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

Peter Cowan cowan.pd at gmail.com
Wed Mar 10 22:21:24 UTC 2010
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On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Robi Ragan <robi.ragan at gmail.com> wrote:
> That works!

Ah now we are getting somewhere.  The reason I asked you do try that
is that typesetting latex is done by the texMate.py script in the
support folder of the latex bundle.  It contains the following
function which you can see tries to figure out the best engine based
on the directive settings, package requirements and finally the
preference settings.  Based on your previous emails none of the if
clauses before preferences should be setting the engine, so something
is a miss in your preferences.  The tmPrefs dictionary by calling a
function in tmprefs.py in the same folder.  I don't fully understand
how this works but it tries to read
\"$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.macromates.textmate.plist\"

So I would try quitting TM and deleting that preference file and
seeing if that works.

def constructEngineCommand(tsDirectives,tmPrefs,packages):
    """This function decides which engine to run using
       + %!TEX directives from the tex file
       + Preferences
       + or by detecting certain packages
       The default is pdflatex.  But it may be modified
       to be one of
          latex
          xelatex
          texexec  -- although I'm not sure how compatible context is
with any of this
    """
    engine = "pdflatex"

    latexIndicators = ['pstricks' , 'xyling' , 'pst-asr' , 'OTtablx' ,
'epsfig' ]
    xelatexIndicators = ['xunicode', 'fontspec']

    if 'TS-program' in tsDirectives:
        engine = tsDirectives['TS-program']
    elif usesOnePackage(latexIndicators,packages):
        engine = 'latex'
    elif usesOnePackage(xelatexIndicators,packages):
        engine = 'xelatex'
    else:
        engine = tmPrefs['latexEngine']
    stat = os.system('type '+engine+' > /dev/null')
    if stat != 0:
        print '<p class="error">Error: %s is not found, you need to
install LaTeX or be sure that your PATH is setup properly.</p>' %
engine
        sys.exit(1)
    return engine



> So I guess the question is why won''t Textmate let me set the proper
> engine in the Preferences? I just noticed that when I try to change
> the engine I get an error that goes across the whole screen and then
> disappears quickly. I took a quick screenshot and it says:
>
> /Applications/TextMate.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Bundles/Latex.tmbundle/Support/bin/configure.py:8:
> DeprecationWarning: os.open4 is depreciated. Use the subprocess
> module.
> sin, result = os.popen4(command)
>
> Is that robot speak for "You tried to set the latex engine but it did not work?"
>
> Any ideas how to get Texmate to let me set the preferences?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robi
>
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Peter Cowan <cowan.pd at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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