Hi Alain On Dec 10, 2006, at 6:08 AM, Alain Matthes wrote:
which it's the best way to use TextMate if you want to compile with « latex »
(tex---> dvi---> ps ----> pdf).
For me it's not a problem because i prefer pdflatex b ut a lot of users work with this method and it's difficult to find something in the doc on this problem
I really don't understand why people prefer that method, but anyway. The simplest way I think is to trick TM into thinking you have pstricks in your text, by adding the line: % \usepackage{pstricks} This is admittedly a bit of a hack, relying on the fact that the current command doesn't check whether the line is commented or not. I suppose we could really add another variable or some other way to set things, but if the result is to be pdf, then what is the advantage of adding two intermediate steps? Unless it is required for some of the packages included, in which case we should add some checks and do the switch for the user.
Also, one should be able to use their TeXShop engine files with relative ease. I think it won't work out of the box, but we can probably figure out how to make them work out of the box, if someone has more experience with these engine files and their syntax.
Finally, you can set two variables: TEX_PSTRICKS and TM_LATEX_COMPILER to 1 and latex respectively. Then it should always follow this route.
And of course, you can always create your very own shell script to use instead.
Greetings
Alain
Haris