[pdftex] "Linearized hint data" problem

[rhowlett at mail.usyd.edu.au]

Quoting Hans Hagen <pragma at wxs.nl>:

> At 23:13 18/08/2003 +1000, Jennifer Howlett wrote:
> 
> >After reading Ivo Welch's message saying that pdfopt is unreliable, I
> >tried
> >it on two of my files, documents of about 130 pages & 230 pages
> >respectively.
> >It worked fine on one, but on the other I got an error, something about
> >"/rangecheck in --get--". I do use \pdfliteral in the 2nd file, just to
> >change the color of text corresponding to links. I wouldn't have thought
> >my use of it was faulty -- I don't believe I have anything complicated
> >like color changes continuing across page breaks. I'm not using pdflatex
> >or context, just plain with a few added macros (for equation numbering
> >etc.).
> >Is it perhaps true that pdfopt is likely to have trouble whenever
> >\pdfliteral's
> >are used? (If so, I guess hyperref would upset it.)
> 
> what version of pdftex do you run?
> 
> Hans

1.10a-beta-20021115 (Web2c 7.3.11) (I guess it's time I upgraded).

Bob


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