Bug#223549: marked as forwarded (tetex-extra: seminar doesnot work with option a4paper)
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Hello Timothy,
a user of seminar.cls has reported a bug in seminar.cls to our Debian
Bugtracking System: While the option a4 works, a4paper doesn't. This is
problematic if it is combined with geometry.sty.
A minimal document would be:
\documentclass[a4paper]{seminar}
\begin{document}
foo
\end{document}
> and subsequentely, LaTeX reports an=20
> ! Undefined control sequence.=20
> error
>
The user suggested the following workaround:
> An ugly workaround is=20
>
> -- /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/seminar/seminar.cls~ 2003-12-09 08:52:38.00=
0000000 +0100
> ++ /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/seminar/seminar.cls 2003-12-09 08:38:42.000=
000000 +0100
> @ -79,7 +79,14 @@
> \paperheight 297mm
> \slidewidth 222mm
> \slideheight 152mm\relax}
> \DeclareOption{a4paper}{\ds@a4}%
> % this triggers ! Undefined control sequence. (No numbers allowed in a co=
mmand)
> % \DeclareOption{a4paper}{\ds@a4}%
> % therefore I redefine it
> \DeclareOption{a4paper}{%
> \paperwidth 210mm
> \paperheight 297mm
> \slidewidth 222mm
> \slideheight 152mm\relax}
> \DeclareOption{semrot}{\AtEndOfClass{\input{semrot.sty}}}
> \DeclareOption{semhelv}{\AtEndOfClass{\input{semhelv.sty}}}
> \DeclareOption{semcolor}{\AtEndOfClass{\input{semcolor.sty}}}
G=FCnter, numbers are allowed in commands, you just can't use them the
simple way. So the following fix would perhaps be easier:
--- tetex-base-2.0.2/texmf/tex/latex/seminar/seminar.cls.orig Wed Dec 10 14=
:58:57 2003
+++ tetex-base-2.0.2/texmf/tex/latex/seminar/seminar.cls Wed Dec 10 15:03:1=
3 2003
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
\paperheight 297mm
\slidewidth 222mm
\slideheight 152mm\relax}
-\DeclareOption{a4paper}{\ds@a4}%
+\DeclareOption{a4paper}{\csname ds@a4\endcsname}%
\DeclareOption{semrot}{\AtEndOfClass{\input{semrot.sty}}}
\DeclareOption{semhelv}{\AtEndOfClass{\input{semhelv.sty}}}
\DeclareOption{semcolor}{\AtEndOfClass{\input{semcolor.sty}}}
Thank you, G=FCnter, for contributing, and thanks to Timothy for your
seminar class!
Bye, Frank
--=20
Frank K=FCster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
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