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*To trigger an update of the .sty data-base: sudo texhash
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* To trigger an update of the .sty data-base:
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sudo texhash
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* Sometimes, as when you have a bunch of eps instead of pdfs, you can't use pdflatex. Yuo can convert them using epstopdf or eps2pdf, but another solution is doing:
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latex myfile.tex
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dvipdfm myfile.dvi
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Instead of:
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pdflatex myfile.tex
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To extract bounding boxes:
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ebb -v file.jpg

Latest revision as of 23:13, 27 November 2010

  • To trigger an update of the .sty data-base:
sudo texhash
  • Sometimes, as when you have a bunch of eps instead of pdfs, you can't use pdflatex. Yuo can convert them using epstopdf or eps2pdf, but another solution is doing:
latex myfile.tex
dvipdfm myfile.dvi

Instead of:

pdflatex myfile.tex

To extract bounding boxes:

ebb -v file.jpg