[OS X TeX] Sierra and TeXShop

Tue Apr 11 06:34:10 EDT 2017

> On Apr 11, 2017, at 4:37 AM, Pietro CELADA <pietro.celada at unipr.it> wrote:
> 
> yes, Herb, I do mean exactly that.
> 
> in the MWE file, when the typesetting
> stops for an error and I go back to the
> point by typing E in the log window,
> the spinning ball appears and I've to
> force quitting and discard the pdf before
> opening TeXShop again. the same occurs
> with Preview as Dick predicted.
> 
> TLU says that the pgf package is now
> updated but I'm starting to wonder if
> it really is. how can I check the version
> of the pgf package installed?
> 
> thanks for your help, I really appreciate it.
> 
>       Pietro
> 
> Pietro Celada
> Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica
> Università degli Studi di Parma
> Parco Area delle Scienze 53/A, I-43124 PARMA (Italy)
> tel. no. +39.0521.906923
> fax no. +39.0521.906950
> ________________________________________
> Da: MacOSX-TeX [macosx-tex-bounces at email.esm.psu.edu] per conto di Herbert Schulz [herbs at wideopenwest.com]
> Inviato: martedì 11 aprile 2017 02.58
> A: List TeX on Mac OS X Mailing
> Oggetto: Re: [OS X TeX] Sierra and TeXShop
> 
>> On Apr 10, 2017, at 7:48 PM, Pietro CELADA <pietro.celada at unipr.it> wrote:
>> 
>> hi, Dick and Herb, many thanks for your suggestion.
>> unfortunately, updating the distribution did not solve
>> the problem. also, I've never loaded pstricks.
>> 
>>                 Pietro
>> 
>> Pietro Celada
>> Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica
>> Università degli Studi di Parma
>> Parco Area delle Scienze 53/A, I-43124 PARMA (Italy)
>> tel. no. +39.0521.906923
>> fax no. +39.0521.906950
>> ________________________________________
>> Da: MacOSX-TeX [macosx-tex-bounces at email.esm.psu.edu] per conto di Richard M. Koch [koch at uoregon.edu]
>> Inviato: lunedì 10 aprile 2017 20.39
>> A: TeX on Mac OS X
>> Oggetto: Re: [OS X TeX] Sierra and TeXShop
>> 
>> Pietro,
>> 
>> Please update your TeX Live distribution using TeX Live Utility. This should fix your problem.
>> 
>> I predict you also included the pdftricks library.
>> 
>> This is NOT a TeXShop bug. What happens is that typesetting creates a slightly incorrect pdf
>> file. In Sierra 10.12.4 (but not earlier), this bug causes Apple's PDFKit to crash, bringing down
>> TeXShop, Preview, etc.
>> 
>> The bug is caused by loading tikx BEFORE loading pstricks, and then typesetting with pdflatex.
>> Now when you use pstricks, you are supposed to typeset with TeX + DVI, but some users
>> include pstricks but don't use it, and then typeset with pdflatex.This used to work, but now
>> fails.
>> 
>> However, the author of pstricks very very recently fixed this problem, hence the instruction to
>> upgrade. (Notice that many of your old projects will still fail if you did the same thing, until you retypeset
>> them.
>> 
>> Apple knows about this bug.
>> 
>> This is another, rarer, bug in PDFKit, so write if this doesn't work.
>> 
>> Dick Koch
>> 
>> 
>>> On Apr 10, 2017, at 10:42 AM, Pietro CELADA <pietro.celada at unipr.it> wrote:
>>> 
>>> dear fellow TeXers,
>>> 
>>> in spite of several warnings on potential issues,
>>> I recently upgraded to OSX 10.12.4 (shame on me ...).
>>> 
>>> as soon as I did, I started experiencing the following
>>> weird behavior with TeXShop.
>>> 
>>> when the typesetting stops due to an error, if I write
>>> E in the log window to go back to the point where the error
>>> occurred, then TeXShop freezes completely. I can only force
>>> quitting and then TeXShop keeps on freezing at any successive
>>> attempt of opening any other TeX file. To have TeXshop working
>>> again, I've to discard all the auxiliary files (aux, pdf, log
>>> and synctex) or open the source file using a different editor,
>>> correct the error and then typeset the file again from the
>>> command line.
>>> 
>>> did anyone notice anything similar? and can anyone reproduce
>>> the problem with the attached mwe file?
>>> 
>>> the problem seems to be tikz-related: if I comment out
>>> \usepackage{tikz}, the problem disappears.
>>> 
>>> I also reinstalled MacTeX2016 (I had 2013) to no avail.
>>> 
>>> can anyone suggest what has to be done to fix the problem
>>> or point me in the right direction?
>>> 
>>> thanks to anyone in advance,
>>> 
>>>       Pietro
>>> 
>>> 
>>> MacBook Air 1.4 GHz Intel Core i5, OSX 0.12.4
>>> MacTeX2016 and TeXShop 3.77
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Il 5xmille a favore dell’Università di Parma (indicando il codice fiscale 00308780345) è un gesto tanto semplice quanto importante per creare nuove opportunità di lavoro per giovani di talento nell'ambito della ricerca scientifica.
>>> 
>>> <mwe.tex>\
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Are you really saying your get an error with the MWE you attached to your original email?
> 
> I get no problem typesetting that document
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)

Howdy,

1)First, the supplied MWE does give you an error? I know you said ``when it stops'' but does it actually stop for you? could you please let me see the log after you press the Abort key on the Console window.

2)How are you typesetting that document? I.e., are you using pdflatex, etc?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)