[OS X TeX] tikz editor
Herbert Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com
Thu Nov 28 13:58:16 EST 2013
On Nov 28, 2013, at 12:35 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>
> On Nov 28, 2013, at 12:18 PM, Michael Sharpe <msharpe at ucsd.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Nov 27, 2013, at 5:40 PM, M. Tamer Özsu <ozsut at mac.com> wrote:
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>>> I used to use TikZ Editor for developing tikz figures. I recently moved to a new machine running Mavericks and did a clean install. Now, the same documents that used to work with TikZ Editor are giving me an error:
>>>
>>> Preview error: Can't convert the source file to PDF. Please check the LaTeX command in preview's preferences.
>>>
>>> The LaTeX command referred to above is the default:
>>>
>>> pdflatex -file-line-error -interaction=nonstopmode -output-directory $OUTPUT_DIR -jobname $FILE_NAME $FILE_PATH
>>>
>>> Does anyone know, what might be going on?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> ==Tamer
>>>
>>
>> The command seems to run in a shell where /usr/texbin is not on the path. Change the LaTeX command to
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>>> /usr/texbin/pdflatex -file-line-error -interaction=nonstopmode -output-directory $OUTPUT_DIR -jobname $FILE_NAME $FILE_PATH
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>> This worked for me with Mavericks, where I saw the same error you reported. Adding -shell-escape, as Pete suggested, may be important for some TikZ processes.
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>> Michael
>
> Howdy,
>
> Still wondering where that ``default'' command comes from. Also, what is that TikZ Editor?
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
Howdy,
Sigh... of course... it's actually called TikZ Editor! :-)
And it looks pretty nice. And Michael Sharpe's comment is definitely the fix that's needed. Maybe I'll let to folks on the project know that most folks have /usr/texbin in their path; maybe they should add a command path for the TeX binaries, like TeXShop.
Good Luck,
Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
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