Re: TeX export failure (was: [Fwd: Problem with .tex graphics generated with Dia and tetex3x])

[Tom Kast <tomkast gmail com>]

hiho - 

forgive me, just curious -- i am new to miktex/latex/textex but i
gather that they are for making pretty documents potentially with math
equations...  i had no idea that you could use dia for page
layout/math equations -- but then again, i am fairly new to dia...

...so with that intro, could you send an attachment/example of a
..."diagram(s) consisting of native TeX commands somehow, to
match(ing) the font and formula look of the text"?

...just curious...

danka,

tomas

On Apr 12, 2005 7:49 AM, Klaus Lutterjohann <loial gmx net> wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> thank you for your advise. It really works! :-)
> (Even though I use MikTeX instead of tetex)
>
> I therefore publish your answer to the Dia mailing list. Even if currently
> I am the only one with these problems, at least the mailing list archive
> will have the solution for future use.
>
> And maybe the Dia developers can adjust the use of \scalebox sometime to
> adapt to the changes in TeX/PSTricks.
> (\scalebox{x-scale y-scale}{...}  --->  \scalebox{x-scale}[y-scale]{...})
>
> Unfortunately, now that the diagrams work, I see that PSTricks does not
> work with PDFTeX! The document compiles without error, but Acrobat Reader
> says (german): "Fehlerhafter Objekttyp in einem Textoperator-Array" and
> "Ein nicht erkannter Token 'Black' wurde gefunden"  --> no output at all!
> My intention was to include diagrams consisting of native TeX commands
> somehow, to match the font and formula look of the text. But if I cannot
> use PDF (necessary for other reasons) the whole thing makes no sense
> anymore :-(
> I considered exporting the diagram to EPS and converting to PDF for
> inclusion, but that way I can't use math formulas in my diagram, and the
> font doesn't match as well.
> I will have to look elsewhere to find a tool that gets along without
> PSTricks :-(
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Klaus Lutterjohann
>
> ------- Forwarded message -------
> From: "Benoit Vinsonneau" <b vinsonneau coventry ac uk>
> To: loial gmx net
> Subject: [Fwd: Problem with .tex graphics generated with Dia and tetex3x]
> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:57:21 +0100
>
> Hi,
>
> I have seen your Email on Dia list. I have contacted them for the same
> reason. Here is the Email I send. It is basically a problem of tetex
> version. If you downgrade to older tetex it should work fine. Otherwise,
> followed the instruction in the forwarded email, and if you find other
> solutions, thanks for letting me know!
>
> Regards,
>
> Ben
>
> ------- Forwarded message -------
>
> [...]
> I just upgraded from tetex2x to tetex3x on my Gentoo linux system and I
> am not able anymore to compile my latex files with graphics created and
> exported to .tex by Dia0.94. The culprite is :
>
> \scalebox{x-scale y-scale}{...}
> which, in tetex3x, change to:
> \scalebox{x-scale}[y-scale]{...}
>
> making this change allow me to compile my file!
>
> As well, what is the logic behind the -1? Would not it be simpler to
> create everything in the right order and therefore avoid the use of
> scalebox? (all scaleboxs I found are \scalebox{1 -1}).
>
> There is still plenty of problems in the picture (misplaced elements)
> but I did not find yet what was the others problems!
> [...]
>
> ------------ My first request -----------
> I have troubles exporting a diagram to TeX (PSTricks).
> Regardless of my selected TeX output type (dvi, ps or pdf) I get multiple
> errors when compiling with
> LaTeX (75 for one diagram).
> I use Dia 0.94 -- which is the current release -- and PSTricks 1.04
> (2004/06/22) on Windows XP.
>
> PDFTeX (my favourite; without loss of generality) says:
> --------------------------
> ! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).
> <to be read again>
>                    -
> l.425 }
>        \endpspicture
> Dimensions can be in units of em, ex, in, pt, pc,
> cm, mm, dd, cc, bp, or sp; but yours is a new one!
> I'll assume that you meant to say pt, for printer's points.
> To recover gracefully from this error, it's best to
> delete the erroneous units; e.g., type `2' to delete
> two letters. (See Chapter 27 of The TeXbook.)
>
> ! Missing = inserted for \ifdim.
> <to be read again>
>                    -
> l.425 }
>        \endpspicture
> I was expecting to see `<', `=', or `>'. Didn't.
>
> ! Missing number, treated as zero.
> <to be read again>
>                    \box
> l.425 }
>        \endpspicture
> A number should have been here; I inserted `0'.
> (If you can't figure out why I needed to see a number,
> look up `weird error' in the index to The TeXbook.)
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