Document Classes ⇒ powerdot generates a first blank page with 'preamble' word

[stu003]

Hi,

I use MiKTeX 2.8, which I have recently installed in place of the version 2.7, with the most recent updates available. Today I tried to typeset my 1.5 month old project using powerdot class and found out that it generates a blank page with 'preamble' word at the bottom left before all other pages. Here is my MWE:

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\documentclass {powerdot}
\begin {document}
test
\end {document}

I used texify -> dvips -> ps2pdf to create a PDF file which I attached here.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[gmedina]

Hi,

I did a test with the code posted (compiling with latex, dvips and ps2pdf) and obtained the PDF file that I attach. Did you get the PDF file that you attached with the code you just posted?

[stu003]

Sure, this file is generated with the source I have posted. Here I also attach the generated DVI and PS files. I used MiKTeX 2.8 with all the recent packages posted on March, 30.

[stu003]

I found a dirty workaroud for my problem with the help of pagesel package to skip typesetting the first slide:

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\documentclass {powerdot}

\usepackage [2 - 1000] {pagesel}

\begin {document}

\begin {slide} %
  {test}
  %
  test
  %
\end {slide}

\end {document}

[localghost]

[…] I use MiKTeX 2.8, which I have recently installed in place of the version 2.7, with the most recent updates available. Today I tried to typeset my 1.5 month old project using powerdot class and found out that it generates a blank page with 'preamble' word at the bottom left before all other pages. […]

I can confirm the problem on a MiKTeX 2.8 system. This is definitely a major malfunction thus a note to the maintainer of the powerdot class is recommendable. Add the \listfiles command as the very first line to your sample code, start a run and submit it together with the complete log file to the author.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[stu003]

Thanks a lot for your reply. I just tried to access the author's mailinglist and found the report for this problem there. The author suggested to get the latest version from CTAN archive. I tried it, this version solves the problem. It is just not yet added to the MiKTeX repository.

[localghost]

Both CTAN and the MiKTeX database list version 1.3 dated 2005/06/12. So something is going wrong. And the version in the log file is identical. From my point of view only the maintainer can resolve this. In the manual there is no alternative source where to get newest version of the class.

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 *File List*
powerdot.cls    2005/12/06 v1.3 powerdot presentation class (HA,CE)
 xkeyval.sty    2008/08/13 v2.6a package option processing (HA)
 xkeyval.tex    2008/08/13 v2.6a key=value parser (HA)
 article.cls    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
  size10.clo    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
  size11.clo    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
geometry.sty    2010/03/13 v5.3 Page Geometry
   ifpdf.sty    2010/01/28 v2.1 Provides the ifpdf switch (HO)
  ifvtex.sty    2010/03/01 v1.5 Switches for detecting VTeX and its modes (HO)
geometry.cfg
hyperref.sty    2010/03/29 v6.80t Hypertext links for LaTeX
 ltxcmds.sty    2010/03/09 v1.4 LaTeX kernel commands for general use (HO)
kvsetkeys.sty    2010/03/01 v1.9 Key value parser (HO)
infwarerr.sty    2007/09/09 v1.2 Providing info/warning/message (HO)
etexcmds.sty    2010/01/28 v1.3 Prefix for e-TeX command names (HO)
pdfescape.sty    2010/03/01 v1.9 Provides hex, PDF name and string conversions (HO)
pdftexcmds.sty    2010/03/01 v0.8 Utility functions of pdfTeX for LuaTeX (HO)
ifluatex.sty    2010/03/01 v1.3 Provides the ifluatex switch (HO)
 ifxetex.sty    2009/01/23 v0.5 Provides ifxetex conditional
 hycolor.sty    2009/12/12 v1.6 Color options of hyperref/bookmark (HO)
xcolor-patch.sty    2009/12/12 xcolor patch
letltxmacro.sty    2008/06/24 v1.3 Let assignment for LaTeX macros (HO)
  pd1enc.def    2010/03/29 v6.80t Hyperref: PDFDocEncoding definition (HO)
 intcalc.sty    2007/09/27 v1.1 Expandable integer calculations (HO)
hyperref.cfg    2002/06/06 v1.2 hyperref configuration of TeXLive
kvoptions.sty    2010/02/22 v3.7 Keyval support for LaTeX options (HO)
     url.sty    2006/04/12  ver 3.3  Verb mode for urls, etc.
  bitset.sty    2007/09/28 v1.0 Data type bit set (HO)
bigintcalc.sty    2007/11/11 v1.1 Expandable big integer calculations (HO)
atbegshi.sty    2010/03/25 v1.12 At begin shipout hook (HO)
  hdvips.def    2010/03/29 v6.80t Hyperref driver for dvips
 pdfmark.def    2010/03/29 v6.80t Hyperref definitions for pdfmark specials
rerunfilecheck.sty    2010/03/16 v1.6 Rerun checks for auxiliary files (HO)
atveryend.sty    2010/03/24 v1.5 Hooks at very end of document (HO)
uniquecounter.sty    2009/12/18 v1.1 Provides unlimited unique counter (HO)
graphicx.sty    1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
graphics.sty    2009/02/05 v1.0o Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
    trig.sty    1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC)
graphics.cfg    2007/01/18 v1.5 graphics configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
   dvips.def    1999/02/16 v3.0i Driver-dependant file (DPC,SPQR)
pstricks.sty    2010/03/20 v0.43 LaTeX wrapper for `PSTricks' (RN,HV)
pstricks.tex    2010/02/23 v2.02 `PSTricks' (tvz,hv)
pst-xkey.tex    2005/11/25 v1.6 PSTricks specialization of xkeyval (HA)
  pst-fp.tex    2010/01/17 v0.05 `pst-fp' (hv)
  xcolor.sty    2007/01/21 v2.11 LaTeX color extensions (UK)
   color.cfg    2007/01/18 v1.5 color configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
enumitem.sty    2009/05/18 v2.2 Customized lists
verbatim.sty    2003/08/22 v1.5q LaTeX2e package for verbatim enhancements
powerdot-default.sty    2005/12/06 v1.3 default style (HA)
  pifont.sty    2005/04/12 PSNFSS-v9.2a Pi font support (SPQR) 
    upzd.fd    2001/06/04 font definitions for U/pzd.
    upsy.fd    2001/06/04 font definitions for U/psy.
powerdot-default.ps    Graphic file (type eps)
 nameref.sty    2010/01/25 v2.36 Cross-referencing by name of section
refcount.sty    2008/08/11 v3.1 Data extraction from references (HO)
gettitlestring.sty    2009/12/18 v1.3 Cleanup title references (HO)
powerdot-prblm.bm
powerdot-prblm.bm
powerdot-prblm.toc
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Supplement:
Now I see. It requires processing the *.dtx source file from the source directory of CTAN entry.

[stu003]

The class file generated from powerdot.dtx is marked as version "2005/12/06 v1.3" although it differs even from the 2006 version and is copyrighted as "Copyright (C) 2005-2006, 2010 ..." I think the maintainer should update the version info.