dvips: Couldn't find header file texc.pro

[Alex Vinokur]

"Igor Pechtchanski" <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu> wrote in message news:Pine.GSO.4.61.0409280848190.4120@slinky.cs.nyu.edu...
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Alex Vinokur wrote:
>
> > "Igor Pechtchanski" wrote:
> > > On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Alex Vinokur wrote:
> > >
> > > > I tried to invoke dvips.
> > > >
> > > > Here is what I have got.
> > > >
> > > > $ dvips foo.dvi
> > > > This is dvips(k) 5.92b Copyright 2002 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
> > > > dvips: ! Couldn't find header file texc.pro
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > $ kpsewhich texc.pro
> > > /usr/share/texmf/dvips/base/texc.pro
> > > $ cygcheck -f /usr/share/texmf/dvips/base/texc.pro
> > > tetex-bin-2.0.2-13
> > >
> > > What does "cygcheck -cv tetex-bin" show?
> > [snip]
> >
> >
> > $ kpsewhich texc.pro
> >
> > $ cygcheck -f /usr/share/texmf/dvips/base/texc.pro
> >
> > $ cygcheck -cv tetex-bin
> > Cygwin Package Information
> > Last downloaded files to: C:\cygwin\_download\001
> > Last downloaded files from: http://ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de/software/windows/cygwin32
> >
> > Package              Version        Status
>
> Ok, just as I suspected, you are not using the Cygwin version of dvips.
> Find out 'which dvips' you're using, and ask for help on the forum
> dedicated to the program that *your* dvips came with.  Alternatively,
> install Cygwin's tetex distribution, and it'll chug along happily.

Installed.

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$ kpsewhich texc.pro
/usr/share/texmf/dvips/base/texc.pro

$ cygcheck -f /usr/share/texmf/dvips/base/texc.pro
tetex-bin-2.0.2-14


$ cygcheck -cv tetex-bin
Cygwin Package Information
Last downloaded files to: C:\cygwin\_download\002
Last downloaded files from: http://ftp.inf.tu-dresden.de/software/windows/cygwin32

Package              Version        Status
tetex-bin            2.0.2-14       OK


$ which -a dvips
/usr/bin/dvips
/bin/dvips
/usr/bin/dvips

$ ls -l foo.*
-rw-r--r--    1 Administ None        27136 Sep 28 15:20 foo.doc
-rw-r--r--    1 Administ None          360 Sep 28 15:20 foo.dvi
-rw-r--r--    1 Administ None         1688 Sep 28 15:19 foo.tex

$ dvips foo.dvi
This is dvips(k) 5.92b Copyright 2002 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2004.09.28:1520' -> foo.ps
<texc.pro><f7b6d320.enc><texps.pro>. <cmbx10.pfb><cmr10.pfb>[1]


$ ls -l foo.*
-rw-r--r--    1 Administ None        27136 Sep 28 15:20 foo.doc
-rw-r--r--    1 Administ None          360 Sep 28 15:20 foo.dvi
-rw-r--r--    1 Administ None        29667 Sep 28 15:31 foo.ps
-rw-r--r--    1 Administ None         1688 Sep 28 15:19 foo.tex


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File foo.ps created.

There is a problem with its content which seems to be caused by convertor Word->TeX.

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   Alex Vinokur
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