Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.451B2D7C@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:41:58 +0100 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.451B2D7C" x-vm-v5-data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t nil][nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: Support for accurate page-selection from dvi files Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 21:36:39 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Sender: To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 363 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.451B2D7C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable David Rhead's problem is a legitimate one. Here's how I have solved it (for the moment) in my own format: - use count0 for counting succesful shipouts by the output routine; - use count1 for keeping track of the number at the top/bottom of the = page. That way the user can let the page number jump any way s/he likes, and still no dvice driver will ever complain about pages not found, which could still happen if count0 is merely the page number. I guess this could be augmented by a facility t print both counters at the page bottom, but I found it easy enough to read the = correspondence >from the log file (the joys of X windows: there is always some corner = left on the screen to display some piece of information). Victor Eijkhout Center for Supercomputing Research and Development University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 305 Talbot Laboratory phone: +1 217 244-0047 (office) 104 South Wright Street +1 217 356-0876 (home) Urbana, Illinois 61801-2932, USA fax: +1 217 244-1351 home: 2503 W. Springfield Av, Apt. K-4, Champaign 61821, USA ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.451B2D7C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: Support for accurate page-selection from dvi files

David Rhead's problem is a legitimate one. Here's how = I have solved
it (for the moment) in my own format:
- use count0 for counting succesful shipouts by the = output routine;
- use count1 for keeping track of the number at the = top/bottom of the page.
That way the user can let the page number jump any = way s/he likes, and
still no dvice driver will ever complain about pages = not found,
which could still happen if count0 is merely the page = number.

I guess this could be augmented by a facility t print = both counters
at the page bottom, but I found it easy enough to = read the correspondence
>from the log file (the joys of X windows: there = is always some corner left
on the screen to display some piece of = information).

Victor Eijkhout
 Center for Supercomputing Research and = Development
 University of Illinois at = Urbana-Champaign
 305 Talbot = Laboratory          &nb= sp;      phone: +1 217 244-0047 (office)
 104 South Wright = Street           &= nbsp;          +1 217 = 356-0876 (home)
 Urbana, Illinois 61801-2932, = USA        fax: +1 217 = 244-1351

home: 2503 W. Springfield Av, Apt. K-4, Champaign = 61821, USA




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