LaTeX typesetting results different in Textmate, TeXshop, others - TextMate

21 Dec 2006


      Hello everybody,
I noticed that the results of typesetting LaTeX files in Textmate  
gives different results as compared to other TeX programs (TeXShop,  
iTeXMac). In this particular case, a PDF graphic file was missing, in  
which case, the TeX typesetting stops with a fatal error (at least, I  
think that is what should happen), and no output is produced.
Accordingly, TeXing in TeXShop gives (as console output):
...
LaTeX Warning: File `../Figures/polymerization_triamides.pdf' not  
found on input line 133.
Error: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/i386-apple-darwin-current/pdflatex  
(file ../Figures
/polymerization_triamides.pdf): cannot find image file
==> Fatal error occurred, the output PDF file is not finished!
... and no new PDF file. However, TeXing in Textmate gives:
...
LaTeX Warning: File `../Figures/polymerization_triamides.pdf' not  
found on inpu
Found 0 errors, and 60 warnings in 0 runs
... and a new PDF file with 0 pages which prompts PDFView to crash  
upon trying to update. In other words, Textmate behaves as if there  
was no error. What I find strange is that I thought that the console  
output was entirely the responsibility of the TeX engine ... and I  
have for sure only one TeX distribution installed. Are any parameters  
passed to the TeX engine from Textmate that control this behavior? If  
so, is there a reason for the current settings? Or what else could be  
the reason?
On a side note, as you see in the example above all warnings are  
truncated (no matter what size the console window is). Is there away  
to avoid this?
Holger