[XeTeX] pdf_link_obj(): passed invalid object.

2010-12-20 Thread Jérôme Etévé
Hello xetex experts :) I'm sure It's not the first time you see that, but here we go again: I use xetex (xelatex) to generate document that can include other pdf files (using the package pdfpages) and when I include some documents, the rendering of my latex file crashes with an error like that:

Re: [XeTeX] pdf_link_obj(): passed invalid object.

2010-12-22 Thread Jérôme Etévé
Thanks, Unfortunately, I cannot use pdflatex as I require system native ttf fonts and unicode/utf-8 support. Maybe someone can point me to the right place to start in the source code? Cheers. J. On 22 December 2010 14:16, Fr. Michael Gilmary wrote: > Jérôme Etévé wrote: > >

Re: [XeTeX] pdf_link_obj(): passed invalid object.

2011-01-04 Thread Jérôme Etévé
Thanks everyone for your help, We'll probably contact adlib software about the issue diagnosed by Heiko. Happy new year! Jerome Eteve. On 23 December 2010 00:53, Fr. Michael Gilmary wrote: > Heiko Oberdiek wrote: > > >> * Or run the file through pdftk to generate a fixed pdf file: >>    pdftk

Re: [XeTeX] Custom page size

2011-01-11 Thread Jérôme Etévé
Hi, I myself use the package geometry with much success :) ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/geometry/geometry.pdf Cheers! Jerome. On 11 January 2011 10:52, Sven Siegmund wrote: > Hi all, > > I need help with xetexing a document on a custom paper format. > > As far as I un

[XeTeX] Protecting pdfpages \includepdf against broken PDF

2011-01-14 Thread Jérôme Etévé
Hi All, I'm using pdfpages to include user uploaded PDF documents into a larger latex document, and I'm constantly experiencing problem with invalid PDF files (They are invalid in all sorts of ways) Is there a way to protect pdfpages against such invalid files? Alternatively, is there a quick wa

[XeTeX] Fwd: Protecting pdfpages \includepdf against broken PDF

2011-01-14 Thread Jérôme Etévé
-- Forwarded message -- From: Jérôme Etévé Date: 14 January 2011 19:05 Subject: Re: [XeTeX] Protecting pdfpages \includepdf against broken PDF To: Alan Munn On 14 January 2011 19:01, Alan Munn wrote: > On Jan 14, 2011, at 1:53 PM, Jérôme Etévé wrote: > >> Hi Al

Re: [XeTeX] Protecting pdfpages \includepdf against broken PDF

2011-01-17 Thread Jérôme Etévé
olution of last resort, and I feel like I'm not far from this point. I can't use pdflatex, as I need xetex features. Thanks everyone for your suggestions, I'm still looking for a better solution. Cheers! Jerome. On 14 January 2011 19:45, Martin Schröder wrote: > 2011/1/14 Jérôme

Re: [XeTeX] Protecting pdfpages \includepdf against broken PDF

2011-01-17 Thread Jérôme Etévé
chael Gilmary wrote: > Jérôme Etévé wrote: > > > >> @Alan, Michael: I thought I'd filter everything through pdftk as a >> solution of last resort, and I feel like I'm not far from this point. >> I can't use pdflatex, as I need xetex features. > > &

Re: [XeTeX] Protecting pdfpages \includepdf against broken PDF

2011-01-20 Thread Jérôme Etévé
Hello all, A quick update on pdf's in xetex. After much thinking we figured out the best way to protect against bad (or not Assembly-able) pdf's, was to test-fly them at input time and filter them through pdftk. Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. Cheers! Jerome. -- Jerome Eteve. http:

[XeTeX] Inlined images?

2011-04-11 Thread Jérôme Etévé
Hi all! I generate automated LaTeX code quite a lot and always find myself having to write to external temporary files to include images in my documents (using graphicx). So here's my question: Is it possible to embed something like base64 encoded image data inlined in LaTeX? Thanks! Jerome.

Re: [XeTeX] Inlined images?

2011-04-12 Thread Jérôme Etévé
Hello ! > > Of course if you just want to include the files as attachments to the PDF > document, without any preview, then you can certainly do this using LaTeX. > (But then you would probably have asked a different question.) > Nice, so how do we do that? Is it possible to do something along

Re: [XeTeX] Inlined images?

2011-04-12 Thread Jérôme Etévé
11 14:25, Peter Dyballa wrote: > > Am 12.04.2011 um 10:30 schrieb Jérôme Etévé: > >> Nice, so how do we do that? > > For what? What do you try to achieve? > > -- > Greetings > >  Pete > >                  Sorry my terrible English, my native language Lisp &