[OS X TeX] altpdftex to simpdftex

[Ralph Martin]

Richard,

On 2 Oct 2005, at 07:38, Gerben Wierda wrote:
> You'll need to reset TeXShop preferences. Where it now says
>
>     altpdflatex --maxpfb
>
> it should say
>
>     simpdftex latex --maxpfb
>
> and where it says
>
>     altpdftex --maxpfb
>
> it should now say
>
>     simpdftex tex --maxpfb
>
> and likewise. The altpdftex scripts were already deprecated a year  
> ago and that year was for the frontend providers to make sure their  
> calling sequence was adapted. Now the depreciation is enforced.

You indicated you would fix this in an update to TeXshop "in a few  
days" several weeks ago. Any chance this will be sorted out soon? Its  
really tedious having to use the command line!

Thanks!

Ralph
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