There is a bug in xdvik versions 22.05d-k 22.15 and probably
more, which mistakenly takes a PSfile special for a WWW URL and then
fails to parse it. This may be trivially demonstrated by a LaTeX
document containing, eg
\DeclareGraphicsRule{.gif}{eps}{.gif.bb}{`convert #1 eps:-}
.
.
.
\includegraphics{pic.gif}
which when viewed with xdvi produces the error message:
Cannot locate URL: `convert pic.gif eps:-
and further diagnostics from ghostscript, which complains that there's
no file.
The error is in function "htex_is_url()" in file
"texk/xdvik/hypertex.c", which calls "HTURL_isAbsolute()" which in
turn can not cope with a "filename" such as "`convert pic.gif eps:-"
containing a shell escape. Here's my patch:
metropolis% diff -c hypertex.c{,~}
*** hypertex.c Tue May 16 13:36:30 2000
--- hypertex.c~ Tue Jun 15 00:09:05 1999
***************
*** 880,887 ****
const char *href;
{
/* Why reinvent the wheel? Use libwww routines! */
- if(href && href[0] == "`" )
- return 0;
return (HTURL_isAbsolute(href)==YES ? 1 : 0);
}
--- 880,885 ----
Keith Refson
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