[tex-k] (fwd) Bug#337805: tetex-bin: dvips should include document's title in Postscript instead of DVI filename

Staszek Wawrykiewicz staw at gust.org.pl
Fri Nov 18 06:52:38 CET 2005


On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Pierre THIERRY wrote:

> Scribit Gernot Salzer dies 16/11/2005 hora 12:51:
> > Reason: if I publish a paper (e.g., submit the paper), I don't want
> > the paper to include any private information, like some funny document
> > name.
 
Please run (la)tex --jobname=what_you_want_to_name foo.tex
 
> I find it kinda weird when a PDF I open has a title like 'ms29paper.doc'
> or 'godel.dvi'...

Hmmm, you mean the title bar? It always shows just foo.pdf...
 
> > But lines like
> > %%Title: multlog.dvi
> > %DVIPSCommandLine: /usr/TeX-live/bin/i386-linux/dvips multlog.dvi
> > still constitute a tiny leak of privacy.
> 
> +1 too

See above. Ahh, what's the real secret!!! Do you know many people browsing
.ps files? How could it hurt your privacy?

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Staszek Wawrykiewicz
StaW at gust.org.pl




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