[TxMt] Re: Latex command fail following new security update

[Geoff Vallis]

I've tried 'latex and view' again and it does now start up faster than I remember!

Thanks for the great work,
Geoff




>> On 24 Mar 2015, at 13:32 , Geoff Vallis <gkvallis at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Ren,
>> 
>> Your fix did the trick, thanks very much.
>> 
>> The reasons I don't use 'typeset and view' are twofold. The main one is just that it is a bit slow - I have to wait almost five seconds before it actually starts to typeset, which may not seem very long but when I am 'debugging' it is a little frustrating. Using a terminal window the typesetting starts instantly.  
> 
> Commit 39b09967 [1] should improve the startup time of `texmate` significantly. 
> 
> [1]: https://github.com/textmate/latex.tmbundle/commit/39b09967
> 
> I get an overhead of less than 0.3s if I use `texmate` on a minimal file. The translation of the minimal file inside Terminal using the command `time pdflatex tmp.tex` takes 0.55s. The following command ? basically simulating a run of ?Typeset & View (PDF)? ? inside TextMate takes about 0.79s:
> 
> ?
> #!/usr/bin/env bash
> 
> BUNDLE_DIR="$HOME/Library/Application Support/Avian/Bundles/LaTeX.tmbundle"
> TM_BUNDLE_DIR="$HOME/Library/Application Support/TextMate/Managed/Bundles"
> 
> export TM_FILEPATH="tmp.tex"
> export TM_SUPPORT_PATH="$TM_BUNDLE_DIR/Bundle Support.tmbundle/Support/shared"
> export TM_BUNDLE_SUPPORT="$BUNDLE_DIR/Support"
> export PATH="$BUNDLE_DIR/Support/bin":$PATH
> export TM_SELECTION='1:1'
> 
> texmate.py -suppressview latex -latexmk no -engine pdflatex
> ?
> 
> tmp.tex:
> ?
> \documentclass{article}
> 
> \begin{document}
> Bla
> \end{document}
> ?
> 
> Could you maybe test the above example and send in your results. If it takes multiples seconds before `texmate` starts typesetting, then maybe your local copy of the bundle does not contain the changes done in commit 5074427f [2]?
> 
> [2]: https://github.com/textmate/latex.tmbundle/commit/5074427f
> 
>> The second reason is that I can go back and forth between xelatex and pdflatex easily by setting up two scripts with different keyboard shortcuts, which I find quite convenient.
> 
> You can change the typesetting engine used by ?Typeset & View (PDF)? with the following commands:
> 
>    defaults write com.macromates.textmate.preview latexEngine xelatex
>    defaults write com.macromates.textmate.preview latexEngine pdflatex
> 
>> I know there are some advantages to 'typeset and view' and if it were a bit quicker, like the equivalent command in TexShop which is quite fast, I would use it.
> 
> Hopefully the latest changes help.
> 
>> Thanks again
>> Geoff
> 
> Kind regards,
>  Ren?
>