problems with \mathbbm on my new MiKTeX
pkg
if you have followed my "harddisk crash" thread the last two days you
know that I had to install a completely new MiKTeX and chose version
2.4. Before I also had this version of MiKTeX. I installed all packages
in the package manager.
Now the following problem has occured:
I have included the package mathbbm to be able to use \mathbbm{1} to
create the symbol "1I" (the 1 in the "set style" = indicator function).
As I have now noticed by chance at all places where there should be 1I
(and where it was two days before!) there is now blank space, i.e. just
nothing. I say "by chance" because there no error was produced, so I
first did not take account of it. When I looked into the package
manager the package in fact was missing (with my MiKTeX before it was
there by default, I did not download it from anywhere). Bit in this
case \include{mathbbm} should actually produce an error??!!
1st question: What's goiing on there?
2nd question: Is it possible that at some other places other symbols
also just have disappeared without that MiKTeX complains somehow? (It
would be a messy job to check each symbol on each of the >110 pages of
the thesis ...)
Many thanks for your help!
pkg
PS: As I predicted there will occur new problems resulting from the HD
crash when one already believes that the nightmare is over ...
pkg
in the package manager. This explains, why MiKTeX does not complain.
But it DOES NOT explain why the symbol is not produced (as I said two
days ago I still WAS produced by \mathbm{1}) ...
pkg
Ulrike Fischer
Perhaps you are missing the font itself.
If you have miktex 2.4 and are using YAP: Try to renew all format files
(miktex->options).
If that doesn't help, make a complete minimal example that shows the
problem, compile it with pdflatex and then sent the example and the
log.
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pkg
> (miktex->options).
That's what I tried first ... and once again now. As for the ps-file it
has helped nothing. I also pdflatexed the file now. With adobe acrobat
the symbol is well displayed. So I guess that it might be a problem
with ghostview? I have installed however the latest vesrion of
ghostview (8.53) and ghostscript. What surprises me is that with my
old (i.e. two days ago) system I did not have this problem ...
In any case, it should work with ps instead of pdf as well, because I
prefer working with the ps files ...
pkg
Here is the minmal example, but again I think it has to something with
gv rather than with MiKTeX
\documentclass [11pt, a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{bbm}
\begin{document}
$\mathbbm{1}$
\end{document}
pkg
it really seems to be a problem of gv ...
pkg
Ulrike Fischer
> Here is the minmal example,
I also told you to sent the log-file.
> but again I think it has to something with
> gv rather than with MiKTeX
What dvips command are you using?
pkg
-------------
This is e-TeX, Version 3.141592-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (preloaded
format=latex 2006.8.3) 3 AUG 2006 10:51
entering extended mode
**miniex.tex
(miniex.tex
LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
Babel <v3.8g> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang,
nohyphenation, ge
rman, ngerman, french, loaded.
(C:\texmf\tex\latex\base\article.cls
Document Class: article 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(C:\texmf\tex\latex\base\size11.clo
File: size11.clo 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX file (size option)
)
\c@part=\count79
\c@section=\count80
\c@subsection=\count81
\c@subsubsection=\count82
\c@paragraph=\count83
\c@subparagraph=\count84
\c@figure=\count85
\c@table=\count86
\abovecaptionskip=\skip41
\belowcaptionskip=\skip42
\bibindent=\dimen102
) (C:\texmf\tex\latex\bbm\bbm.sty
Package: bbm 1999/03/15 V 1.2 provides fonts for set symbols - TH
LaTeX Font Info: Overwriting math alphabet `\mathbbm' in version
`bold'
(Font) U/bbm/m/n --> U/bbm/bx/n on input line 33.
LaTeX Font Info: Overwriting math alphabet `\mathbbmss' in version
`bold'
(Font) U/bbmss/m/n --> U/bbmss/bx/n on input line 35.
)
(miniex.aux)
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Info: External font `cmex10' loaded for size
(Font) <10.95> on input line 4.
LaTeX Font Info: External font `cmex10' loaded for size
(Font) <8> on input line 4.
LaTeX Font Info: External font `cmex10' loaded for size
(Font) <6> on input line 4.
LaTeX Font Info: Try loading font information for U+bbm on input
line 4.
(C:\texmf\tex\latex\bbm\ubbm.fd
File: ubbm.fd 1999/03/15 V 1.2 Font definition for bbm font - TH
) [1
] (miniex.aux) )
Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
275 strings out of 95878
2917 string characters out of 1195103
46329 words of memory out of 1050030
3385 multiletter control sequences out of 60000
6775 words of font info for 26 fonts, out of 1000000 for 2000
14 hyphenation exceptions out of 4999
21i,4n,22p,161b,107s stack positions out of
5000i,500n,10000p,200000b,32768s
Output written on miniex.dvi (1 page, 276 bytes).
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Which dvi2ps I use? This is a good question. I just click the "dvi->ps"
button in WinEdt ... How can I find out "which" dvi2ps it is?
pkg
Ulrike Fischer
> Sorry! Here is the log:
> -------------
> This is e-TeX, Version 3.141592-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (preloaded
I said " compile it with pdflatex "
Could you please try to concentrate a bit?
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Which dvi2ps I use? This is a good question. I just click the "dvi->ps"
> button in WinEdt ... How can I find out "which" dvi2ps it is?
The main question is if you are adding some switches to dvips.
Open your testfile with winedt.
Use shift+strg/ctrl+H. Winedt should then say "set current directory to
."
Open then with the winedt accessory a command prompt. The prompt should
show the directory of your test file.
Type
dvips miniex <enter>
You should then be able to see the messages of dvips.
Open the ps in gv. Does is work?
If not, did dvips give any messages? Which one? (Copy them from the
command window).
pkg
> I said " compile it with pdflatex "
>
> Could you please try to concentrate a bit?
I do!!!! And I pdflatexed it first. But as it worked well with pdf I
thought the log from the latex run would be more usefull ...
As you told me I now ran dvips via the WinEdt command shell and after
opening GV everything looked perfect (and if course dvips did not
compalin anything). So I retried clicking on the "dvi->ps" button in
WinEdt, reopened the ps file with GV ... and the symbol had disappeared
again! So as matter of fact the routine started by clikcing on the
button uses another dvi2ps than the dvips command in the command window
*?*. If I click on the mentioned button I am also asked how many pages
I want to convert and I have to specify for "generic parameters".
Default is "-P pdf -G0". I also tried choosing "-P pdf", "-P pdf -G1"
and some other "generic parameters". This changed nothing. But to be
honest I have no idea what he means with "generic parameters" etc. But
it might be usefull info for you. In any case it should be possible to
make WinEdt use the dvips it uses from the command shell as well when I
call the command via the button ...
pkg
Ulrike Fischer
>
>> I said " compile it with pdflatex "
>>
>> Could you please try to concentrate a bit?
>
> I do!!!! And I pdflatexed it first. But as it worked well with pdf I
> thought the log from the latex run would be more usefull ...
No, the pdflatex shows the used fonts. E.g it shows if you are using
type 1 or bitmap fonts. When font problems are involved it is in most
cases more useful, even if everything works fine with pdflatex.
> *?*. If I click on the mentioned button I am also asked how many pages
> I want to convert and I have to specify for "generic parameters".
> Default is "-P pdf -G0". I also tried choosing "-P pdf", "-P pdf -G1"
> and some other "generic parameters".
Don't use -P pdf. It is the cause of your problem.
I think you can also delete the -G key, the option should be turn of by
default anyway. Read the documentation of dvips if you want to know
what the switches does.
Lars Madsen
>
> Don't use -P pdf. It is the cause of your problem.
>
> I think you can also delete the -G key, the option should be turn of by
> default anyway. Read the documentation of dvips if you want to know
> what the switches does.
>
>
what's wrong with using -P pdf?
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Robin Fairbairns
>> Don't use -P pdf. It is the cause of your problem.
>>
>> I think you can also delete the -G key, the option should be turn of by
>> default anyway. Read the documentation of dvips if you want to know
>> what the switches does.
>
>what's wrong with using -P pdf?
it makes it impossible to generate bitmap fonts when only mf source is
available.
--
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Ulrike Fischer
>> Don't use -P pdf. It is the cause of your problem.
> what's wrong with using -P pdf?
It doesn't work when you have bitmaps in your document: dvips is trying
to trigger makepf make a pk with a high resolution and runs into
problems:
E:\UlleDoku\Tests>dvips -Ppdf test
This is dvips(k) 5.94b Copyright 2004 Radical Eye Software
(www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2006.08.03:1112' -> test.ps
- miktex_make_pk_font (bbm10, 8764, 8000, ljfour)
Trying to make PK font "bbm10" (at 8764 DPI)...
MAKEPK: warning: specified BDPI (8000) doesn't match "ljfour"
resolution (600)
Creating "bbm10.pk"...
"mf" \mode:=ljfour; \mag:=magstep(0.5);nonstopmode;input bbm10
This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (MiKTeX 2.4)
...
This is GFtoPK, Version 2.3 (MiKTeX 2.4)
MAKEPK: GFtoPK failed on "bbm10.8764gf".
G:\TEXMF\MIKTEX\BIN\DVIPS.EXE: Font bbm10.8764pk not found, characters
will be left blank.
You should use -Ppdf only if every font in your document is in type1
(and if you want to make a pdf afterward).
pkg
deleting the -P and G in this window which pops up after clikcing on
dvi->ps has solved the problem.
Thanks
pkg
Lars Madsen
>>what's wrong with using -P pdf?
>
>
> it makes it impossible to generate bitmap fonts when only mf source is
> available.
I see
because I have a small problem with my LaTeX book, in its current version I use
some many fonts (both in the document and via eps files) that just running dvips as
dvips master.dvi
results in an console output that looks very different than normal (well at
least sometimes, I couldn't reprocude it right now), and viewing the PS-file in
GV results in no pagenumbers (in the GV interface).
But using dvips -Ppdf it runs fine.
I guess it's because of the higher memory settings.
is it possible to increase the memory setting used by dvips directly on the
command line?
Ulrike Fischer
>
>>>what's wrong with using -P pdf?
>>
>>
>> it makes it impossible to generate bitmap fonts when only mf source
>> is available.
>
> I see
>
> because I have a small problem with my LaTeX book, in its current
> version I use some many fonts (both in the document and via eps files)
> that just running dvips as
>
> dvips master.dvi
>
> results in an console output that looks very different than normal
> (well at least sometimes, I couldn't reprocude it right now), and
> viewing the PS-file in GV results in no pagenumbers (in the GV
> interface).
>
> But using dvips -Ppdf it runs fine.
>
> I guess it's because of the higher memory settings.
>
> is it possible to increase the memory setting used by dvips directly
> on the command line?
I don't think so, at least I didn't find it in the docu. But you can
change the memory settings in config.ps, or make a local copy of
config.ps and make the change there, or make a config.my and use dvips
-Pmy.
config.pdf has
m 6000000