[OS X TeX] latex->dvips->Distiller->Acrobat Professional

[Herbert Schulz]

Howdy,

The following message from Bruno Voisin is forwarded to the list.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)

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>
>> Does anyone have a script (or makefile) that will:
>>
>> 1. Close filename.pdf in Acrobat Professional, if open.
>> 2. latex filename.tex.
>> 3. dvips filename.dvi
>> 4. Use the Acrobat Distiller to turn filename.ps to filename.pdf,
>> then close Distiller when finished.
>> 5. Open the resulting filename.pdf in Acrobat Professional.
>
> There have been a number of answers, but none addressed the original  
> request really. I am not willing to re-subscribe just for this, so  
> it would help if you posted the answer for me.
>
> Not quite what was asked (I imagine this was more an AppleScript),  
> but from within TeXworks there's a way to perform tasks 2 to 4 all  
> in one go (not closing Distiller afterwards though). Create a  
> processing tool performing the following tasks:
>
> Program:
> 	simpdftex
>
> Arguments:
> 	latex
> 	--extratexopts
> 	-synctex=1
> 	--distiller
> 	"/Applications/Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional/Acrobat Distiller.app/ 
> Contents/MacOS/Distiller"
> 	$fullname
>
> The arguments must all be on separate lines in TeXworks' processing  
> tools interface:
>
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> The exact path to the Distiller executable must be adapted to the  
> version of Acrobat. It can be obtained by Ctrl-clicking on the  
> Distiller app then navigating to the executable within.
>
> The option --extradvipsopts R0 which I saw you suggested can  
> similarly be added on two separate lines:
>
> 	--extradvipsopts
> 	R0
>
> In a quick test I just made that works, Distiller is launched and  
> the document processed successfully. Then by double-cliking on the  
> document icon in the Distiller window this document is opened in the  
> default PDF viewer (Preview or Reader or Acrobat depending on your  
> settings):
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>
> I am not aware of any way to perform the same in TeXShop, namely to  
> bypass the Distiller choice between Ghostscript and Apple Distiller  
> in Preferences > Misc.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bruno