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

[Peter Cowan]

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Robi Ragan <robi.ragan at gmail.com> wrote:
> I deleted all the .plist associated with macromates and it still
> insist on calling latex rather than pdflatex.
>
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009)
> (format=latex 2009.11.7)
>
> I have figured out which package is causing the problem. If I comment
> out \usepackage{epsfig}. Textmate will call pdflatex as so:

This was in the list I asked you about before.

>
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009)
> (format=pdflatex 2009.11.7)
>
> The trouble is that is the very package I needed to insert pdfs into
> the document.

You shouldn't need that package to insert pdf.  The recommend way is
graphicx and \includegraphics.

> Sigh...What a frustrating little program this is.

I don't mean to be a jerk, but problems like this are almost always
solved faster if you include a simple example file as I asked earlier.

> Is there a different package I can use? Or should I investigate a
> different graphics format to insert into my LaTeX docs. I use R and
> inkscape to create all of the graphics I insert into LaTeX docs.

The above package and command work great with R PDFs (that's what I
use).  I assume you are using PDF output for inkscape, not the native
SVG format.  I'm sure SVG can be handled but I don't use it, googling
would identify that.

> Robi
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Peter Cowan <cowan.pd at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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