[TxMt] Re: Can't compile pdflatex; only latex

[Nick Eubank]

Great! Thanks Rene!
On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 10:49 AM René Schwaiger <sanssecours at f-m.fm> wrote:

> Hi Nick,
>
> > On 27 Feb 2015, at 17:28 , Nick Eubank <nickeubank at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Rene,
> >
> > OK, after much toying, I think I found the problem (or rather, a
> solution) -- the presence of \include{epsfig} seems to be causing the issue.
>
> thanks for taking the time to create the sample file!
>
> > I'm not sure why -- it works fine when I compile in TeXShop -- but I
> don't need it at the moment, so I'm not going to worry about it.
>
> `texmate` — aka “Typeset & View” — checks for packages which are only
> compatible with a certain tex engine. One of those packages is `epsfig`,
> which — in theory — is only compatible with `latex`.
>
> `pdflatex` does not support eps files directly [1]. Newer versions of tex
> engines auto-convert eps files to PDF. So using epsfig with a middle-aged
> engine — like `pdflatex`— or one of the newer engines — like `lualatex`, or
> my personal favorite `xelatex` — should work. I think using the package
> `graphicx` instead of `epsfig` is the better option though. To cite a user
> from the linked StackExchange article [1]:
>
> > pdflatex can not include eps files you need to convert it to pdf, also
> the epsfig package is for compatibility with LaTeX 2.09, don't use it
> unless your document was written in the 1980s use the graphicx package
> instead. –  David Carlisle
>
> I removed `epsfig` from the packages that auto trigger a translation using
> `latex` in commit 610ee6ef [2]. The LaTeX bundle will be updated with the
> new code after Michael or Allan find the time to push out the changes.
>
> [1]: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/115810/using-epsfig-
> gives-errors-in-kile-but-compiles-fine-using-pdflatex-in-terminal
> [2]: https://github.com/textmate/latex.tmbundle/commit/
> 610ee6ef0d6162249374a480c1209c1ddd46a955
>
> > I also discovered that adding "%!TEX TS-program = pdflatex" to the head
> of the document (even if I leave in the \include{epsfig} command) solves
> the problem.
> >
> > Still, here's a working example that causes the problem in case you want
> to chase it down for other users.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Nick
>
> Thanks again for taking the time to hunt down the problem.
>
> Kind regards,
>   René
>
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