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Emacs : GNU Emacs 22.0.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.8.20) of 2006-10-06 on akane-sakura Package: 11.83 Run buffer contents: Running `Preview-LaTeX' on `recurrence_conference' with ``latex -ini "&latex" prv_recurrence_conference.ini "\nonstopmode\nofiles\PassOptionsToPackage{active,tightpage,auctex}{preview}\AtBeginDocument{\ifx\ifPreview\undefined\RequirePackage[displaymath,floats,graphics,textmath,sections,footnotes]{preview}[2004/11/05]\fi}\input{recurrence_conference.tex}"'' This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (INITEX) %&-line parsing enabled. entering extended mode (./prv_recurrence_conference.ini LaTeX2e <2003/12/01> Babel and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh yphenation, basque, bulgarian, coptic, welsh, czech, slovak, german, ngerman, d anish, spanish, catalan, estonian, finnish, french, greek, monogreek, ancientgr eek, croatian, hungarian, interlingua, ibycus, indonesian, icelandic, italian, latin, mongolian, dutch, norsk, polish, portuguese, pinyin, romanian, russian, slovene, uppersorbian, serbian, swedish, turkish, ukenglish, ukrainian, loaded. 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[...] ...t Oct 7 00:56:45 Running `Preview-DviPS' with ``dvips -Pwww recurrence_conference.dvi -o recurrence_conference.prv/tmp99701bc/preview.ps'' This is dvips(k) 5.95b Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) ' TeX output 2006.10.07:0056' -> recurrence_conference.prv/tmp99701bc/preview.ps <8r.enc>. 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