[OS X TeX] hyperref & beamer

[cfrees at imapmail.org]

On Mon 22nd Sep, 2008 at 18:48, Victor Ivrii seems to have written:

> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Dr. Clea F. Rees <cfrees at imapmail.org> wrote:
>> There is apparently an issue with the combination of beamer and
>> hyperref in TL 2008 (at least with updates - don't know if either
>> package is affected).
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> This is just warning and it is present for a few years. I think that
> these questions have much more chances to be answered in
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> latex-beamer-users at lists.sourceforge.net
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> texhax at tug.org
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Thanks, Victor. You've actually told me what I need to know. If it has
been around for a few years then I'm simply not observant. (I tend to
look at the Console carefully when something is "critical" but
evidently still failed to notice this on similar occasions in the
post.) In particular, it must have been in TL 2007. Therefore, if I
process without the work around, I won't find anything unexpected -
whatever functionality is missing, I must be used to not having it and
won't, therefore, miss it on this occasion.

Thanks,

cfr

> (neither Till Tantau nor Heiko Oberdiek are Mac people)
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> Victor
>
>>
>> Processing a presentation file, I see this in the console output:
>> ...
>> Package hyperref Warning: Option `pdfpagelabels' is turned
>> off(hyperref)                because \thepage is undefined.
>>
>> Hyperref stopped early
>> )
>> *hyperref using driver hpdftex*
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hyperref/hpdftex.def)
>> ...
>>
>> Googling suggests this is an incompatibility between beamer and more
>> recent versions of hyperref.
>>
>> A bug report I found (reported to debian for some reason) suggested the
>> following work around:
>>
>> \pagenumbering{arabic}
>> \documentclass...
>>        \mode<presentation>
>>        {
>>              \setbeamertemplate{sidebar
>> left}{\thispdfpagelabel{\insertframenumber}}
>>        }
>>
>> Then I see this:
>> ...
>> Hyperref stopped early
>> )
>> *hyperref using driver hpdftex*
>> (
>> /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hyperref/hpdftex.def)
>> ...
>>
>> Questions:
>> - what implications does the original error have?
>> - what implications does the fix have? will there be remaining issues?
>>  will there be side-effects?
>>
>> This is the first beamer presentation I've typeset with TL 2008 and I'm
>> not sure what to check for. Usually, this wouldn't matter too much but
>> this is to be presented at a job interview so I'm worried about the
>> possibility of unexpected surprises.
>>
>> It is not straightforward for me to revert to TL 2007 because I've
>> changed various things in texmf-local and my personal texmf directory.
>> Although these are theoretically reversible, I'd much rather not have
>> to if I can help it. I'm hoping someone has used this beamer/hyperref
>> combination (with or without the work around) and can let me know if
>> any problems came up.
>>
>> Mac OS X 10.4.11 PPC
>>
>> I usually present using Acrobat Pro. I'm using version 7.1.0.
>>
>> The presentation is fairly customised (in template terms) but pretty
>> straightforward, I think. I don't need any external links to work -
>> only those internal to the presentation itself. It is basically
>> graphics and text - no multimedia files, for example. I'm hoping
>> whatever is getting switched off in hyperref won't affect this or won't
>> affect this with the work around (which I don't really understand), at
>> least.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> cfr
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