> (the same source compiles on a linux box without problems)

Interesting.
Is it pdfTeX under Linux ?
Yes, I suppose it must be, to be working with a .jpg image.
Is it the same version of pdfTeX ?


Hope this helps,

	Ross Moore


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