[OS X Emacs] latex compilation in pdf via ps

Mon Oct 5 10:06:37 EDT 2009

great, that works; thank you, Enrico!

You've written "Skim synchronisation works out of the box for me." But
after having compiled a document with simPDFLaTex Skim does'nt
recognize automatically, that the pdf file was changed. This behavior
is different from compiling with LaTex. Maybe that's the problem that
Pete mentioned (The problem is that simpdftex does *not* reuse the PDF
file. ...)?

Johannes

Am 05.10.2009 um 13:00 schrieb Enrico Franconi:

> Well, you may safely omit the part "--distiller ps2pdf14", and it will
> use your default distiller.
>
> (defvar simpdflatex-program
> "simpdftex latex --mode dvips --maxpfb --extratexopts -synctex=1"
> "PDFLaTeX program via dvips")
>
> --e.
>
> On 5 Oct 2009, at 12:50, Dr. Johannes Brauer wrote:
>
>> okay now, no more errors messages in the message buffer, but
>> simPDFLaTex produces:
>>
>> Running `simPDFLaTeX' on `document' with ``simpdftex latex --mode
>> dvips --maxpfb --extratexopts -synctex=1
>> --distiller ps2pdf14 document.tex''
>> ### This is /usr/local/texlive/2007/bin/i386-darwin/simpdftex,
>> Version 20070507/bin/sh: line 1: --distiller: command not found
>>
>> simPDFLaTeX exited abnormally with code 127 at Mon Oct  5 12:40:01
>>
>> But, running
>>
>> simpdftex latex document
>>
>> from the command line works fine.
>>
>> Do I have to install another distiller?
>>
>> Johannes
>>
>>
>> Am 05.10.2009 um 10:54 schrieb Enrico Franconi:
>>
>> oops, you're are right. This should be after the load of LaTeX:
>>
>> (defvar simpdflatex-program
>> "simpdftex latex --mode dvips --maxpfb --extratexopts -synctex=1
>> --distiller ps2pdf14"
>> "PDFLaTeX program via dvips")
>>
>> (defun simpdflatex-command nil simpdflatex-program)
>>
>> (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook
>>        (lambda nil
>>          (add-to-list
>>  'TeX-expand-list
>>  '("%(simpdflatex)"
>>    (lambda nil
>> (simpdflatex-command))))
>> (add-to-list
>>  'TeX-command-list
>>  '("simPDFLaTeX" "%(simpdflatex) %t" TeX-run-TeX nil
>>    (latex-mode doctex-mode) :help "Run pLaTeX"))
>>          (add-to-list
>>  'TeX-command-output-list
>>  '("simpdftex" ("pdf")))
>> ))
>>
>> cheers
>> --e.
>>
>> On 5 Oct 2009, at 08:24, Dr. Johannes Brauer wrote:
>>
>> I put the recommended lines into my Preferences.el file.  But after
>> having started Aquamacs I found the following error message in the
>> message buffer:
>>
>> ...
>> An error has occurred while loading `~/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs
>> Emacs/Preferences.el (or .elc)':
>>
>> Symbol's value as variable is void: TeX-expand-list
>>
>> ...
>>
>> What can I do?
>>
>> Johannes
>>
>> Am 05.10.2009 um 00:25 schrieb Enrico Franconi:
>>
>> The simpdftex executable (available in MacTeX and TeXLive) does the
>> steps for you.
>> This is what I do in order to use simpdftex with AucTeX (add it to
>> your ~/.emacs file, and you'll find a new menu entry for simpdftex):
>>
>> (defvar simpdflatex-program
>> "simpdftex latex --mode dvips --maxpfb --extratexopts '-synctex=1'
>> --distiller ps2pdf14"
>> "PDFLaTeX program via dvips")
>>
>> (defun simpdflatex-command nil simpdflatex-program)
>>
>> (setq TeX-expand-list
>>    (cons '("%(simpdflatex)"  (lambda nil (simpdflatex-command)))
>>          TeX-expand-list))
>>
>> (setq TeX-command-list
>>    (cons '("simPDFLaTeX" "%(simpdflatex) %t" TeX-run-TeX nil
>>            (latex-mode doctex-mode) :help "Run pLaTeX")
>>          TeX-command-list))
>>
>> (setq TeX-command-output-list
>>    (cons '("simpdftex" ("pdf"))
>>          TeX-command-output-list))
>>
>> Skim synchronisation works out of the box for me.
>> cheers
>> --e.
>>
>> On 4 Oct 2009, at 18:35, Peter Dyballa wrote:
>>
>>
>> Am 04.10.2009 um 18:07 schrieb Dr. Johannes Brauer:
>>
>> But the great integration with the pdf-viewer Skim by Aquamacs does
>> not work anymore. Skim doesn't recognize that there is a new pdf
>> file.
>> The View command forces Skim to open the pdf file in a new window.
>>
>> How I can repair the Skim integration?
>>
>>
>> The problem is that simpdftex does *not* reuse the PDF file. By
>> default. I think there was an update released to make simpdftex re-
>> use the formerly created PDF file, but I don't recall any details –
>> mostly not using the script! Could be Skim has an option to test the
>> file name and not the file's inode...
>>
>> Hopefully someone else has the missing details!
>>
>> --
>> Mit friedvollen Grüßen
>>
>> Pete
>>
>> The best way to accelerate a PC is 9.8 m/s²
>>
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