Bug#93004: tetex-base: pdftex option in graphicx package doesn't latex-compile

[Javier Ruiz Hidalgo <jrh@gps.tsc.upc.es>]

Hi Christoph,

On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Christoph Martin wrote:

> Javier Ruiz writes:
>  > Package: tetex-base Version: 1.0.2+20000804-7 Severity: normal
>  >
>  >
>  > 	Using option [pdftex] within the graphicx package fails to
>  > latex-compile any document (even simple articles with no figures). The
>  > output of the error is somehow cryptic:
>  >
>  > 	> latex simple
>  > 	>
>  > 	> ...
>  > 	> ...
>  > 	>
>  > 	> ! Undefined control sequence.
>  >         > <write> \m!systems
>  >         >            : Why not use pdf(e)TeX binaries?
>  >         > l.59 ...!systems}{Why not use pdf(e)TeX binaries?}
>
> So, why don't you use pdflatex as suggested by the error message?

	"pdflatex" creates a .pdf directly, I wanted to go to a .dvi so I
could use 'dvipdft' to create a bookmarked-thumbnailed-with_links version
of the pdf document directly from latex code. "pdflatex" does parse the
document but produces a "simple" pdf without does features (unless
specifically included :-(


>  > Tried the same simple document on other computers (redhat systems) with
>  > no such an error :-(
>
> Don't know what they have different.

	Me neither, just wanted to check it wasn't a document problem
before submitting a bug.


	Thanks for the quick reply anyways!!



-- 
javi.