Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 14:25:05 -0400 (EDT) From: <paul@saxa.georgetown.edu> To: Hiroki Sato <hrs@eos.ocn.ne.jp> Cc: <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: pdfjadetex, Fatal format Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108181424410.12359-100000@saxa.georgetown.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010819.025123.91307958.hrs@eos.ocn.ne.jp>
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excellent, both methods work perfectly. thanks again, -S- On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Hiroki Sato wrote: > <paul@saxa.georgetown.edu> wrote > in <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108181300230.12262-100000@saxa.georgetown.edu>: > > paul> Say i have my file: firstbook.sgml > paul> Do i still convert this to tex with jade? or do i need to change the jade > paul> command? > paul> Then how do use the pdftex command to convert the file to pdf? > > Yes, you need to convert .sgml to .tex with jade first, then > compile .tex with pdftex '&pdfjadetex'. In short: > > a) get .dvi or .ps format > > sgml --(jade)--> tex --(tex '&jadetex')--------> dvi --(dvips)--> ps > > b) get .pdf format > > sgml --(jade)--> tex --(pdftex '&pdfjadetex')--> pdf > > To use pdftex, execute the following command: > > % pdftex '&pdfjadetex' firstbook.tex > > after sgml->tex conversion with jade. > > The primer is incorrect on that point (s/tex/pdftex/). > Probably doc/share/mk/doc.docbook.mk would help. > > In addition, as the alternative, you can use print/dvipdfm in FreeBSD > Ports Collection to create .pdf from .dvi (in that case, only jadetex > is needed). > > -- > | Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> > | <hrs@eos.ocn.ne.jp> > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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