Bug#63930: gets margins incorrect

[Brian May <bmay@csse.monash.edu.au>]

Package: tetex-extra
Version: 1.0-10
Severity: normal
File: /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/misc/changebar.sty

Hello,

changebar.sty works OK for odd pages (maybe), but for even pages the
changebar appears over the top of the text (right hand side).
It needs to be moved over to the right a bit more (approx
1 inch).

I tried the "oneside" option, but that didn't help (besides, I want
double sided to work....)

My file was generated with chbar.sh, but I have simplified the
header as much as possible, the basic structure of the document is now:

\documentclass[oneside] {article}
\usepackage[dvips]{changebar}

\begin{document}
...
\cbstart{}%
...
\cbend{}%
...
\end{document}


I can send my sample documents on request.

LATER: With some documents, I get the following error, from gs, when
viewing the file with xdvi:

gs: Error: /undefined in CBarX22
gs: Operand stack:
gs: 
gs: Execution stack:
gs:    %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
gs:    2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   fals
gs: e   1   %stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   .runexec2  
gs:  --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nost
gs: ringval--   --nostringval--   %loop_continue   --nostringval--   --nostringval-- 
gs:   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostring
gs: val--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostrin
gs: gval--   --nostringval--   5   4   %oparray_pop
gs: Dictionary stack:
gs:    --dict:779/809--   --dict:0/20--   --dict:57/200--   --dict:66/250--
gs: Current allocation mode is local
gs: Current file position is 46576

This might be the same bug I reported before, with seminar.sty.
(I didn't use seminar.sty here though).

When viewing the postscript file, rather then the dvi file,
everything seems much more reliable except I still get the above error.

Also, some change bars appear on the wrong side of the page. ie I have
an odd page on display. Along the main text, the changebar appears on
the left hand side, but at the bottom (the footnote), the changebar
appears on the right hand side.

Not too mention odd shapes (eg a triangle shape on another page) which
occur on over pages.

I think I am getting changebars, when nothing should appear, too.

In short, I think changebar.sty is very broken.

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux lyell 2.2.13 #1 Sat Nov 20 12:44:19 EST 1999 i686

Versions of packages tetex-extra depends on:
ii  dpkg-perl                     0.1-3.0    Perl interface modules for dpkg   
ii  tetex-base                    1.0-10     basic teTeX library files         
ii  tetex-bin                     1.0.6-6    teTeX binary files