Philip Taylor wrote:
Excellent, many thanks to Akira-san and David. All now perfect.
Well, perhaps I spoke too soon. Havinf commented out the x:rulecolor specials and left in thecolor equivalents, I now see in the transcript :
This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.999992 (TeX Live 2020/W32TeX) (preloaded format=xetex) restricted \write18 enabled. entering extended mode (./Hoi-An TA menu.tex (./Hoi-An TA menu.xlsx.tex omnivore omnivore omnivore omnivore omnivore omnivore vegan vegan vegan vegan vegan omnivore omnivore omnivore vegan vegan vegan omnivore omnivore omnivore omnivore omnivore vegan vegan vegan vegan vegan omnivore omnivore omnivore omnivore omnivore vegan omnivore omnivore omnivore vegan omnivore omnivore vegan vegan vegan omnivore omnivore omnivore omnivore vegan vegan omnivore omnivore vegan vegan vegan omnivore) [3] [6]stdin -> stdout [1 xdvipdfmx:warning: Interpreting special command push (color) failed. xdvipdfmx:warning: >> at page="1" position="(280.364, -23.9104)" (in PDF) xdvipdfmx:warning: >> xxx "color push" xdvipdfmx:warning: Color stack underflow. Just ignore. xdvipdfmx:warning: Interpreting special command push (color) failed. xdvipdfmx:warning: >> at page="1" position="(561.127, -23.9104)" (in PDF) xdvipdfmx:warning: >> xxx "color push" xdvipdfmx:warning: Color stack underflow. Just ignore. ][2 xdvipdfmx:warning: Interpreting special command push (color) failed. xdvipdfmx:warning: >> at page="2" position="(280.364, -23.9104)" (in PDF) xdvipdfmx:warning: >> xxx "color push" xdvipdfmx:warning: Color stack underflow. Just ignore. xdvipdfmx:warning: Trying to include PDF file with version (1.7), which is newer than current output PDF setting (1.5). xdvipdfmx:warning: Interpreting special command push (color) failed. xdvipdfmx:warning: >> at page="2" position="(561.127, -23.9104)" (in PDF) xdvipdfmx:warning: >> xxx "color push" xdvipdfmx:warning: Color stack underflow. Just ignore. ] 9248230 bytes written ) Output written on Hoi-An TA menu.pdf (2 pages). Transcript written on Hoi-An TA menu.log.
The desired effect is achieved (a gold rule separating the page pairs of a tri-fold menu <https://www.dropbox.com/s/f7a9of3y5s5xdct/Hoi-An%20TA%20menu.pdf?dl=0>) but why the colour stack underflow diagnostics ?
