[Mac OS X TeX] \magnification error problem

[Gerben Wierda]

<x-flowed>I though we had taken this off list.

For the curious, the reason my pdftex gave different results from normal 
tex was in the pdftex.cfg file. The next dmg will have an updated cfg 
file.

Normally, people will not encounter any problems, as

>>> \nopagenumbers
>>> \hoffset -2cm
>>> \voffset -2cm
>>> \vsize = 5cm
>>> \hsize = 8cm
>>>  \magnification=4000
>>> $$\sum_{N=1}^\infty {1 \over N^2 +1 } $$
>>>  \bye
>>

is a bit weird (see the \magnification definition in page 364 of the TeX 
book) as \maginification resets hsize and vsize and in the case above 
will scale hoffset and voffset (as Thomas pointed out to me).

So, I suspect that some weird pdf is the result, where you have 
boundaries and locations disagreeing all over the place.

\nopagenumbers
  \magnification=4000
$$\sum_{N=1}^\infty {1 \over N^2 +1 } $$
  \bye

works fine here.

Gerben


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