[OS X TeX] options for simpdftex

[Michael Sharpe]

On Mar 23, 2009, at 5:30 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On Mar 23, 2009, at 5:11 PM, Michael Sharpe wrote:
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>> Is there an option to simpdftex that can be set in the TeXShop  
>> preferences that will pass through as an option to ps2pdf? I need  
>> to run ps2pdf with option -dAutoRotatePages=/None to stop gs from  
>> being too clever. (It appears that -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer would  
>> also have that effect.) Or, do I have to specify a personal script?
>>
>> Michael
>>
>
> Howdy,
>
> You might try to use the latexmk engine (see the instructions in  ~/ 
> Library/TeXShop/Engines/Inactive/Latexmk) and customize the ~/ 
> Library/TeXShop/bin/latemkrc file.
>

Herb,

I had avoided latexmk in the past because it looked more complicated  
than I needed, but I see now that it is much simpler to use than the  
length of the documentation might suggest. Adding the option - 
dPDFSETTINGS=/printer to line 5 of latexmkrc was the only change needed.

Thanks,
Michael