[pdftex] multiple embedded pdf figures

[ivo welch]

hi martin:  it isn't easy, or at least not obvious.  I did download 1.30.4,
created a symbolic link from tetex's /usr/share to /usr/local/teTeX/share so
that the configure would no longer complain, did a ./configure in src, and
then a make.  alas, it dies with
  make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/pdftex-1.30.4/src/texk/web2c'
  make[2]: *** No rule to make target `bibtex.web', needed by `bibtex.p'.
Stop.
there is no such file bibtex.web in my existing tetex tree.  it's probably
not a bug, just my ignorance.


hans h suggested that I could try pdftops (from xpdf) and then a distill
(ps2pdf).  this almost works.  it drastically reduces the number of fonts in
my documents, and eliminates many duplicates, although the pdf file size
increases.  My only remaining duplicate fonts is now "DFWMOC+Symbol".

regards,

/ivo


On 11/25/05, Martin Schröder <martin at oneiros.de> wrote:
>
> On 2005-11-25 15:58:16 -0500, ivo welch wrote:
> > so, my natural next try should be to try to upgrade pdftex.  this one is
> > scarier.  tetex upgrades are easy, because they are handled through
> gentoo.
> > but tetex 3.0 seems to be the latest version, and it is based on 1.21.
>
> Get the latest sources (1.30.4) from pdftex.org and follow the
> instructions; it should be easy.
>
> Best
>     Martin
>
> PS: Top-quotes :-(
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