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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-epsf.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-epsf.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..cefa47c7fa1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-epsf.html @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label epsf</title> +</head><body> +<h3><code>epsf</code> gives up after a bit</h3> +<p>Some copies of the documentation of <i>epsf.tex</i> seem to suggest +that the command +<pre> + \input epsf +</pre> +is needed for every figure included. If you follow this suggestion +too literally, you get an error +<pre> + ! No room for a new \read . +</pre> +after a while; this is because each time <i>epsf.tex</i> is loaded, it +allocates itself a <em>new</em> file-reading handle to check the figure +for its bounding box, and there just aren't enough of these things +(see <a href="FAQ-noroom.html">no room for a new thing</a>). +<p>The solution is simple - this is in fact an example of misuse of +macros; one only need read <i>epsf.tex</i> once, so change +<pre> + ... + \input epsf + \epsffile{...} + ... + \input epsf + \epsffile{...} +</pre> +(and so on) with a single +<pre> + \input epsf +</pre> +somewhere near the start of your document, and then decorate your +<code>\</code><code>epsffile</code> statements with no more than adjustments of +<code>\</code><code>epsfxsize</code> and so on. +<p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=epsf">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=epsf</a> +</body> |