[pdftex] Fwd: [OS X TeX] "Too many open files" error - how tofix?

[Gerben Wierda]

On Friday, September 6, 2002, at 07:33 , Akira Kakuto wrote:

>> Known problem due to an 'optimisation' removed in pdftex at some
>> point. I have added it for the win32 version.
> (I have corrected the above: added ---> removed, removed ---> added)
>
> Sorry. A crash in
> \pdfximage height 4cm {img.pdf}\pdfrefximage\pdflastximage
> \pdfximage height 6cm {img.pdf}\pdfrefximage\pdflastximage
>
> should be avoided by
> \immediate\pdfximage height 4cm {img.pdf}\pdfrefximage\pdflastximage
> \pdfximage height 6cm {img.pdf}\pdfrefximage\pdflastximage
> --
> Akira Kakuto
>

Sorry, Akira, but this is too much of shorthand to me. What are you 
saying here?

G