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24.3; docview-mode doesn't work for multi-page pdf in 24.3

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From: Neal Becker <ndbecker2 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3; docview-mode doesn't work for multi-page pdf in 24.3
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 17:59:58 -0400

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From: nbecker <ndbecker2 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3; docview-mode doesn't work for multi-page pdf in 24.3
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Worked fine in 24.2, but since update to 24.3 it is intermittent.  It
sometimes works, but usually seems to think multi-page pdf has only 1
page.  After reporting on emacs-help, another user has confirmed this
bug.

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Message #8 received at 14580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
To: Neal Becker <ndbecker2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 14580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14580: 24.3;
 docview-mode doesn't work for multi-page pdf in 24.3
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 10:59:01 +0200

Neal Becker <ndbecker2 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Worked fine in 24.2, but since update to 24.3 it is intermittent.  It
> sometimes works, but usually seems to think multi-page pdf has only 1
> page.

Do you have any more details?  Does that happen only with some specific
PDF file?  Can you provide a recipe starting with "emacs -Q"?

> After reporting on emacs-help, another user has confirmed this bug.

Next time, please link the other thread.  This time, I've found it
myself.  As far as I interpret Peter's reply to your mail, this happens
only with some very special PDF files created by XeTeX.  Could you
please provide such a file for testing?

Bye,
Tassilo

Message #11 received at 14580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Neal Becker <ndbecker2 <at> gmail.com>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 14580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14580: 24.3;
 docview-mode doesn't work for multi-page pdf in 24.3
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:57:36 -0400

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I hope attaching the file here will work.


On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 4:59 AM, Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> Neal Becker <ndbecker2 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Worked fine in 24.2, but since update to 24.3 it is intermittent.  It
> > sometimes works, but usually seems to think multi-page pdf has only 1
> > page.
>
> Do you have any more details?  Does that happen only with some specific
> PDF file?  Can you provide a recipe starting with "emacs -Q"?
>
> > After reporting on emacs-help, another user has confirmed this bug.
>
> Next time, please link the other thread.  This time, I've found it
> myself.  As far as I interpret Peter's reply to your mail, this happens
> only with some very special PDF files created by XeTeX.  Could you
> please provide such a file for testing?
>
> Bye,
> Tassilo
>

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Message #14 received at 14580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Neal Becker <ndbecker2 <at> gmail.com>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 14580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14580: 24.3;
 docview-mode doesn't work for multi-page pdf in 24.3
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:58:27 -0400

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Also, these are not some special files from XeTeX.  I'm using matplotlib,
and it seems to happen something like 50% of the time.


On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Neal Becker <ndbecker2 <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> I hope attaching the file here will work.
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 4:59 AM, Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> Neal Becker <ndbecker2 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > Worked fine in 24.2, but since update to 24.3 it is intermittent.  It
>> > sometimes works, but usually seems to think multi-page pdf has only 1
>> > page.
>>
>> Do you have any more details?  Does that happen only with some specific
>> PDF file?  Can you provide a recipe starting with "emacs -Q"?
>>
>> > After reporting on emacs-help, another user has confirmed this bug.
>>
>> Next time, please link the other thread.  This time, I've found it
>> myself.  As far as I interpret Peter's reply to your mail, this happens
>> only with some very special PDF files created by XeTeX.  Could you
>> please provide such a file for testing?
>>
>> Bye,
>> Tassilo
>>
>
>

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Message #17 received at 14580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
To: Neal Becker <ndbecker2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 14580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14580: 24.3;
 docview-mode doesn't work for multi-page pdf in 24.3
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:33:35 +0200

Neal Becker <ndbecker2 <at> gmail.com> writes:

Hi Neal,

> Also, these are not some special files from XeTeX.  I'm using
> matplotlib,

I've tried opening your sample PDF about a dozen times using emacs 24.3
as well as the current emacs trunk, each version both with -Q and with
my customizations.  In all cases, the PDF had 3 pages...

> and it seems to happen something like 50% of the time.

One thing that might explain parts of your problem: when you open the
file initially and then something fails and only the first page is
converted, then any subsequent opening of the file will only access the
single cached image without checking if the PDF has actually more pages
than there are images already.  To force a reconversion, you can hit `g'
in the doc-view buffer.

But still, if ghostscript or mupdf error when converting a document, you
should at least get some message like "ghostscript terminated with exit
code XX"...

Not sure, but maybe it's a problem with your ghostscript or mupdf
version.  What's the value of `doc-view-pdf->png-converter-function'?
If it is `doc-view-pdf->png-converter-mupdf', then try

  $ mudraw -o doc%d.png doc.pdf

on the command line.

If it is `doc-view-pdf->png-converter-ghostscript', then try

  $ gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=png16m -dTextAlphaBits=4 \
       -dBATCH -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 -dQUIET -sOutputFile=doc%d.png \
       doc.pdf

Does that produce one image per page in the PDF, i.e., 3 images for your
sample file?

Bye,
Tassilo

Message #20 received at 14580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Neal Becker <ndbecker2 <at> gmail.com>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 14580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14580: 24.3;
 docview-mode doesn't work for multi-page pdf in 24.3
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:04:33 -0400

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When using gs to convert, I do get 3 _different_ png files.

Using docview, it's really weird.  I hit 'g', and answer 'yes'.  As I page
through, it says pages 1/3 ... 3/3, but it displays _the same image for all
3 pages!!_.  I tried repeatedly killing buffer, visiting, hitting 'g' to
reload - nothing I tried seems to fix it.


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:33 AM, Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> Neal Becker <ndbecker2 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hi Neal,
>
> > Also, these are not some special files from XeTeX.  I'm using
> > matplotlib,
>
> I've tried opening your sample PDF about a dozen times using emacs 24.3
> as well as the current emacs trunk, each version both with -Q and with
> my customizations.  In all cases, the PDF had 3 pages...
>
> > and it seems to happen something like 50% of the time.
>
> One thing that might explain parts of your problem: when you open the
> file initially and then something fails and only the first page is
> converted, then any subsequent opening of the file will only access the
> single cached image without checking if the PDF has actually more pages
> than there are images already.  To force a reconversion, you can hit `g'
> in the doc-view buffer.
>
> But still, if ghostscript or mupdf error when converting a document, you
> should at least get some message like "ghostscript terminated with exit
> code XX"...
>
> Not sure, but maybe it's a problem with your ghostscript or mupdf
> version.  What's the value of `doc-view-pdf->png-converter-function'?
> If it is `doc-view-pdf->png-converter-mupdf', then try
>
>   $ mudraw -o doc%d.png doc.pdf
>
> on the command line.
>
> If it is `doc-view-pdf->png-converter-ghostscript', then try
>
>   $ gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=png16m -dTextAlphaBits=4 \
>        -dBATCH -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 -dQUIET -sOutputFile=doc%d.png \
>        doc.pdf
>
> Does that produce one image per page in the PDF, i.e., 3 images for your
> sample file?
>
> Bye,
> Tassilo
>

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Message #23 received at 14580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
To: Neal Becker <ndbecker2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 14580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14580: 24.3;
 docview-mode doesn't work for multi-page pdf in 24.3
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:10:37 +0200

Neal Becker <ndbecker2 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> When using gs to convert, I do get 3 _different_ png files.

That's how it's supposed to be.

> Using docview, it's really weird.  I hit 'g', and answer 'yes'.  As I
> page through, it says pages 1/3 ... 3/3, but it displays _the same
> image for all 3 pages!!_.

Really weird.  doc-view puts the images in a directory

  /tmp/docview<UID>/foo.pdf-<md5sum>/

and names them page-<number>.png.  So with that document, is there
really page-1.png, page-2.png, and page-3.png, and all are the same?

Bye,
Tassilo

Message #26 received at 14580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Neal Becker <ndbecker2 <at> gmail.com>, 14580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14580: 24.3;
 docview-mode doesn't work for multi-page pdf in 24.3
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 01:49:54 +0100

Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Neal Becker <ndbecker2 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> When using gs to convert, I do get 3 _different_ png files.
>
> That's how it's supposed to be.
>
>> Using docview, it's really weird.  I hit 'g', and answer 'yes'.  As I
>> page through, it says pages 1/3 ... 3/3, but it displays _the same
>> image for all 3 pages!!_.
>
> Really weird.  doc-view puts the images in a directory
>
>   /tmp/docview<UID>/foo.pdf-<md5sum>/
>
> and names them page-<number>.png.  So with that document, is there
> really page-1.png, page-2.png, and page-3.png, and all are the same?

More information was requested, but no response was given within a few
months, so I'm closing this bug report.  If the problem still exists,
please reopen this bug report.

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