[OS X TeX] tikz error (but still compiles fine)

[Nathan A. Paxton]

	The minimal class is OK for some purposes, but it outputs entire pages, rather than the solo graphic itself. Sometimes one wants just the graphic.

	It's not just standalone. I'm working on a paper in good ol' article class, and it throws the same error. pdflatexmk absolutely hates this.

Best,
-Nathan 
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On 28 Sep 2013, at 3:09 PM, Peter Dyballa wrote:

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> Am 28.09.2013 um 18:13 schrieb Nathan A. Paxton:
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>> 	It seems like it wants an output file that has a particular suffix, rather than an un-suffixed file?
> 
> This is a TikZ/PGF bug, certainly. It also happens when using 'pdflatex -shell-escape'. The text of the error report comes from TikZ/PGF files. It can also be that the standalone class interferes here, so a test with a "normal" LaTeX class (minimal, article, report, …) can give a hint. With the minimal class no problem occurs, so it must be standalone that changes the process in an unexpected way.
> 
> When you don't want to give up standalone, you should report this to Martin Scharrer and Till Tantau. Could be they can find a work-around.
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