[tex-eplain] colors

[Gérald Tenenbaum]

If I set TeXShop to use Tex + DVI instead of Pdftex, it does work.
Thank you.
Gérald

Gérald Tenenbaum a écrit le 13/6/22 à 12:29 :
> Thanks.
> The ouput of
> \input colordvi
> \Red{abc}, \Blue{def}, $\ldots$
> is all black on my mac using TeXShop.
> Regards,
>
> Gérald
>
>
> Laurence Finston a écrit le 13/6/22 à 12:14 :
>> Not sure if this will help.  I wasn't aware that eplain could (or 
>> should?) be used with LaTeX.  At any rate,
>> \input colordvi
>> \Red{abc}, \Blue{def}, $\ldots$
>> works with plain and eplain.  I'm not sure whether eplain is needed.  
>> colordvi.tex belongs to dvips. You can use dvipdfmx to make pdf.
>> Laurence
>> *Gesendet:* Montag, 13. Juni 2022 um 11:58 Uhr
>> *Von:* "Gérald Tenenbaum" <gerald.ten at free.fr>
>> *An:* tex-eplain at tug.org
>> *Betreff:* [tex-eplain] colors
>> Hello,
>>
>> Here is a small file that used to work but doesn't anymore:
>>
>> \input eplain
>> \beginpackages
>> \usepackage{color}
>> \endpackages
>> \long\def\red#1{{\color{red}#1}}
>> \red{ab}
>> \bye
>>
>>
>> The error message is:
>>
>> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.24 (TeX Live 2022) 
>> (preloaded format=pdftex)
>>  restricted \write18 enabled.
>> entering extended mode
>> (./essai.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/eplain/eplain.tex)
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/plain/graphics-pln/miniltx.tex)
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/color.sty
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-cfg/color.cfg)
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-def/pdftex.def)
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/mathcolor.ltx
>> /usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/mathcolor.ltx:21: 
>> Undefined control sequence.
>> l.21 \ExplSyntaxOn
>>
>> Many thanks for help.
>> Regards,
>>
>> Gérald
>

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