PCTeX Talk

Here are my first impressions from PCTEX v.6: It is much quicker thanks to the new engine, thanks! Pctexv6 crashes Adobe Reader 8.0 in PDF mode. It displays the PDF file but the second time I click on Typeset, the Adobe Reader crashes. If I try to close the Adobe Reader before it crashes, this caus...

The cmex.tpm package file downloaded today (2006/12/12) didn't help; no wonder since part of its code reads: ... <TPM:Date>2005/07/08 18:29:50</TPM:Date> <TPM:Creator>rahtz</TPM:Creator> ... <TPM:RunFiles size="106962"> texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/cmex/ttcmex.map texmf-dist/fonts/type1/pub...

New in this release: Added dialog help and general help Added "View Documentation" for various package and class dialogs Made changes to and fixed some problems with the Include Graphic feature To download the latest changes: In PCTeX choose Help..Updates..Check for updates now See the co...

Every time I open PcTeX v6, it gives me an announcement that I have 30 days to register, even though I registered as soon as I updated to the new version last weekend. I tried registering, but no fresh new emails are sent from PcTeX. I inferred that I should just click "no" on the "d...

Note on using this release: A new product activation system is now in place. If you update to the latest release you will need a new registration code. A new PCTeX v6 product code will be sent to each beta tester by email. Please let us know of any difficulties you encounter. New in this release: F...

New in this release: Added thumbtrack page# tooltip Viewer mag box fixed MathTime and Lucida fonts automatically installed from v5 into v6 Plain format installed on startup About box acknowledgements updated Class helper files updated: beamer, memoir (reviewed by author Peter Wilson), KOMA-script (...

[A MTPro2 user wrote:] After comparing MTPro2 Lite with some other fonts, we found that the math equations using MTPro2 Lite are not as compact as the default fonts of AMSLaTeX and the mathptmx fonts. In most cases the equations' length using MTpro2 is longer than using mathptmx or AMSLaTeX. For exa...

My document uses \documentclass[11pt,oneside,a4paper]{article} \usepackage[a4paper]{geometry} \begin{document} ... \end{document} When I translate the input file with regular latex (LaTeX2e <2006/06/01>) the printed area including heading fills about WxH=16.2cm x 24.5cm. When I translate the input ...

Some testers reported missing cmex7, cmex8, and cmex9 fonts.
If you install the cmex package they will be available.

To install cmex, choose Settings..Packages..Use Web Repo, highlight
cmex in the available list and click Install.

BEllickson wrote:... in continuous view mode, I can't control scolling within a page --- the viewer skips ahead in the file, sometimes to the end.

Will fix this in the next iteration.

(1) ae fonts were installed but the DVI viewer couldn't find the corresponding TFM files. It complained about a broken or missing aer10.tfm etc... I uninstalled ae from Tools/Packages... and reinstalled them again from there. Thereafter the tfm files were recognised and the DVI viewer used them. Th...

When previewing a dvi file, the behavior of the previewer is different than in Version 5 and, it seems to me, more awkward. In particular, the left and right arrow buttons on the main menu no longer function to move from page to page. This is a bug in v6, but only shows up in "Continuous"...

wms wrote:Maybe I'm overlooking something but I can't find the registration code to get the v6 Beta version up and running... what should I enter into the registration dialiogue?

Just sent you a reg code for v5, which will work with the current v6 beta version.

Will installing the new MathTimePro 2 Lite fonts affect the functionality of anything else in the program (e.g., bold math or any of the supplemental fonts that might have come with the original MathTimePro package: AMS symbols, Script, Fraktur, "Curly", and Blackboard fonts)? Will I lose...

I have installed MTPro2 as described in the PCTeX website, according to instructions provided by Helmer Aslaksen. I use Miktex. I mean: I unpacked the fonts to the localtexmf directory and added the line Map mtpro2.map #localtexmf\dvips\mtpro\mtpro2.amp to updmap.cfg. Also updated the data base in ...