[pdftex] \includepdf : missing symbols

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On 6/26/06, H V <boite_anti_spam at yahoo.fr> wrote:

> You still haven't told us the software versions, platform, etc.  Do
> you see a problem using
>  (MathTime sample
> document that everyone can use)?  The result of the following seems OK
> at first glance, using tl2005 with pdftex-1.40 .0-beta-20060213.
> [...]
>  pdflatex says :
>  This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b (Web2C 7.4.5)

Very old version.

>  I use Fedora.

On FC5 I get:
$ /usr/bin/pdftex --version
pdfeTeX 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)

>  I attach the result I obtain when I include chironmt.pdf... same problem as mine (missing sigmas).
>  I will try pstoedit when it is installed...

I haven't had a chance to look at your example, but I strongly
recommend getting a current version of pdftex.  Version 1.30 is
available from TeX Live and should work on most linux systems, even
old versions.

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George N. White III <aa056 at chebucto.ns.ca>
Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia