Converting TEI to PDF fails

[djbpitt]

@lb42 I've installed the TEI stylesheets and mactex, and when I try to convert by following the instructions on the README page, the process fails:

koala:Source djb$ ~/Stylesheets/bin/teitoslides --profile=tei intro-tei-djb.xml WARNING: No localsource set. Will get a copy from http://www.tei-c.org/Vault/P5/. Convert intro-tei-djb.xml to /Users/djb/2016-08-vilnius/Source/intro-tei-djb.xml.slides (tei to slides) using profile tei Warning: XML resolver not found; external catalogs will be ignored [echo] Running XeLaTeX on /Users/djb/2016-08-vilnius/Source/intro-tei-djb.xml.tex in /Users/djb/2016-08-vilnius/Source

BUILD FAILED /Users/djb/Stylesheets/slides/build-to.xml:45: The following error occurred while executing this line: /Users/djb/Stylesheets/common/teianttasks.xml:211: exec returned: 1

Total time: 2 seconds

I have no idea what this means. Advice welcome!

[lb42]

Usually this means Latex has failed to find a graphic file. There should be more diagnostic s in the .log file if you can bear to wad through them. I will put up a test file later today (currently on grandfather duty)

[djbpitt]

Dear Grandfather,

I waded, but with 5200 lines and my general lack of experience with TeX, none of it made any sense. Not urgent, but it looks as if I'll need help if I'm to be able to run this. Sorry! I can forward the log, if that will help, but I'm guessing that you aren't any more eager to wade than I am, so I'll wait for an OK before doing that. Thanks.

Best,

David

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Lou notifications@github.com wrote:

Usually this means Latex has failed to find a graphic file. There should be more diagnostic s in the .log file if you can bear to wad through them. I will put up a test file later today (currently on grandfather duty)

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[lb42]

What does "grep ERROR intro-tei-djb.xml.log" divulge?

[lb42]

(In another part of the forest I am investigating a different strategy for producing slides which may be easier if we don't sort this one out)

[djbpitt]

Dear Lou,

The "grep" command you suggested yields nothing, but if when I search in a case-insensitive way, I see:

koala:Source djb$ grep -i ERROR intro-tei-djb.xml.log Package: infwarerr 2016/05/16 v1.4 Providing info/warning/error messages (HO) ! fontspec error: "font-not-found" ! fontspec error: "font-not-found" ! fontspec error: "font-not-found" ! fontspec error: "font-not-found" ! fontspec error: "font-not-found" ! fontspec error: "font-not-found" ! fontspec error: "font-not-found" ! fontspec error: "font-not-found" ! fontspec error: "font-not-found"

Does this help?

Best,

David

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(In another part of the forest I am investigating a different strategy for producing slides which may be easier if we don't sort this one out)

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[lb42]

You need to have Minion Pro and Myriad, usually supplied with Acrobat. Failing that, you have to edit file Stylesheets/profiles/tei/slides/to.xsl so that the lines near the top which say \setromanfont{Minion Pro} and \setsansfont{Myriad Pro} specify fonts you do have installed.

[djbpitt]

Dear Lou,

I have Acrobat, but the version I have apparently comes without those fonts, and the dependency on commercial products seems to contradict libre sentiments. Requiring people to specify alternative fonts by editing the stylesheets is likely to be beyond the technological ability of at least some potential users, although now that you've identified the location of the problem for me, I can do it if that turns out to be the strategy we'd like to pursue.

For what it's worth, my usual methods for preparing slides aren't much better in this respect. I often use PowerPoint, which is a dependency on a commercial product that I don't like, although I could get around it by using the Libre Office presentation software instead (not as capable, but also not Evil). PowerPoint, at least, doesn't fail if the user doesn't have a particular font installed; it falls back on a default system font. I also often use HTML for presentation, which falls back on system fonts if specified ones aren't present. The cost with HTML is that because it isn't presentationally oriented the way TeX and PowerPoint (or its clones) are, the formatting doesn't adapt to the presentation space. For example, if I create a list in PowerPoint that won't fit on the slide, PowerPoint will automatically reduce the font size to make it fit, while HTML will make me scroll. I'm not advocating using either of these frameworks in place of the TeX one that you prefer because they have their own annoying limitations, but if there's an alternative that doesn't require users to purchase and install commercial fonts or manually modify stylesheets to adjust to their personal font inventories, that might be preferable. You mentioned earlier that you were investigating alternative methods; is there one that you might recommend?

Best,

David

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Lou notifications@github.com wrote:

You need to have Minion Pro and Myriad, usually supplied with Acrobat. Failing that, you have to edit file Stylesheets/profiles/tei/slides/to.xsl so that the lines near the top which say \setromanfont{Minion Pro} and \setsansfont{Myriad Pro} specify fonts you do have installed.

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[lb42]

Minion and myriad are free to download from many places on the internet and look much nicer than many others. That's why we use them in the guidelines .

[lb42]

I forgot to ask : are you operating with Ubuntu or on a mac? The object here isn't to propose a generally applicable solution, just one that we can both be happy and productive with!

[djbpitt]

Dear Lou,

I followed the procedure at https://github.com/sebschub/FontPro and the installation all completed satisfactorily (I found the Minion Pro and Myriad Pro files in my Adobe file hierarchy, although they don't show up as system fonts), but I'm continuing to get the same error messages. I'm okay with a solution that works just for the two of us, too, but I'm not making much headway on this one. Sorry!

Best,

David

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I forgot to ask : are you operating with Ubuntu or on a mac? The object here isn't to propose a generally applicable solution, just one that we can both be happy and productive with!

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[lb42]

I know not this FontPro tool, and it looks a bit unnecessary. More to the point, I'm not sure what you mean by "adobe file hierarchy" ; also the phrase "dont show up as system fonts" doesn't inspire optimism. Do you have a directory called /usr/share/fonts/opentype/adobe like mine:

lou@foxglove:~/Public/2016-08-vilnius$ ls /usr/share/fonts/opentype/adobe
AdobePiStd.otf              MinionPro-BoldIt.otf   MyriadPro-Bold.otf
CourierStd-BoldOblique.otf  MinionPro-Bold.otf     MyriadPro-It.otf
CourierStd-Bold.otf         MinionPro-It.otf       MyriadPro-Regular.otf
CourierStd-Oblique.otf      MinionPro-Regular.otf
CourierStd.otf              MyriadPro-BoldIt.otf

If so, and you are running xelatex, then it should all Just Work, and finding out why it doesn't may be beyond my skills, though I am willing to try. By all means send me a copy of the log, preferably zipped.

[djbpitt]

Dear Lou,

No such directory. I do have a directory called /Applications/Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.app/Contents/Resources/Resource/Font, the contents of which are:

AdobePiStd.otf MinionPro-It.otf SY__.PFM CourierStd-Bold.otf MinionPro-Regular.otf ZX__.MMM CourierStd-BoldOblique.otf MyriadPro-Bold.otf ZX__.PFB CourierStd-Oblique.otf MyriadPro-BoldIt.otf ZX__.PFM CourierStd.otf MyriadPro-It.otf ZY__.MMM MinionPro-Bold.otf MyriadPro-Regular.otf ZY__.PFB MinionPro-BoldIt.otf SY__.PFB ZY__.PFM

We're running different operating systems, so the difference in file structures makes a certain (inconvenient sense). I wouldn't expect my installation of MacTeX to look in the directory path you suggest, though, since that's not part of my installation of either Adobe Acrobat Reader or MacTeX. I've attached a zip of the log.

Best,

David

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 5:34 PM, Lou notifications@github.com wrote:

I know not this FontPro tool, and it looks a bit unnecessary. More to the point, I'm not sure what you mean by "adobe file hierarchy" ; also the phrase "dont show up as system fonts" doesn't inspire optimism. Do you have a directory called /usr/share/fonts/opentype/adobe like mine:

lou@foxglove:~/Public/2016-08-vilnius$ ls /usr/share/fonts/opentype/adobe AdobePiStd.otf MinionPro-BoldIt.otf MyriadPro-Bold.otf CourierStd-BoldOblique.otf MinionPro-Bold.otf MyriadPro-It.otf CourierStd-Bold.otf MinionPro-It.otf MyriadPro-Regular.otf CourierStd-Oblique.otf MinionPro-Regular.otf CourierStd.otf MyriadPro-BoldIt.otf

If so, and you are running xelatex, then it should all Just Work, and finding out why it doesn't may be beyond my skills, though I am willing to try. By all means send me a copy of the log, preferably zipped.

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[lb42]

Ah. You're on a Mac. I was confused because you say "MacTex" but your log says you are running "XeLaTex". I will ask around. BTW, the log zip has not arrived here: probably best to send it as an email attachment to my gmail account rather than clutter up the repo.

My alternative solution is to use a cunning stylesheet developed by a French colleague which turns TEI XML into Markdown, and then displays it using a javascript library called "Remark". Try cloning https://github.com/lb42/TEIslides

[djbpitt]

Dear Lou,

Sorry for the confusion! Yes, on a Mac, running Mac OS. I'm not sure what happened to log.zip, which I had attached to my last email, and I just double-checked and I really did attach it (I'm capable of forgetting, but I didn't this time). I've attached a non-zipped version to this one.

Should I try the "Remark" strategy now, or should we continue to try to troubleshoot Plan A?

Best,

David

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Lou notifications@github.com wrote:

Ah. You're on a Mac. I was confused because you say "MacTex" but your log says you are running "XeLaTex". I will ask around. BTW, the log zip has not arrived here: probably best to send it as an email attachment to my gmail account rather than clutter up the repo.

My alternative solution is to use a cunning stylesheet developed by a French colleague which turns TEI XML into Markdown, and then displays it using a javascript library called "Remark". Try cloning https://github.com/lb42/TEIslides

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[lb42]

You need to send the log in a regular email, not one replying to this message (which is coming via github, which doesn't like attachments). Open your gmail. Send it to my gmail.

I'm going to have to ask some smarter fellows than me about the tex problem, so feel free to have a look at the Remark stuff if you're at a loose end, if only to see whether you hate it. Are you going to Balisage?

[lb42]

Could you try an example using some slavonic material and see what the unicode support is like? my recollection is that it's not brilliant, but mostly works.

[djbpitt]

Dear Lou,

I'll try that when I'm on a real computer, but a lot of Unicode early Cyrillic characters used in medieval manuscript transcriptions are not in most fonts. We may want to look into adding a font--if it's possible to do that with an arbitrary font that isn't anticipated by the toolkit. More later.

Best,

David

On Aug 2, 2016, at 6:27 AM, Lou notifications@github.com wrote:

Could you try an example using some slavonic material and see what the unicode support is like? my recollection is that it's not brilliant, but mostly works.

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