[TxMt] Re: LaTeX Setup: Problems switching from TexShop to Textmate

[Peter Cowan]

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Robi Ragan <robi.ragan at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have none of those packages loaded.
>
> My file has no %!TEX directive.

Try adding this to the top of your file and see if that works.

%!TEX TS-program = pdflatex

> I have not set any shell variables but the PATH. I have very little
> idea what these shell variables are actually. I read and I read, and
> all the documentation assumes I already know what they are and
> exactally how to set them.

They are variable that TM commands and look at.  Another way to set
the engine is to provide a variable like TM_LATEX and set that to (in
my case) xelatex.

>
> But Wait! I just noticed another difference in the log files.
>
> TeXShop:
>
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009)
> (format=pdflatex 2009.11.7)  10 MAR 2010 15:25
>
> Textmate:
>
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009)
> (format=latex 2009.11.7)  10 MAR 2010 15:10
>
> But I have pdflatex selected in the preferences. I just noticed that I
> get the same errors no matter what I set the engine to in the
> preferences. It looks like Textmate is not letting me change the
> engine to what ever I want.
>
>
> Robi
> Robi Ragan
> Visiting Assistant Professor
> Department of Political Science
> Duke University
> www.duke.edu/~rr75
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Peter Cowan <cowan.pd at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Robi Ragan <robi.ragan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> pdflatex is the engine that I have set in the preferences and it still
>>> is choking on the pdf.
>>>
>>> Again, looking at the log files it uses all the same files and paths
>>> until it gets to the load graphics point. At that point the when
>>> compiled from TeXShop calls: pdftex.def and when being compiled from
>>> Textmate it calls: dvips.def
>>>
>>> Robi
>>
>> Can you supply us with a minimal example that causes your issue?
>>
>> Do you happen to load any of these packages?
>>
>> ['pstricks' , 'xyling' , 'pst-asr' , 'OTtablx' , 'epsfig' ]
>>
>> Does your file have a %!TEX directive?
>>
>> Have you set the TM_LATEX shell variable set in either the TextMate
>> preferences, or the Project specific variables?
>>
>> Hopefully these will help us narrow down the source of your difficulty.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Daniel Stegmueller
>>> <d.stegmueller at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Dear Robi,
>>>>
>>>> if you chosse the correct (i.e. pdflatex) engine in the preferences this will no happen.
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10 Mar 2010, at 15:33, Robi Ragan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the suggestions but that did not fix the problem. I have
>>>>> determined that the error that is causing the problem is:
>>>>>
>>>>> Latex Error: ./texfile.tex:22 LaTeX Error: Cannot determine size of
>>>>> graphic in image.pdf (no BoundingBox).
>>>>>
>>>>> But there should be no problem with bounding boxes because it is a pdf
>>>>> file. And again this file compiles perfectly in TeXShop. This makes me
>>>>> think TextMate is still somehow using a different method for compiling
>>>>> the file.
>>>>>
>>>>> After examining the log files produced by each method I find that they
>>>>> are handling the graphics in different ways and that is likely what is
>>>>> leading to the bounding box errors.
>>>>>
>>>>> TeXShop calls:
>>>>> ------
>>>>> Package graphics Info: Driver file: pdftex.def on input line 91.
>>>>>
>>>>> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdftex-def/pdftex.def
>>>>> File: pdftex.def 2009/08/25 v0.04m Graphics/color for pdfTeX
>>>>> \Gread at gobject=\count87
>>>>> ))
>>>>> -----
>>>>>
>>>>> While the method used by Textmate calls:
>>>>>
>>>>> ------
>>>>> Package graphics Info: Driver file: dvips.def on input line 91.
>>>>>
>>>>> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def
>>>>> File: dvips.def 1999/02/16 v3.0i Driver-dependant file (DPC,SPQR)
>>>>> ))
>>>>> ------
>>>>>
>>>>> So how do I get textmate to use the same graphics process as TeXXhop.
>>>>> I assume this is some sort of option I need to set in the preferences.
>>>>> Anyone know what it would be and how to set it?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Alex Ross <z-textmate at lasersox.net> wrote:
>>>>>> On Mar 9, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Robi Ragan wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To set LaTeX preferences in TextMate, press ⌘⌥, or select the menu item “Bundles > LaTeX > Preferences…”
>>>>>>>> —Alex
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh how I know it. I have read all the documentation and I cannot find
>>>>>>> anything that tells me exactly what to put in these preferences. In
>>>>>>> order to get Textmate to use the same engine that my TeXShop is using.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyone else have any ideas??
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You want “Default Engine: pdflatex” and “Options: --shell-escape”.
>>>>>>
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