[XeTeX] [arXiv #128410] Re: XeLaTeX generated pdf metadata

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On Sat Sep 20 03:36:19 2014, chyavana at gmail.com wrote:
> Could you try including this in your preamble:
> 
> \usepackage{hyperref}
> 	\hypersetup{pdfcreator=XeLaTeX with hyperref}
> 
> and compile and see if the resulting PDF is sufficient for your
> purposes.
> 
> Section 3.7 at
> 
> https://www.tug.org/applications/hyperref/manual.html
> 
> explains these options in full.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Chandra
> 
> On 20/09/14 12:38, Daniel Greenhoe wrote:
> > 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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