Ok, this thread is a bit old and I'm being off-topic, but I do have a
question to add. I just ran into the same problem as V�ctor did, and would
like to avoid using bitmap files. In my case, I have a mix of
vector/bitmap graphic put together with xfig, and bitmapping the vector
stuff doesn't look nice (plus file size explodes).
Dekel Tsur wrote:
> Also, the problem you had with the bitmap image when you converted them
> to PDF was due to your broken version of pdftex (probably 0.13d).
> Of course, even without bugs, the correct way to is not to convert to
> PDF, but to convert to png/jpeg.
I checked and sure enough that's the version of pdftex I have installed.
So I tried to install a newer version but got stuck. Both the precompiled
Solaris version and the one I compiled from the sources give the
following error:
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-14h-released-20010417 (Web2C 7.3.3.1)
(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
When I run it as "pdfinitex" I get:
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-14h-released-20010417 (Web2C 7.3.3.1) (INITEX)
(./pdfproblem.tex
! Undefined control sequence.
l.3 \documentclass
[french]{article}
I think I did everything the way I should. Installed by replacing pdftex
and pdftex.pool by the new ones... I'm on Solaris 2.7, using gcc 2.95.3
and gnu make etc.
What format file is it complaining about? Any clues what I'm missing?
Jan
