Re: [O] PDF docs from Org-mode: not valid PDF?
Hi, Radhakrishnan CV writes: > I don't know enough about this to be of real help, but if Org and > Orgers can help, don't hesitate let us know precisely how! > > > I can help with LaTeX part of the stuff when needed. Thanks, -- Bastien
Re: [O] PDF docs from Org-mode: not valid PDF?
Dear Bastien, Sorry for the late reply. On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Bastien wrote: > Hi Radhakrishnan, > > thanks for the information. Am I correctly assuming you're one of > the authors of the pdfx.sty package? > You are right, Bastien. > Radhakrishnan CV writes: > > > I think, orgmode can even help to create a small XMP meta file (for > > Dublin Core metadata compliance) needed by pdfx package while > > creating standards compliant PDF's which at the moment is created by > > pdfTeX in an unsatisfactory fashion. > > I don't know enough about this to be of real help, but if Org and > Orgers can help, don't hesitate let us know precisely how! > I can help with LaTeX part of the stuff when needed. Best regards Radhakrishnan http://maps.google.com/maps?q=8.494174%2c76.963313
Re: [O] PDF docs from Org-mode: not valid PDF?
Hi Radhakrishnan, thanks for the information. Am I correctly assuming you're one of the authors of the pdfx.sty package? Radhakrishnan CV writes: > I think, orgmode can even help to create a small XMP meta file (for > Dublin Core metadata compliance) needed by pdfx package while > creating standards compliant PDF's which at the moment is created by > pdfTeX in an unsatisfactory fashion. I don't know enough about this to be of real help, but if Org and Orgers can help, don't hesitate let us know precisely how! Thanks, -- Bastien
Re: [O] PDF docs from Org-mode: not valid PDF?
On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 12:37 AM, Achim Gratz wrote: > Michael Hannon writes: > > To proceed with this, I need to generate a series of PDF documents and > have > > the boss's admin assistant try to print them. Unfortunately, I've been > > swamped with some other stuff this week and haven't had a chance to work > on > > this. > > Would it be possible that you first check what that error really is? > The one thing that comes to mind is that your PDF maybe references fonts > that are not available and the easiest solution would be to either > change to standard fonts or embed them in the PDF (if the license is > permitting that). > As far as I know, PDF/A-1a is not meant for universal printing, instead it is meant for accessibility. The current stock versions of pdfTeX distributed are not capable of producing accessible PDF as per PDF/A-1a specs. Main problem is that TeX does not use a space character and as such finding word boundary becomes difficult in pdf's created by pdfTeX; read aloud applications will fail to voice render PDF's by pdfTeX. However, if the OP is happy with a PDF as per PDF/A-1b, of course, pdfx.sty distributed with TeXLive (and available at CTAN also) is capable of creating. This is for web reading and archival purposes. If universal printing is what is wanted, then the spec to follow is PDF/X-1a. Again, pdfx.sty does help to generate this too. I think, it is not a big deal to extend pdfx package to generate pdf's compliant to later specs like PDF/X-2, 3, ... (all for printing purpose). Later specs have some advantages too like inclusion of icc color profile is not mandatory, instead url will do. I think, orgmode can even help to create a small XMP meta file (for Dublin Core metadata compliance) needed by pdfx package while creating standards compliant PDF's which at the moment is created by pdfTeX in an unsatisfactory fashion. Best regards -- Radhakrishnan
Re: [O] PDF docs from Org-mode: not valid PDF?
Michael Hannon writes: > To proceed with this, I need to generate a series of PDF documents and have > the boss's admin assistant try to print them. Unfortunately, I've been > swamped with some other stuff this week and haven't had a chance to work on > this. Would it be possible that you first check what that error really is? The one thing that comes to mind is that your PDF maybe references fonts that are not available and the easiest solution would be to either change to standard fonts or embed them in the PDF (if the license is permitting that). Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Samples for the Waldorf Blofeld: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#BlofeldSamplesExtra
Re: [O] PDF docs from Org-mode: not valid PDF?
LibreOffice's export to PDF has this option
File->Export as PDF->PDF/A-1a
If you change the preferences in the UI, I am not sure whether it will
kicked in with command line export.
I will be interested in knowing what you find with the above option.
ps: You can export to PDF via OpenDocument/ODT export. See or search
for `org-odt-preferred-document-format' or
`org-e-odt-preferred-document-format' in the manual/mailing list.
> Greetings. The woman that runs our research group complains that she is
> unable to print PDF documents that a couple of us in the group send her, and
> that the two of us are the only source of such troublesome documents.
>
> It occurred to me that the two of us are the only ones in the group that use
> Emacs Org-mode to produce PDF documents.
>
> I know there are web sites that can validate (i.e., measure conformance to the
> standard of) HTML documents. I wondered if there might be something similar
> for PDF documents.
>
> I found the following site:
>
> http://www.validatepdfa.com/
>
> I don't much about the PDF standard, and I don't know anything about the
> reliability of this site, but I've found that PDF documents that I generate
> using Org-mode and send to that site come back with a boatload of validation
> errors.
>
> I've appended a sample Org-mode file that generates errors when I try to
> validate it. I've appended details of my configuration below the sample file.
>
> I should mention that I have no trouble viewing the PDF file (using "evince"
> on my Fedora system) or printing this file (to a Brother b/w printer). Ditto
> for
> my colleague on a MacOS X system. Hence, I personally have no reason to
> complain. But there's that nagging issue with the boss.
>
> Can anybody comment as to what I should expect in the way of validation?
> And/or are there any settings that would affect this behavior? I.e.,
> something like:
>
> (setq org-export-pdf-use-strict t)
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- Mike
>
> ## Beginning of sample Org-mode file
>
> #+PROPERTY: session *R*
> #+PROPERTY: cache yes
>
> #+PROPERTY: results output verbatim
> #+PROPERTY: tangle yes
>
>
>
> * This is a test
>
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC R :exports both
>
> x <- 7.2
> y <- 3
>
> print(x * y)
>
>
> #+END_SRC
>
>
> #+RESULTS:
> : 21.6
> ## End of sample Org-mode file
>
> Emacs : GNU Emacs 24.1.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.13)
> of 2012-11-17 on buildvm-30.phx2.fedoraproject.org
> Package: Org-mode version 7.9.2 (release_7.9.2-656-g2f9dda @
> /usr/local/emacs.d/org-mode/org-devel/org-mode/lisp/)
>
> current state:
> ==
> (setq
> org-export-preprocess-before-selecting-backend-code-hook
> '(org-beamer-select-beamer-code)
> org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe
> org-src-native-tab-command-maybe
> org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe
> org-babel-header-arg-expand)
> org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook
> org-babel-speed-command-hook)
> org-export-html-after-blockquotes-hook
> '(org-special-blocks-convert-html-special-cookies)
> org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter)
> org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe)
> org-export-preprocess-before-normalizing-links-hook
> '(org-remove-file-link-modifiers)
> org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
> org-export-latex-after-blockquotes-hook
> '(org-special-blocks-convert-latex-special-cookies)
> org-export-latex-final-hook '(org-beamer-amend-header org-beamer-fix-toc
> org-beamer-auto-fragile-frames
> org-beamer-place-default-actions-for-lists)
> org-export-latex-after-initial-vars-hook '(org-beamer-after-initial-vars)
> org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current)
> org-from-is-user-regexp "\\"
> org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer
> org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer)
> org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text)
> org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer)
> org-mode-hook '(#[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
> [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all
> append local]
> 5]
> #[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
> [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook
> org-babel-show-result-all append local]
> 5]
> org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes)
> org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook '(org-babel-hash-at-point
> org-babel-execute-safely-maybe)
> org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers
> org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks org-cycle-show-empty-lines
> org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change)
> org-export-latex-format-toc-function 'org-export-latex-format-toc-default
> org-export-first-hook '(org-beamer-initialize-open-trackers)
> org-babel-tangle-lang-exts '(("C++" . "cpp") ("latex" . "tex")
> ("python" . "py") ("lisp" . "lisp")
>
Re: [O] PDF docs from Org-mode: not valid PDF?
Bastien wrote: > Michael Hannon writes: >> Greetings. The woman that runs our research group complains that she is >> unable to print PDF documents that a couple of us in the group send her, and >> that the two of us are the only source of such troublesome documents. >> >> It occurred to me that the two of us are the only ones in the group that use >> Emacs Org-mode to produce PDF documents. > pdftex and other usual tools to convert from .tex to .pdf > do not validate PDF/A, as Karl said. > > Here are some information on how to make a .tex that will > validate: > > http://support.river-valley.com/wiki/index.php?title=Generating_PDF/A_compliant_PDFs_from_pdftex > I'm not in favor of importing this machinery into our LaTeX > exporter. Thanks, Bastien. Interesting link. I agree: I don't see that it would be desirable to incorporate this into the LaTeX exporter. My original motivation for this was to respond to the boss's complaints about printing PDF documents by saying something like: see, the Org-mode PDF files pass the validation test, so the problem must be elsewhere (maybe your printer). Knowing almost nothing about PDF internals, I glommed onto the first validation test that I came across, and, oops, my document failed miserably. Karl was kind enough to point out that MOST PDF documents would fail the 'A' test, so the failure is a red herring. To proceed with this, I need to generate a series of PDF documents and have the boss's admin assistant try to print them. Unfortunately, I've been swamped with some other stuff this week and haven't had a chance to work on this. Thanks again, -- Mike
Re: [O] PDF docs from Org-mode: not valid PDF?
Hi Michael, Michael Hannon writes: > Greetings. The woman that runs our research group complains that she is > unable to print PDF documents that a couple of us in the group send her, and > that the two of us are the only source of such troublesome documents. > > It occurred to me that the two of us are the only ones in the group that use > Emacs Org-mode to produce PDF documents. pdftex and other usual tools to convert from .tex to .pdf do not validate PDF/A, as Karl said. Here are some information on how to make a .tex that will validate: http://support.river-valley.com/wiki/index.php?title=Generating_PDF/A_compliant_PDFs_from_pdftex I'm not in favor of importing this machinery into our LaTeX exporter. Hope this helps anyway, -- Bastien
Re: [O] PDF docs from Org-mode: not valid PDF?
* Michael Hannon wrote: > > I found the following site: > http://www.validatepdfa.com/ > > I don't much about the PDF standard, and I don't know anything about the > reliability of this site, but I've found that PDF documents that I generate > using Org-mode and send to that site come back with a boatload of validation > errors. Please notice that PDF/A is a special version of the PDF standard as described on [1]. «Normal» PDF files usually do not fulfill the strict PDF/A standard. Therefore I do think that this failed PDF/A validation does not necessarily mean anything at all. Could you post the PDF software and its version which causes printing issues? Upload an example PDF file that causes those issues on some web space as well. Thanks! 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A -- Karl Voit
[O] PDF docs from Org-mode: not valid PDF?
Greetings. The woman that runs our research group complains that she is
unable to print PDF documents that a couple of us in the group send her, and
that the two of us are the only source of such troublesome documents.
It occurred to me that the two of us are the only ones in the group that use
Emacs Org-mode to produce PDF documents.
I know there are web sites that can validate (i.e., measure conformance to the
standard of) HTML documents. I wondered if there might be something similar
for PDF documents.
I found the following site:
http://www.validatepdfa.com/
I don't much about the PDF standard, and I don't know anything about the
reliability of this site, but I've found that PDF documents that I generate
using Org-mode and send to that site come back with a boatload of validation
errors.
I've appended a sample Org-mode file that generates errors when I try to
validate it. I've appended details of my configuration below the sample file.
I should mention that I have no trouble viewing the PDF file (using "evince"
on my Fedora system) or printing this file (to a Brother b/w printer). Ditto
for
my colleague on a MacOS X system. Hence, I personally have no reason to
complain. But there's that nagging issue with the boss.
Can anybody comment as to what I should expect in the way of validation?
And/or are there any settings that would affect this behavior? I.e.,
something like:
(setq org-export-pdf-use-strict t)
Thanks.
-- Mike
## Beginning of sample Org-mode file
#+PROPERTY: session *R*
#+PROPERTY: cache yes
#+PROPERTY: results output verbatim
#+PROPERTY: tangle yes
* This is a test
#+BEGIN_SRC R :exports both
x <- 7.2
y <- 3
print(x * y)
#+END_SRC
#+RESULTS:
: 21.6
## End of sample Org-mode file
Emacs : GNU Emacs 24.1.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.13)
of 2012-11-17 on buildvm-30.phx2.fedoraproject.org
Package: Org-mode version 7.9.2 (release_7.9.2-656-g2f9dda @
/usr/local/emacs.d/org-mode/org-devel/org-mode/lisp/)
current state:
==
(setq
org-export-preprocess-before-selecting-backend-code-hook
'(org-beamer-select-beamer-code)
org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe
org-src-native-tab-command-maybe
org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe
org-babel-header-arg-expand)
org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook
org-babel-speed-command-hook)
org-export-html-after-blockquotes-hook
'(org-special-blocks-convert-html-special-cookies)
org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter)
org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe)
org-export-preprocess-before-normalizing-links-hook
'(org-remove-file-link-modifiers)
org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
org-export-latex-after-blockquotes-hook
'(org-special-blocks-convert-latex-special-cookies)
org-export-latex-final-hook '(org-beamer-amend-header org-beamer-fix-toc
org-beamer-auto-fragile-frames
org-beamer-place-default-actions-for-lists)
org-export-latex-after-initial-vars-hook '(org-beamer-after-initial-vars)
org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current)
org-from-is-user-regexp "\\"
org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer
org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer)
org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text)
org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer)
org-mode-hook '(#[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
[org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all
append local]
5]
#[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
[org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook
org-babel-show-result-all append local]
5]
org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes)
org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook '(org-babel-hash-at-point
org-babel-execute-safely-maybe)
org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers
org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks org-cycle-show-empty-lines
org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change)
org-export-latex-format-toc-function 'org-export-latex-format-toc-default
org-export-first-hook '(org-beamer-initialize-open-trackers)
org-babel-tangle-lang-exts '(("C++" . "cpp") ("latex" . "tex")
("python" . "py") ("lisp" . "lisp")
("emacs-lisp" . "el"))
org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe)
org-structure-template-alist '(("r" "#+begin_src R\n\n#+end_src"
"\n\n")
("S" "#+BEGIN_SRC ?\n\n#+END_SRC"
"\n\n")
("s" "#+BEGIN_SRC ?\n\n#+END_SRC"
"\n\n")
("e" "#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE\n?\n#+END_EXAMPLE"
"\n?\n")
("q" "#+BEGIN_QUOTE\n?\n#+END_QUOTE"
"\n?\n")
("v" "#+BEGIN_VERSE\n?\n#+END_VERSE"
"\n?\n")
("c" "#+BEGIN_CENTER
