[powerdot] Problem with \usepackage[czech]{babel}

  • From: "Petr Pošík" <petr.posik@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: powerdot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:55:30 +0200

Hi all.
Recently I have updated my MikTeX installation and the packages as well, and
the powerdot presentations that I created one year ago started to behave
differently. In particular, the commands \onslide{3-}{body} do not leave the
"body" displayed after jumping to next slide. I traced the problem back to
use of babel package with the option "czech" (or "slovak"). (Thus, this
might as well not be an issue with powerdot.)

Nevertheless, if anybody has any suggestion I would be very greatfull.

I use simple powerdot file:

\documentclass{powerdot}
\listfiles
\usepackage[czech]{babel}
\begin{document}
\begin{slide}{What's wrong?}

\onslide*{1-}{Line one}
 \onslide*{2-}{Line two}

\onslide*{3-}{Line three}

\end{slide}
\end{document}
\endinput

The file listing:

 *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    2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
  size10.clo    2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX file (size option)
  size11.clo    2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX file (size option)
geometry.sty    2002/07/08 v3.2 Page Geometry
geometry.cfg
hyperref.sty    2008/09/13 v6.78j Hypertext links for LaTeX
   ifpdf.sty    2007/12/12 v1.6 Provides the ifpdf switch (HO)
  ifvtex.sty    2007/09/09 v1.3 Switches for detecting VTeX and its modes
(HO)
 ifxetex.sty    2006/08/21 v0.3 Provides ifxetex conditional
 hycolor.sty    2008/09/08 v1.4 Code for color options of hyperref/bookmark
(HO
)
xcolor-patch.sty    2008/09/08 xcolor patch
  pd1enc.def    2008/09/13 v6.78j Hyperref: PDFDocEncoding definition (HO)
etexcmds.sty    2007/12/12 v1.2 Prefix for e-TeX command names (HO)
infwarerr.sty    2007/09/09 v1.2 Providing info/warning/message (HO)
hyperref.cfg    2002/06/06 v1.2 hyperref configuration of TeXLive
kvoptions.sty    2007/10/18 v3.0 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)
 intcalc.sty    2007/09/27 v1.1 Expandable integer calculations (HO)
bigintcalc.sty    2007/11/11 v1.1 Expandable big integer calculations (HO)
pdftexcmds.sty    2007/12/12 v0.3 LuaTeX support for pdfTeX utility
functions (
HO)
kvsetkeys.sty    2007/09/29 v1.3 Key value parser with default handler
support
(HO)
atbegshi.sty    2008/07/31 v1.9 At begin shipout hook (HO)
  hdvips.def    2008/09/13 v6.78j Hyperref driver for dvips
 pdfmark.def    2008/09/13 v6.78j Hyperref definitions for pdfmark specials
graphicx.sty    1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
graphics.sty    2006/02/20 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    2008/01/24 v0.37 LaTeX wrapper for `PSTricks' (RN,HV)
pstricks.tex    2008/07/31 v1.26 `PSTricks' (tvz)
  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    2007/06/30 v2.1 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)
   babel.sty    2008/07/06 v3.8l The Babel package
 bblopts.cfg    2006/07/31 v1.0 MiKTeX 'babel' configuration
   czech.ldf    2008/07/06 v3.1a Czech support from the babel system
 nameref.sty    2007/05/29 v2.31 Cross-referencing by name of section
refcount.sty    2008/08/11 v3.1 Data extraction from references (HO)
 ***********

The results with and without the \usepackage{babel} command are attached.
With babel, the powerdot produces some hyphens in front of individual rows
and shows only the texts that should be displayed on the current overlay for
the first time - the older texts vanish.

Any idea?

Thanks a lot,

Petr

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