[OS X TeX] Using eps files
facenda at us.es
facenda at us.es
Tue Mar 9 09:20:03 EST 2010
Hi again,
I had selected mactex 2009 64 bit in the notebook, and I get the error.
If I select to compile without 64 bit, I don't get the error.
So the problem is the 64 bit option.
How can I fix that?
Thanks for your time,
José A. Facenda
----- Mensaje original -----
De: Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com>
Fecha: Martes, Marzo 9, 2010 2:15 pm
Asunto: Re: [OS X TeX] Using eps files
A: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>
> On Mar 9, 2010, at 3:16 AM, José A. Facenda Aguirre wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > thanks for the answer.
> > I have installed MacTeX 2009 in a macbook pro and an imac i5.
> > I have the problem in the notebook; imac has no problem. The
> document contains these lines: (is latex template fron texshop)
> >
> > \documentclass[11pt]{amsart}
> > \usepackage{graphicx}
> > \usepackage{epstopdf}
> > \DeclareGraphicsRule{.tif}{png}{.png}{`convert #1 `dirname
> #1`/`basename #1 .tif .png}
> > \begin{document}
> > \includegraphics[]{figure}
> > \end{document}
> > I have the file figure.eps
> > The macbook pro gives the mentioned error but the imac works well.
> What's the problem in the notebook?
> > Any help would be appreciated
> > José A. Facenda
> >
>
> Howdy,
>
> I have no problem compiling your document! This is with MacTEX-2009
> and TeXShop 2.33. Did you check that there is a --shell-escape option
> set for the pdflatex engine in
> TeXShop->Preferences->Engine->pdfTeX->Tex & Latex: the lines should
> look like
>
> pdftex --shell-escape --synctex=1 --file-line-error
>
> and
>
> pdflatex --shell-escape --synctex=1 --file-line-error
>
> respectively. The --shell-escape option is needed by the epstopdf
> package since it must access the command line from within your
> pdflatex run.
>
> One other thing, although it has nothing to do with your problem: the
> epstopdf package was updated for MacTeX(TeX Live)-2009 and the way
> your set up new conversions has changed. Instead of
>
> > \DeclareGraphicsRule{.tif}{png}{.png}{`convert #1 `dirname
> #1`/`basename #1 .tif .png}
>
>
> you should use
>
> \epstopdfDeclareGraphicsRule{.tif}{png}{.png}{convert #1 \OutputFile}
> \PrependGraphicsExtensions{.tif}
>
> Note that the epstopdf package that comes with MacTeX-2009 also does a
> conversion figure.eps->figure-eps-converted-to.pdf rather than
> figure.eps->figure.pdf. It also appends. rather than prepends, the
> .eps extension to the list of extensions to look for. That means that
> if it finds a figure.pdf it will use it even if you want it ti use
> figure.eps. You can get back original behavior by creating a file
> named epstopdf-sys.cfg that contains the lines
>
> % to get old behavior foo.eps->foo.pdf as well as update,prepend
> \epstopdfsetup{program at epstopdf=epstopdf,verbose,update,prepend,prefersuffix=false,suffix=}
> % tif->png
> \epstopdfDeclareGraphicsRule{.tif}{png}{.png}{convert #1 \OutputFile}
> \PrependGraphicsExtensions{.tif}
>
> and place it in ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/config/ (create necessary
> nested folders as needed and ~ is your HOME directory). With the file
> above the ability to convert tif->png will be loaded automatically too
> so you won't need it in your source file.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>
>
>
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