[OS X TeX] Puzzled by epstopdf

[Herbert Schulz]

On Aug 29, 2006, at 9:11 AM, André Bellaïche wrote:

>
> FOR THE IMAC:
>
> This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)  
> (format=pdflatex 2006.8.9)  29 AUG 2006 15:53
> entering extended mode
> \write18 enabled.
> [...]
> system(epstopdf bild.eps)...executed.
>
> FOR THE POWERMAC
>
> This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)  
> (format=pdflatex 2006.8.28)  29 AUG 2006 15:15
> entering extended mode
> >> nothing about \write18
> [...]
> system(epstopdf bild.eps)...disabled.
>
> HAS SOMEBODY A CLUE?
>
> André Bellaïche
>

Howdy,

Assuming you are using TeXShop you can enable \write18 (i.e., the  
ability to execute external commands from within pdflatex ---  
technically a dangerous thing to do but sometimes very useful) by using

pdflatex --shell-escape

as the LaTeX command (TeXShop->Preferences->Engine tab) to use with  
pdftex. If you'd like a warning you can check the Shell Escape  
Warning box.

Hopefully that will make it all work fine.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)


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