[OS X TeX] Linux --> Mac: Beamer and "Non-PDF special ignored!"

[Rick Chartrand]

Herb,

You are correct; after using that option, the log no longer says
"restricted" before "\write 18 enabled," but the "Non-PDF special ignored!"
errors persist.  (While with sudo, the log still shows restricted, but
everything works.)

Rick

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com>wrote:

>
> On Sep 22, 2010, at 3:05 PM, Rick Chartrand wrote:
>
> > After comparing my .log file with Dick Koch's for a Beamer file with one
> > empty frame, I found 4 relevant differences:
> > (1) his says "\write18 enabled", mine says "restricted \write18 enabled".
> > This prompted me to try compiling with sudo pdflatex, and this actually
> > works, for the empty file and for full presentations.  But compiling with
> > sudo seems like a bad long-term idea.  The following are the other
> relevant
> > differences (that I get if I compile *without* sudo; with sudo the only
> > difference is the "restricted \write18 enabled").
> > (2 & 3) His:
> > ______________
> > Package pgfsys Info: Driver file for pgf: pgfsys-pdftex.def on input line
> > 885.
> >
> >
> (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys-pdftex.d
> > ef
> > File: pgfsys-pdftex.def 2007/12/20  (rcs-revision 1.20)
> >
> >
> (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys-common-p
> > df.def
> > File: pgfsys-common-pdf.def 2007/12/17  (rcs-revision 1.8)
> > )))
> > _______________
> > Mine:
> > _______________
> > Package pgfsys Info: Driver file for pgf: pgfsys-dvips.def on input line
> > 885.
> >
> > (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/
> > pgfsys-dvips.de
> > f
> > File: pgfsys-dvips.def 2007/12/12  (rcs-revision 1.19)
> >
> >
> (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys-common-p
> > ostscript.def
> > File: pgfsys-common-postscript.def 2008/02/07  (rcs-revision 1.18)
> > \pgf at objectcount=\count109
> > )))
> > ________________
> > It's as though mine wants ps output instead of pdf.
> > (4) His has
> > ________________
> >
> (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/epstopdf-sys.cfg
> > File: epstopdf-sys.cfg 2010/07/13 v1.3 Configuration of (r)epstopdf for
> TeX
> > Liv
> > e
> > ))
> > ________________
> > and mine doesn't, consistent with the idea that something in my setup
> thinks
> > it doesn't want pdf output, though in the end it does output a pdf (after
> > all the Non-PDF special ignored! messages).
> >
> > Anybody know what might cause this, and how to fix it?
> >
> > Rick
> >
>
> Howdy,
>
> No need for `sudo` to enable write18 for the compile. Add the
> --shell-escape option to the pdflatex command line for that file.
>
> As to why it wants to output ps rather than pdf I haven't a clue. Sigh...
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>
>
>
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