[OS X TeX] 1999

Michael Sharpe msharpe at ucsd.edu
Wed May 1 20:47:59 EDT 2013


On May 1, 2013, at 5:05 PM, George Gratzer <gratzer at me.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to typeset a book I wrote in 1999. 
> 
> I get an error message:
> 
> (/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.mkii
> [Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02).]
> /usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.mkii:140: Missing 
> endcsname inserted.
> <to be read again> 
>                    relax 
> <inserted text> if
>                   done
> <argument> ifdone 
>                   
> @if ...def csname expandafter @gobbletwo string #1
>                                                   expandafter @gobbletwo str...
> 
> newif ...capechar m at ne let #1iffalse @if #1iftrue 
>                                                   @if #1iffalse escapechar c...
> l.140 ...pandafter \newif \csname ifdone\endcsname
>                                                   
> ? 
> 
> and GoTo Error takes me to supp-pdf.mkii. Was this not present in 1999?
> 
> How do I go around  this?
> 
> GG
> --------

Just a thought---you might be including eps graphics, eg, \includegraphics{x.eps}. That would work fint in latex+dvips+ps2pdf, but automatic conversion to .pdf by pdflatex might require you to omit the .eps extensions.

Michael

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