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hyperref | Option "breaklinks" with dvips

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Hi all.

Consider the following MWE:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[danish]{babel}
\usepackage[breaklinks=true]{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\bigskip
\section{A title which is longer that the width of the page in order to illustrate the problem}
\end{document}
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When I compile via latex + dvips + ps2pdf (I have PSTricks figures and EPS pictures in my real document), I get the following warning:
Package hyperref Warning: You have enabled option `breaklinks'.
(hyperref) But driver `hdvips.def' does not suppport this.
(hyperref) Expect trouble with the link areas of broken links.
Is there any way to fix this so that the link from a ToC entry, which i longer than the textwidth, will be correct? (It obviously is not correct in the MWE above.)

Thank you in advance!

P.S. The two and a half lines just before the beginning of section 3.3 in the hyperref manual is not very encouraging reading. :( Therefore, I am looking for some other trick.
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hyperref | Option "breaklinks" with dvips

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Hi,

load the hypdvips package. It adds support for breaking links with dvips.

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\usepackage{hypdvips}
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hyperref | Option "breaklinks" with dvips

Post by svend_tveskaeg »

Awesome!

Thank you.

To other users: You have to load the package after hyperref. (It is all in the documentation.)
``In the game of chess, you can never let your adversary see your pieces.''
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