[XeTeX] XeLaTeX generated pdf metadata

[Zdenek Wagner]

It is not necessary to use hyperref, it is sufficient to put all
fields to a \spacial primitive, i.e.
\special{pdf:docinfo << /Creator (XeTeX) ... >>}
Add other required fields such as /Title, /Author, /Subject, /Keywords
instead of the three dots. I am not sure what happens if the \special
is used several times, it seems to me that the new fields are
appended, i.e. if you specify only /Title in the first \special and
only /Author in the second one, the PDF file will contain both.
However, I have not tried.

2014-09-20 10:41 GMT+02:00 Daniel Greenhoe <dgreenhoe at gmail.com>:
> Thank Akira and BPJ for your suggestions. I did try Akira's hypersetup
> suggestion and it was able to change the creator field. Thank you very
> very much!
>
> I did look through my TeXLive repository that I just updated earlier
> today, but I did not see pdftk. I may look further if hyperref does
> not work out.
>
> Thank you again,
> Dan
>
> On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 3:24 PM, BPJ <bpj at melroch.se> wrote:
>> If I am not mistaken you can change the metadata with pdftk, although it is
>> probably a pain to do so. Also I do not know if pdftk comes for Windows.
>>
>> lördag 20 september 2014 skrev Daniel Greenhoe <dgreenhoe at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> Dear XeTex,
>>>
>>> I think my original email was not so clear. ArXiv.org of course
>>> accepts papers generated using LaTeX, but they want to be given the
>>> source files (.tex files, etc) rather than a pdf file. However, they
>>> apparently sometimes make exceptions to this rule if the pdf file was
>>> generated using XeTeX/XeLaTeX rather than LaTeX. That is, they *may*
>>> in at least some cases accept a pdf generated by XeLaTeX, but will
>>> *not* accept a pdf generated by LaTeX.
>>>
>>> Therefore, if it is not too much trouble, I would like the metadata in
>>> my XeLaTeX/xdvipdfmx generated pdf file to clearly indicate that it
>>> was generated by XeLaTeX (*not* by LaTeX). Would any one have time for
>>> this?
>>>
>>> Many thanks in advance,
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> ------------- please ignore the following -------------
>>> Dear arXiv-moderation
>>> [arXiv #128343]
>>> [arXiv #128400]
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Daniel Greenhoe <dgreenhoe at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Dear XeTeX,
>>> >
>>> > I have tried uploading a paper in pdf format that I typeset using
>>> > XeLaTeX to arXiv.org. However, it was later removed because it
>>> > "appeared to be PostScript/PDF generated from TeX source". I wrote to
>>> > arXiv-moderation, strongly arguing my case for using XeLaTeX rather
>>> > than LaTeX. They responded saying "In order to approve such a request
>>> > we'd have to have a PDF which includes it's XeTeX nature within the
>>> > pdf properties...".
>>> >
>>> > When I typeset my paper using xelatex.exe, an xdv file is generated
>>> > which contains this in the metadata:
>>> >   \Creator(LaTeX with hyperref pacakge)\Author()\Producer(XeTeX 0.99991)
>>> > Later I use xdvipdfmx.exe to generate a pdf file. It contains this
>>> > information in the metadata:
>>> >   Creator:        LaTeX with hyperref package
>>> >   Producer:       xdvipdfmx (20140317)
>>> >
>>> > So although the producer fields provides evidence that I am using
>>> > XeLaTeX, the creator field erroneously implies that I have typeset
>>> > using LaTeX. Hence, there will be a high probability that my paper
>>> > will either be removed by an automated server at arXiv.org or a human
>>> > administrator.
>>> >
>>> > I realize that I could possibly hand edit the xdv file or use a
>>> > metadata editor to edit the pdf file. But I would rather not do this.
>>> > I would rather work transparently, not surreptitiously changing the
>>> > metadata of files.
>>> >
>>> > Would it be possible that some qualified person could correct the
>>> > creator metadata output of XeLaTeX? I am currently using xelatex from
>>> > TeXLive 2014 running on Windows. Here is the first line from the log
>>> > file:
>>> >   This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.99991 (TeX Live 2014/W32TeX)
>>> > (preloaded format=xelatex 2014.9.20)  20 SEP 2014 07:16
>>> >
>>> > Many thanks in advance,
>>> > Dan
>>> >
>>> > -----please ignore the following-----
>>> > Dear arXiv-moderation,
>>>
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