Re: Package 'prosper' and color in Latex

[Dustin Lang <dalang@cs.ubc.ca>]

To follow up on my own message:

> I have installed the latest versions (from 'unstable') of the Debian packages 
> tetex-{base,bin,extra} and prosper.

Specifically:

tetex-base		2.0.2c-1
tetex-bin		2.0.2-24
tetex-extra		2.0.2c-1
prosper			1.00.4+cvs.2004.03.29-2

This is on the PowerPC platform.

Some more tests:

This works (but only if I remove the "fix" from "color.cfg"):
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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{color}
\begin{document}
{\color{blue}Blue Text}
\textcolor{blue}{Blue Text 2}
\end{document}
--------------------------------------------------------------

This also works (I just changed "article" to "seminar"):
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\documentclass{seminar}
\usepackage{color}
\begin{document}
{\color{blue}Blue Text}
\textcolor{blue}{Blue Text 2}
\end{document}
--------------------------------------------------------------

However, changing "seminar" to "prosper" fails:
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\documentclass{prosper}
\usepackage{color}
\begin{document}
{\color{blue}Blue Text}
\textcolor{blue}{Blue Text 2}
\end{document}
--------------------------------------------------------------

with this error (excerpt):
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(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/color.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/config/color.cfg)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/dvipsnam.def)

! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...

l.159   \definecolor{black}{gray}{0}
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Also, using "xcolor" fails:
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\documentclass{prosper}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\begin{document}
{\color{blue}Blue Text}
\textcolor{blue}{Blue Text 2}
\end{document}
--------------------------------------------------------------

with:
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(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/xcolor/xcolor.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/config/color.cfg)

! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...

l.1086 ...kgray,.25;gray,.5;lightgray,.75;white,1}
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Thanks,
dstn.