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2-2-3 for unix won't compile, freeing something not on the heap

ptb — Wed, 07 May 2025 22:40:38 -0000

in src/writer.c there are three free(nativeStream) calls. Uh, uh. It should be free(*nativeStream).

nativeStream is a variable containing a pointer to a pointer. The place it points to is where the pointer from a malloc call is stored. That happens as follows above the free() calls.

nativeStream = (unsigned char ) malloc(*size);

so one has to free(*nativeStream), not free(nativeStream).

[Can somebody bother to make up a debian package, please? I will anyway, but you need to do it.]

2-2-3 for unix won't compile, globals defined in multiple locations

ptb — Wed, 07 May 2025 22:33:37 -0000

change the four char * FOO declarations in eqn.h to extern char * FOO, like this:

extern char eqn_start_inline;
extern char eqn_end_inline;
extern char eqn_start_display;
extern char eqn_end_display;

Then put the (no extern!) char * FOO declarations in main.c. That defines the global variable containing the pointer in ONE place, not one zillion. One can fix this with compile flags too, but don't!

What you had defined the same global variables in each .c file in which eqn.h was included. Bad karma.

2-2-3 for unix won't make, Makefile misnames "Changelog"

ptb — Wed, 07 May 2025 22:28:02 -0000

The Makefile references "ChangeLog", but the file is "Changelog". FIxing the file name used in the Makefile allows make to go ahead.

Oh, and one really should have CFLAGS=-O2 in the makefile. The way it is, gcc gets no optimization flags at all, and SOME optimization is classically required with gcc in order for inlining to work (and there is inlining ..).

#23 typo in Makefile (SVN 280)

Wilfried Hennings — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 21:25:13 -0000

Still in 2-2-3!

#28 segfault on small test file

Wilfried Hennings — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 12:34:58 -0000

OK... but a segfault? That's a bit worse than "unable to convert" :-)

I don't have time to look into this myself unfortunately.

#28 segfault on small test file

Wilfried Hennings — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 09:17:27 -0000

Since rtf2latex2e was programmed, Microsoft has issued new versions of MSWord, which write new versions of rtf, and rtf2latex2e is unable to convert the new rtf dialects.
In many cases it helps opening the document in Wordpad and saving it as rtf from Wordpad.
If anyone would like to update rtf2latex2e, she/he is welcome -- currently there is no active developer in the rtf2latex2e project.

segfault on small test file

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 17:01:01 -0000

$ ~/Downloads/rtf2latex2e-2-2-3/rtf2latex2e test.rtf
Processing test.rtf
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
$ cat test.rtf
{\rtf\ansi\deff0{\pard before \par\trowd\trautofit1\trgaph108 \cellx1000 \cellx2000 \pard \intbl 1 \cell \pard \intbl 2 \cell \row \pard after}}

Win installation problems with rtf2latex2e

Jay A. Leavitt — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 13:52:14 -0000

Several pieces were missing from the download such as the subfolder "emf2eps". I've able to work around most. At this point I have 2 problems regarding the missing file, emf2pdf.bat. I found a copy of its contents on the internet.
In what directory does it belong. I tried the rtf2latex2e Program Files (x86) follder - Windows seemed to reject that location.
My 2nd concerns my lack of education. Windows is installed as a 64 bit environment. All instructions refer to the older confiruration - 32 bit. The 2nd line of emf2pdf.bat,
"%ProgramFiles%\Metafile to EPS Converter\metafile2eps.exe" "%1" "%~dpn1.eps"
doesn't refer to Program Files (x86). Should %ProgramFiles% be replaced with %ProgramFiles(x86)%?

#26 fails to convert specific rtf file

Wilfried Hennings — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 09:42:28 -0000

status: open --> accepted
assigned_to: Wilfried Hennings
Attachments has changed:

Diff:

--- old
+++ new
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 60_100_en_rtf.rtf (2.1 MB; application/rtf)
+60_100_en_wp.tex (110.9 kB; application/octet-stream)

fails to convert specific rtf file

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 11:51:34 -0000

It fails to convert the attached rtf file with the message

bernd@aladdin:~/Download> rtf2latex2e -b 60_100_en_rtf
Processing 60_100_en_rtf.rtf
ReadColorTbl: malformed entry
Last token read was "\cbackgroundone" near line 474, position 16.

Can you please have a look why it fails?