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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-nonpdfsp.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-nonpdfsp.html deleted file mode 100644 index 1bda73a1005..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-nonpdfsp.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,37 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label nonpdfsp</title> -</head><body> -<h3>Non-PDF special ignored!</h3> -<p/>This is a PDFTeX error: PDFTeX is running in PDF output - -mode, and it has encountered a -<a href="FAQ-specials.html"><code>\</code><code>special</code></a> command. PDFTeX is -able to generate its own output, and in this mode of operation has no -need of <code>\</code><code>special</code> commands (which allow the user to pass -information to the driver being used to generate output). -<p/>Why does this happen? LaTeX users, nowadays, hardly ever use -<code>\</code><code>special</code> commands on their own — they employ packages to do the -job for them. Some packages will generate <code>\</code><code>special</code> commands -however they are invoked: <i>pstricks</i> is an example (it’s very -raison d’être is to emit PostScript code in a sequence of <code>\</code><code>special</code> -commands). <i>Pstricks</i> may be dealt with by other means (the -<i>pdftricks</i> package offers a usable technique). -<p/>More amenable to correction, but more confusing, are packages (such as -<i>color</i>, <i>graphics</i> and <i>hyperref</i>) that -specify a “driver”. These packages have plug-in modules that -determine what <code>\</code><code>special</code> (or other commands) are needed to generate -any given effect: the <code>pdftex</code> driver for such packages knows not to -generate <code>\</code><code>special</code> commands. In most circumstances, you can let -the system itself choose which driver you need; in this case -everything will act properly when you switch to using PDFLaTeX. If -you’ve been using <i>dvips</i> (and specifying the <code>dvips</code> driver) -or <i>dvipdfm</i> (for which you have to specify the driver), and -decide to try PDFLaTeX, you <em>must</em> remove the <code>dvips</code> or -<code>dvipdfm</code> driver specification from the package options, and let the -system recognise which driver is needed. -<dl> -<dt><tt><i>pdftricks.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pdftricks.zip">macros/latex/contrib/pdftricks</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pdftricks/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pdftricks.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>pstricks.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks.zip">graphics/pstricks</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks.html">catalogue entry</a> -</dl> -<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=nonpdfsp">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=nonpdfsp</a> -</body> |