[pdftex] problem with margin kerning

[Thanh Han The]

I can compile your test file without problem:

,--------
| This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (Web2C 7.5.7)
(format=pdftex 2008.10.15)  3 JAN 2009 18:06
| entering extended mode
|  %&-line parsing enabled.
| **test.tex
| (./test.tex (/home/thanh/texmf/tex/generic/thanh/protcode.tex
| \boxA=\box16
| \countA=\count27
| \countB=\count28
| ) [1{/home/thanh/.texlive2008/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}]
){
| /opt/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm-ec.enc}</opt/texlive/2008/te
| xmf-dist/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr10.pfb></opt/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/fonts/t
| ype1/public/lm/lmr12.pfb>
| Output written on test.pdf (1 page, 32652 bytes).
| PDF statistics:
|  15 PDF objects out of 1000 (max. 8388607)
|  0 named destinations out of 1000 (max. 131072)
|  2049 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 10000 (max. 10000000)
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I guess the problem is caused by some conflicting macros in protcode.tex and
your macros. Please don't take protcode.tex as a reference, but rather as an
example.

Thanh


On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 09:55:56AM -0700, D. R. Evans wrote:
> Thanh Han The said the following at 01/03/2009 12:01 AM :
> > please provide some minimal test file to reproduce the
> > problem.
> >
>
> Attached.
>
> As far as I can tell, as long as margin kerning is commented out, it works;
> but as soon as one turns on the margin kerning, it fails.
>
>   Doc
>
> --
> Web:  http://www.sff.net/people/N7DR

> \pdfadjustspacing=2
>
> \input protcode.tex
>
> \pdfprotrudechars 2
>
> % Latin Modern
> \font\rm=ec-lmr12 at 11.5pt
> \pdffontexpand\rm 30 20 10 autoexpand
>
> %\setprotcode\rm
>
> \rm
>
> \pdfoutput=1
> \pdfcompresslevel=0
> \pdfpagewidth=6in
> \pdfpageheight=9in
>
> \voffset=0.1in
> \hsize=4.3125in
> \vsize=6.75in
>
> % ?
> \catcode`?=\active
> \def?{{\char"F7}}
>
> \catcode`"=\active
> \def"{}
>
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> showing two sets of teeth: an outer yellow set, an inner red one; the
> creature's slobber splashed in great drops to the ground. It raised one huge
> arm and struck at her. The creature missed, its reach too short by no more
> than a foot. A great bellow came from the creature's mouth and its hot,
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>
> \end