[pdftex] pdftex throwing error despite no image

[Xie, Emma]

Great thank you Jonathan. Actually the issue has been resolved.

From: Jonathan Fine <jfine2358 at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, November 3, 2023 6:28 AM
To: pdftex at tug.org; TeXhax <texhax at tug.org>
Cc: Xie, Emma <emma.xie at bofa.com>; Ulrike Fischer <news3 at nililand.de>
Subject: Re: [pdftex] pdftex throwing error despite no image

Hi Emma

I apologise for the rude reply that Ulrike gave you. Please don't let that discourage you from using TeX.

I did a google search for the error message "See the pdftex.def package documentation for explanation" for most helpfully supplied. Here's some links for you to look at:
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/280215/package-pdftex-def-error-file-pics-pdf-not-found<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/tex.stackexchange.com/questions/280215/package-pdftex-def-error-file-pics-pdf-not-found__;!!I2XIyG2ANlwasLbx!Qjc8tZSGjNQCz0hGFoUDkSEszUjwL_CIwd-yYq1Jm82Krr7laX7Ypb_TvTkW-VXRjmkNU3eG3r_lItbC$>
https://texhax.tug.narkive.com/gs6LICXo/package-pdftex-def-error<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/texhax.tug.narkive.com/gs6LICXo/package-pdftex-def-error__;!!I2XIyG2ANlwasLbx!Qjc8tZSGjNQCz0hGFoUDkSEszUjwL_CIwd-yYq1Jm82Krr7laX7Ypb_TvTkW-VXRjmkNU3eG3uxxmhn8$>
https://latex.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7316<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/latex.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7316__;!!I2XIyG2ANlwasLbx!Qjc8tZSGjNQCz0hGFoUDkSEszUjwL_CIwd-yYq1Jm82Krr7laX7Ypb_TvTkW-VXRjmkNU3eG3lwZagoI$>
https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/8913<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/8913__;!!I2XIyG2ANlwasLbx!Qjc8tZSGjNQCz0hGFoUDkSEszUjwL_CIwd-yYq1Jm82Krr7laX7Ypb_TvTkW-VXRjmkNU3eG3qhUMWTR$>
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=288724<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=288724__;!!I2XIyG2ANlwasLbx!Qjc8tZSGjNQCz0hGFoUDkSEszUjwL_CIwd-yYq1Jm82Krr7laX7Ypb_TvTkW-VXRjmkNU3eG3pQllUBD$>

Oddly, none of these links refer to the pdftex.def package documentation. A search produced https://ctan.org/pkg/pdftex-def<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ctan.org/pkg/pdftex-def__;!!I2XIyG2ANlwasLbx!Qjc8tZSGjNQCz0hGFoUDkSEszUjwL_CIwd-yYq1Jm82Krr7laX7Ypb_TvTkW-VXRjmkNU3eG3jrzTk-I$>, which for documentation provides a very short README.

I suggest you look at the links above. Ulrike is correct, that this list is not the correct place for dealing with your problem. I've forwarded it to texhax, which is a better place.
https://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/texhax<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/tug.org/mailman/listinfo/texhax__;!!I2XIyG2ANlwasLbx!Qjc8tZSGjNQCz0hGFoUDkSEszUjwL_CIwd-yYq1Jm82Krr7laX7Ypb_TvTkW-VXRjmkNU3eG3kemX6y_$>

However, this is a better place to discuss what could be done to improve the error message. In particular I'd like to see a search for the "pdftex.def package documentation" produce a useful result. Ulrike is far more expert than I am on where such documentation might be found.

with kind regards

Jonathan

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