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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Problem converting DB to PDF...
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 10:38:05AM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> writes: > > As far as I know, the pdftex defaults aren't overrides, they're just a > > default list of extensions to search. So if you tell pdftex "Include > > the image file with the name "figure1", it'll search for "figure1" > > first, then "figure1.png", then "figure1.pdf", and so on. > > > > All I do is change the search order, so that it'll include "figure1.pdf" > > in preference to "figure1.png". > > > > > > No. As the first step *after* (Open)Jade has generated the .tex file we > > > > prepend a line of TeX that makes sure the defaults are set to what we > > > > expect them to be. > > > > > > Oh, can I say "ew" to that? > > > > Yep. But I've learnt that expecting application defaults to change > > stable between releases is a bad idea. > > Eh? I agree with you on the "ew", but application defaults can change, so better to hardcode them somewhere we control, where they're not at the whim of the author :-) N -- Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery
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