[XeTeX] XeLaTeX generated pdf metadata

[Daniel Greenhoe]

Thank Akira and BPJ for your suggestions. I did try Akira's hypersetup
suggestion and it was able to change the creator field. Thank you very
very much!

I did look through my TeXLive repository that I just updated earlier
today, but I did not see pdftk. I may look further if hyperref does
not work out.

Thank you again,
Dan

On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 3:24 PM, BPJ <bpj at melroch.se> wrote:
> If I am not mistaken you can change the metadata with pdftk, although it is
> probably a pain to do so. Also I do not know if pdftk comes for Windows.
>
> lördag 20 september 2014 skrev Daniel Greenhoe <dgreenhoe at gmail.com>:
>>
>> Dear XeTex,
>>
>> I think my original email was not so clear. ArXiv.org of course
>> accepts papers generated using LaTeX, but they want to be given the
>> source files (.tex files, etc) rather than a pdf file. However, they
>> apparently sometimes make exceptions to this rule if the pdf file was
>> generated using XeTeX/XeLaTeX rather than LaTeX. That is, they *may*
>> in at least some cases accept a pdf generated by XeLaTeX, but will
>> *not* accept a pdf generated by LaTeX.
>>
>> Therefore, if it is not too much trouble, I would like the metadata in
>> my XeLaTeX/xdvipdfmx generated pdf file to clearly indicate that it
>> was generated by XeLaTeX (*not* by LaTeX). Would any one have time for
>> this?
>>
>> Many thanks in advance,
>> Dan
>>
>> ------------- please ignore the following -------------
>> Dear arXiv-moderation
>> [arXiv #128343]
>> [arXiv #128400]
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Daniel Greenhoe <dgreenhoe at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Dear XeTeX,
>> >
>> > I have tried uploading a paper in pdf format that I typeset using
>> > XeLaTeX to arXiv.org. However, it was later removed because it
>> > "appeared to be PostScript/PDF generated from TeX source". I wrote to
>> > arXiv-moderation, strongly arguing my case for using XeLaTeX rather
>> > than LaTeX. They responded saying "In order to approve such a request
>> > we'd have to have a PDF which includes it's XeTeX nature within the
>> > pdf properties...".
>> >
>> > When I typeset my paper using xelatex.exe, an xdv file is generated
>> > which contains this in the metadata:
>> >   \Creator(LaTeX with hyperref pacakge)\Author()\Producer(XeTeX 0.99991)
>> > Later I use xdvipdfmx.exe to generate a pdf file. It contains this
>> > information in the metadata:
>> >   Creator:        LaTeX with hyperref package
>> >   Producer:       xdvipdfmx (20140317)
>> >
>> > So although the producer fields provides evidence that I am using
>> > XeLaTeX, the creator field erroneously implies that I have typeset
>> > using LaTeX. Hence, there will be a high probability that my paper
>> > will either be removed by an automated server at arXiv.org or a human
>> > administrator.
>> >
>> > I realize that I could possibly hand edit the xdv file or use a
>> > metadata editor to edit the pdf file. But I would rather not do this.
>> > I would rather work transparently, not surreptitiously changing the
>> > metadata of files.
>> >
>> > Would it be possible that some qualified person could correct the
>> > creator metadata output of XeLaTeX? I am currently using xelatex from
>> > TeXLive 2014 running on Windows. Here is the first line from the log
>> > file:
>> >   This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.99991 (TeX Live 2014/W32TeX)
>> > (preloaded format=xelatex 2014.9.20)  20 SEP 2014 07:16
>> >
>> > Many thanks in advance,
>> > Dan
>> >
>> > -----please ignore the following-----
>> > Dear arXiv-moderation,
>>
>>
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