Using Fedora 9 the TeX can be converted into a searchable pdf using texi2pdf once.
I tried xdvi which used to be the way to read dvi files only to find some pseudo-modernist has stolen it. It has been replaced by evince, which displays the dvi file and can save it as a pdf. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephan Hennig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: "Robbie Morrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Help-glpk] Re: producing PDF documentation > Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:05:08 +0100 > > > [posted through gmane.org, CC Robbie Morrison, Andrew Makhorin] > > Robbie Morrison schrieb: > > > The 'pdflatex' method gives the best quality output. > > The resultant PDF is also seachable using Adobe > > 'acroread' with the following qualification: the > > various TeX ligatures, such as "fi", are not understood > > by 'acroread' -- which means that "specified" will fail > > but that "speci" works fine. > > The attached patch makes ligatures searchable in pdflatex output. > Tested with > > Windows XP > Adobe Reader 9.0.0 > pdflatex 3.1415926-1.40.9 (MiKTeX 2.7) > > and the following LaTeX packages: > > *File List* > ifpdf.sty 2007/12/12 v1.6 Provides the ifpdf switch (HO) > cmap.sty 2008/03/06 v1.0h CMap support: searchable PDF > report.cls 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class > size11.clo 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX file (size option) > omscmr.fd 1999/05/25 v2.5h Standard LaTeX font definitions > *********** > > > > Version information: > > > > pdflatex : pdfeTeX 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) > > > > This email follows up an similar posting on 22-May-2008. > > Where you gave the additional information that you're using a teTeX > distribution shipped with Ubuntu. The preferred TeX distribution for > unix-flavoured operating systems is TeX Live, nowadays. A fresh > edition---TeX Live 2008---has recently been released. teTeX is horribly > outdated and no longer maintained. It might contain an older cmap.sty > package, that can break DVI compilation. > > Best regards, > Stephan Hennig > > PS: What about replacing glpk.ps by glpk.pdf, given that > > * nowadays, PDF provides better accessibility than PS, > * pdfTeX is known to produce very good (compatible) PDF code, > * hyper link, outline, PDF meta data, and XMP data support can be easily > added for PDF output, > * PDF size is around 260 kB smaller than PS size, > * ... > > --- glpk.tex 2008-10-30 10:00:00.000000000 +0100 > +++ glpk-2.tex 2008-11-01 14:23:10.328125000 +0100 > @@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ > % along with GLPK. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. > %*********************************************************************** > > +\RequirePackage{ifpdf} > +\ifpdf > +\RequirePackage{cmap}% Improve PDF text search. > +\fi > \documentclass[11pt,draft]{report} > > \begin{document} > > _______________________________________________ > Help-glpk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-glpk > -- _______________________________________________ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 9 at http://www.opera.com Powered by Outblaze _______________________________________________ Help-glpk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-glpk
