[pdftex] Adding objects to the page

[Patrick Gundlach]

Hello Heiko,


> Package `atbegshi'. With \AtBeginShipoutUpperLeft and
> \AtBeginShipoutUpperLeftForeground you can put things in the
> background or foreground of the output box inside \AtBeginShipout.

Gee! I need to get TeXbrain 2.0 before I understand what is going on there. If
I come across a similar problem, I will try out 'atbegshi'.

If someone (the archive) wants to know what I am doing now... (some off topic LuaTeX code following)

I have taken this from plain.tex:

\def\plainoutput{\shipout\vbox{\dothingsbeforeoutput\pagebody\makefootline}%
 \advancepageno
 \ifnum\outputpenalty>-20000 \else\dosupereject\fi}

(Just added \dothingsbeforeoutput) 

this is \dothingsbeforeoutput:

\def\dothingsbeforeoutput{
\directlua{dothingsbeforeoutput()}
}

and there I collect \pdfliteral page {......} TeX-strings and write back
to TeX via 'tex.sprint("\\pdfliteral page {.....}")'. This way I make
sure these pdfilterals come before the page contents. That was a very
easy hack. I hope it has no side effects.


Thanks!

Patrick
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