Re: Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
Uwe Stöhr wrote: neubrief wrote: I'm somewhat new to LyX and Tex and want to know what is the difference between using pdf, dvipdfm and pdflatex when exporting my lyx document to a pdf one? pdf creates a (lyx)-tex-dvi-ps-pdf (due to the complicated construction via 2 other file formats, it has many restrictions (hyperlinks disappear etc.) ) dvipdfm creates (lyx)-tex-dvi-pdf (better than the first method, it is able to embed images and to create hyperlinks. The dvipdfm-programm is not under development since 2002) pdflatex creates (lyx)-tex-pdf (best solution, you can embed images and other pdfs, create hyperlinks and the file size of the pdf is smaller than with dvipdfm. Pdflatex is developed by a large community and is part of all actual LaTeX-distributions (de-facto the standard).) pdflatex is also a lot faster than the other alternatives, so use it unless you really need some feature only found in the others. Helge Hafting
Re: Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
On Monday 23 August 2004 10:53, Helge Hafting wrote: pdflatex is also a lot faster than the other alternatives, so use it unless you really need some feature only found in the others. Or if it creates incomplete PDFs. :/ i've got one doc which doesn't use any special features (no indexing, no images, no formulas... nothing but text and section numbers), but one of the pages it generates (out of 18 or so) is half blank, and causes gv to crash throw an error while rendering that page. Running one of the other PDF exports works fine. -- - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://s11n.net ...pleasure is a grace and is not obedient to the commands of the will. -- Alan W. Watts
Re: Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
stephan beal wrote: On Monday 23 August 2004 10:53, Helge Hafting wrote: pdflatex is also a lot faster than the other alternatives, so use it unless you really need some feature only found in the others. Or if it creates incomplete PDFs. :/ i've got one doc which doesn't use any special features (no indexing, no images, no formulas... nothing but text and section numbers), but one of the pages it generates (out of 18 or so) is half blank, and causes gv to crash throw an error while rendering that page. Running one of the other PDF exports works fine. then you have a bug in your document ... Herbert
Re: Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
Uwe Stöhr wrote: neubrief wrote: I'm somewhat new to LyX and Tex and want to know what is the difference between using pdf, dvipdfm and pdflatex when exporting my lyx document to a pdf one? pdf creates a (lyx)-tex-dvi-ps-pdf (due to the complicated construction via 2 other file formats, it has many restrictions (hyperlinks disappear etc.) ) dvipdfm creates (lyx)-tex-dvi-pdf (better than the first method, it is able to embed images and to create hyperlinks. The dvipdfm-programm is not under development since 2002) pdflatex creates (lyx)-tex-pdf (best solution, you can embed images and other pdfs, create hyperlinks and the file size of the pdf is smaller than with dvipdfm. Pdflatex is developed by a large community and is part of all actual LaTeX-distributions (de-facto the standard).) pdflatex is also a lot faster than the other alternatives, so use it unless you really need some feature only found in the others. Helge Hafting
Re: Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
On Monday 23 August 2004 10:53, Helge Hafting wrote: pdflatex is also a lot faster than the other alternatives, so use it unless you really need some feature only found in the others. Or if it creates incomplete PDFs. :/ i've got one doc which doesn't use any special features (no indexing, no images, no formulas... nothing but text and section numbers), but one of the pages it generates (out of 18 or so) is half blank, and causes gv to crash throw an error while rendering that page. Running one of the other PDF exports works fine. -- - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://s11n.net ...pleasure is a grace and is not obedient to the commands of the will. -- Alan W. Watts
Re: Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
stephan beal wrote: On Monday 23 August 2004 10:53, Helge Hafting wrote: pdflatex is also a lot faster than the other alternatives, so use it unless you really need some feature only found in the others. Or if it creates incomplete PDFs. :/ i've got one doc which doesn't use any special features (no indexing, no images, no formulas... nothing but text and section numbers), but one of the pages it generates (out of 18 or so) is half blank, and causes gv to crash throw an error while rendering that page. Running one of the other PDF exports works fine. then you have a bug in your document ... Herbert
Re: Difference between "pdf" "dvipdfm" and "pdflatex" ?
Uwe Stöhr wrote: neubrief wrote: I'm somewhat new to LyX and Tex and want to know what is the difference between using pdf, dvipdfm and pdflatex when exporting my lyx document to a pdf one? pdf creates a (lyx)->tex->dvi->ps->pdf (due to the complicated construction via 2 other file formats, it has many restrictions (hyperlinks disappear etc.) ) dvipdfm creates (lyx)->tex->dvi->pdf (better than the first method, it is able to embed images and to create hyperlinks. The dvipdfm-programm is not under development since 2002) pdflatex creates (lyx)->tex->pdf (best solution, you can embed images and other pdfs, create hyperlinks and the file size of the pdf is smaller than with dvipdfm. Pdflatex is developed by a large community and is part of all actual LaTeX-distributions (de-facto the standard).) pdflatex is also a lot faster than the other alternatives, so use it unless you really need some feature only found in the others. Helge Hafting
Re: Difference between "pdf" "dvipdfm" and "pdflatex" ?
On Monday 23 August 2004 10:53, Helge Hafting wrote: > pdflatex is also a lot faster than the other alternatives, so use it > unless you really need > some feature only found in the others. Or if it creates incomplete PDFs. :/ i've got one doc which doesn't use any special features (no indexing, no images, no formulas... nothing but text and section numbers), but one of the pages it generates (out of 18 or so) is half blank, and causes gv to crash throw an error while rendering that page. Running one of the other PDF exports works fine. -- - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://s11n.net "...pleasure is a grace and is not obedient to the commands of the will." -- Alan W. Watts
Re: Difference between "pdf" "dvipdfm" and "pdflatex" ?
stephan beal wrote: On Monday 23 August 2004 10:53, Helge Hafting wrote: pdflatex is also a lot faster than the other alternatives, so use it unless you really need some feature only found in the others. Or if it creates incomplete PDFs. :/ i've got one doc which doesn't use any special features (no indexing, no images, no formulas... nothing but text and section numbers), but one of the pages it generates (out of 18 or so) is half blank, and causes gv to crash throw an error while rendering that page. Running one of the other PDF exports works fine. then you have a bug in your document ... Herbert
Re: Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
Uwe Stöhr wrote: pdf is a method which produces in _any_ case a pdf file and has only _some_ minor restrictions, e.g. no linebreaks of hyperrefs. It has also some advantages! What are the advantages? I had much problems with this method in the past. that you can use psfrag, pstricks, ... and other PostScript related packages without any restriction. pdflatex creates (lyx)-tex-pdf (best solution, you can embed images possible with any method I don't understand that. What other program is able to convert tex to pdf directly? I meant the images ... a good alternative is VTeX/Linux, which is free and can handle _any_ graphics format and _any_ PostScript related code. But VTeX is not free under Win, insn't it? yes VTeX seems to be a complete (La)TeX distribution. Is it possible to use only the pdf-producing engine together/for other LaTeX-distributions? there are only a few packages, e.g. hyperref and pstricks.con, which are patched for use with VTeX. I have a link from VTeX to my TeX-Live installation. Herbert -- http://TeXnik.de/ http://PSTricks.de/ ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/info/math/voss/Voss-Mathmode.pdf http://www.dante.de/faq/de-tex-faq/ http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes
Re: Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
Uwe Stöhr wrote: pdf is a method which produces in _any_ case a pdf file and has only _some_ minor restrictions, e.g. no linebreaks of hyperrefs. It has also some advantages! What are the advantages? I had much problems with this method in the past. that you can use psfrag, pstricks, ... and other PostScript related packages without any restriction. pdflatex creates (lyx)-tex-pdf (best solution, you can embed images possible with any method I don't understand that. What other program is able to convert tex to pdf directly? I meant the images ... a good alternative is VTeX/Linux, which is free and can handle _any_ graphics format and _any_ PostScript related code. But VTeX is not free under Win, insn't it? yes VTeX seems to be a complete (La)TeX distribution. Is it possible to use only the pdf-producing engine together/for other LaTeX-distributions? there are only a few packages, e.g. hyperref and pstricks.con, which are patched for use with VTeX. I have a link from VTeX to my TeX-Live installation. Herbert -- http://TeXnik.de/ http://PSTricks.de/ ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/info/math/voss/Voss-Mathmode.pdf http://www.dante.de/faq/de-tex-faq/ http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes
Re: Difference between "pdf" "dvipdfm" and "pdflatex" ?
Uwe Stöhr wrote: pdf is a method which produces in _any_ case a pdf file and has only _some_ minor restrictions, e.g. no linebreaks of hyperrefs. It has also some advantages! What are the advantages? I had much problems with this method in the past. that you can use psfrag, pstricks, ... and other PostScript related packages without any restriction. pdflatex creates (lyx)->tex->pdf (best solution, you can embed images possible with any method I don't understand that. What other program is able to convert tex to pdf directly? I meant the images ... a good alternative is VTeX/Linux, which is free and can handle _any_ graphics format and _any_ PostScript related code. But VTeX is not free under Win, insn't it? yes VTeX seems to be a complete (La)TeX distribution. Is it possible to use only the pdf-producing engine together/for other LaTeX-distributions? there are only a few packages, e.g. hyperref and pstricks.con, which are patched for use with VTeX. I have a link from VTeX to my TeX-Live installation. Herbert -- http://TeXnik.de/ http://PSTricks.de/ ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/info/math/voss/Voss-Mathmode.pdf http://www.dante.de/faq/de-tex-faq/ http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes
Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
Hi there, I'm somewhat new to LyX and Tex and want to know what is the difference between using pdf, dvipdfm and pdflatex when exporting my lyx document to a pdf one? Thanks, Dieter
Re: Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
neubrief wrote: I'm somewhat new to LyX and Tex and want to know what is the difference between using pdf, dvipdfm and pdflatex when exporting my lyx document to a pdf one? pdf creates a (lyx)-tex-dvi-ps-pdf (due to the complicated construction via 2 other file formats, it has many restrictions (hyperlinks disappear etc.) ) dvipdfm creates (lyx)-tex-dvi-pdf (better than the first method, it is able to embed images and to create hyperlinks. The dvipdfm-programm is not under development since 2002) pdflatex creates (lyx)-tex-pdf (best solution, you can embed images and other pdfs, create hyperlinks and the file size of the pdf is smaller than with dvipdfm. Pdflatex is developed by a large community and is part of all actual LaTeX-distributions (de-facto the standard).) Correct me if I'm wrong. regards Uwe
Re: Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
Uwe Stöhr wrote: neubrief wrote: I'm somewhat new to LyX and Tex and want to know what is the difference between using pdf, dvipdfm and pdflatex when exporting my lyx document to a pdf one? pdf creates a (lyx)-tex-dvi-ps-pdf (due to the complicated construction via 2 other file formats, it has many restrictions (hyperlinks disappear etc.) ) this is a method which produces in _any_ case a pdf file and has only _some_ minor restrictions, e.g. no linebreaks of hyperrefs. It has also some advantages! pdflatex creates (lyx)-tex-pdf (best solution, you can embed images possible with any method and other pdfs, create hyperlinks and the file size of the pdf is creating hyperlinks is also possible with ps2pdf. pdfTeX also has some disadvantages, e.g. no PostScript arithmetic smaller than with dvipdfm. Pdflatex is developed by a large community and is part of all actual LaTeX-distributions (de-facto the standard).) a good alternative is VTeX/Linux, which is free and can handle _any_ graphics format and _any_ PostScript related code. Herbert
Re: Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
Herbert, Voss wrote: pdf is a method which produces in _any_ case a pdf file and has only _some_ minor restrictions, e.g. no linebreaks of hyperrefs. It has also some advantages! What are the advantages? I had much problems with this method in the past. pdflatex creates (lyx)-tex-pdf (best solution, you can embed images possible with any method I don't understand that. What other program is able to convert tex to pdf directly? a good alternative is VTeX/Linux, which is free and can handle _any_ graphics format and _any_ PostScript related code. But VTeX is not free under Win, insn't it? VTeX seems to be a complete (La)TeX distribution. Is it possible to use only the pdf-producing engine together/for other LaTeX-distributions? Thanks in advance and regards Uwe
Re: Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 07:01:36PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: pdflatex creates (lyx)-tex-pdf (best solution, you can embed images and other pdfs, create hyperlinks and the file size of the pdf is smaller than with dvipdfm. Pdflatex is developed by a large community and is part of all actual LaTeX-distributions (de-facto the standard).) But can't use pstricks etc. Correct me if I'm wrong. Correct me if I am wrong. Andre'
Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
Hi there, I'm somewhat new to LyX and Tex and want to know what is the difference between using pdf, dvipdfm and pdflatex when exporting my lyx document to a pdf one? Thanks, Dieter
Re: Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
neubrief wrote: I'm somewhat new to LyX and Tex and want to know what is the difference between using pdf, dvipdfm and pdflatex when exporting my lyx document to a pdf one? pdf creates a (lyx)-tex-dvi-ps-pdf (due to the complicated construction via 2 other file formats, it has many restrictions (hyperlinks disappear etc.) ) dvipdfm creates (lyx)-tex-dvi-pdf (better than the first method, it is able to embed images and to create hyperlinks. The dvipdfm-programm is not under development since 2002) pdflatex creates (lyx)-tex-pdf (best solution, you can embed images and other pdfs, create hyperlinks and the file size of the pdf is smaller than with dvipdfm. Pdflatex is developed by a large community and is part of all actual LaTeX-distributions (de-facto the standard).) Correct me if I'm wrong. regards Uwe
Re: Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
Uwe Stöhr wrote: neubrief wrote: I'm somewhat new to LyX and Tex and want to know what is the difference between using pdf, dvipdfm and pdflatex when exporting my lyx document to a pdf one? pdf creates a (lyx)-tex-dvi-ps-pdf (due to the complicated construction via 2 other file formats, it has many restrictions (hyperlinks disappear etc.) ) this is a method which produces in _any_ case a pdf file and has only _some_ minor restrictions, e.g. no linebreaks of hyperrefs. It has also some advantages! pdflatex creates (lyx)-tex-pdf (best solution, you can embed images possible with any method and other pdfs, create hyperlinks and the file size of the pdf is creating hyperlinks is also possible with ps2pdf. pdfTeX also has some disadvantages, e.g. no PostScript arithmetic smaller than with dvipdfm. Pdflatex is developed by a large community and is part of all actual LaTeX-distributions (de-facto the standard).) a good alternative is VTeX/Linux, which is free and can handle _any_ graphics format and _any_ PostScript related code. Herbert
Re: Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
Herbert, Voss wrote: pdf is a method which produces in _any_ case a pdf file and has only _some_ minor restrictions, e.g. no linebreaks of hyperrefs. It has also some advantages! What are the advantages? I had much problems with this method in the past. pdflatex creates (lyx)-tex-pdf (best solution, you can embed images possible with any method I don't understand that. What other program is able to convert tex to pdf directly? a good alternative is VTeX/Linux, which is free and can handle _any_ graphics format and _any_ PostScript related code. But VTeX is not free under Win, insn't it? VTeX seems to be a complete (La)TeX distribution. Is it possible to use only the pdf-producing engine together/for other LaTeX-distributions? Thanks in advance and regards Uwe
Re: Difference between pdf dvipdfm and pdflatex ?
On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 07:01:36PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: pdflatex creates (lyx)-tex-pdf (best solution, you can embed images and other pdfs, create hyperlinks and the file size of the pdf is smaller than with dvipdfm. Pdflatex is developed by a large community and is part of all actual LaTeX-distributions (de-facto the standard).) But can't use pstricks etc. Correct me if I'm wrong. Correct me if I am wrong. Andre'
Difference between "pdf" "dvipdfm" and "pdflatex" ?
Hi there, I'm somewhat new to LyX and Tex and want to know what is the difference between using pdf, dvipdfm and pdflatex when exporting my lyx document to a pdf one? Thanks, Dieter
Re: Difference between "pdf" "dvipdfm" and "pdflatex" ?
neubrief wrote: I'm somewhat new to LyX and Tex and want to know what is the difference between using pdf, dvipdfm and pdflatex when exporting my lyx document to a pdf one? pdf creates a (lyx)->tex->dvi->ps->pdf (due to the complicated construction via 2 other file formats, it has many restrictions (hyperlinks disappear etc.) ) dvipdfm creates (lyx)->tex->dvi->pdf (better than the first method, it is able to embed images and to create hyperlinks. The dvipdfm-programm is not under development since 2002) pdflatex creates (lyx)->tex->pdf (best solution, you can embed images and other pdfs, create hyperlinks and the file size of the pdf is smaller than with dvipdfm. Pdflatex is developed by a large community and is part of all actual LaTeX-distributions (de-facto the standard).) Correct me if I'm wrong. regards Uwe
Re: Difference between "pdf" "dvipdfm" and "pdflatex" ?
Uwe Stöhr wrote: neubrief wrote: I'm somewhat new to LyX and Tex and want to know what is the difference between using pdf, dvipdfm and pdflatex when exporting my lyx document to a pdf one? pdf creates a (lyx)->tex->dvi->ps->pdf (due to the complicated construction via 2 other file formats, it has many restrictions (hyperlinks disappear etc.) ) this is a method which produces in _any_ case a pdf file and has only _some_ minor restrictions, e.g. no linebreaks of hyperrefs. It has also some advantages! pdflatex creates (lyx)->tex->pdf (best solution, you can embed images possible with any method and other pdfs, create hyperlinks and the file size of the pdf is creating hyperlinks is also possible with ps2pdf. pdfTeX also has some disadvantages, e.g. no PostScript arithmetic smaller than with dvipdfm. Pdflatex is developed by a large community and is part of all actual LaTeX-distributions (de-facto the standard).) a good alternative is VTeX/Linux, which is free and can handle _any_ graphics format and _any_ PostScript related code. Herbert
Re: Difference between "pdf" "dvipdfm" and "pdflatex" ?
Herbert, Voss wrote: pdf is a method which produces in _any_ case a pdf file and has only _some_ minor restrictions, e.g. no linebreaks of hyperrefs. It has also some advantages! What are the advantages? I had much problems with this method in the past. pdflatex creates (lyx)->tex->pdf (best solution, you can embed images possible with any method I don't understand that. What other program is able to convert tex to pdf directly? a good alternative is VTeX/Linux, which is free and can handle _any_ graphics format and _any_ PostScript related code. But VTeX is not free under Win, insn't it? VTeX seems to be a complete (La)TeX distribution. Is it possible to use only the pdf-producing engine together/for other LaTeX-distributions? Thanks in advance and regards Uwe
Re: Difference between "pdf" "dvipdfm" and "pdflatex" ?
On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 07:01:36PM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > pdflatex creates (lyx)->tex->pdf (best solution, you can embed images > and other pdfs, create hyperlinks and the file size of the pdf is > smaller than with dvipdfm. Pdflatex is developed by a large community > and is part of all actual LaTeX-distributions (de-facto the standard).) But can't use pstricks etc. > Correct me if I'm wrong. Correct me if I am wrong. Andre'
