[OS X TeX] includegraphics with EPS

Thu Feb 24 14:19:32 EST 2022

> On Feb 24, 2022, at 11:12 AM, George Tourlakis <gt at cse.yorku.ca> wrote:
> 
> I spoke too soon.
> 
> This epstopdf-sys amendment (quoted below in red) worked on my laptop (Intel Mac'Big Sur)
> BUT: the file does not convert on my desktop (older Mac running Monterey). Both Macs run texlive 2021.
> 
> The log is appended here
> <EPS-test.log>
> 
> BTW the console complains the usual: invim.pdf file not found. Well, an automatic conversion was supposed to happen!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Cheers,
> George
> 
>> On Feb 23, 2022, at 11:43 PM, George Tourlakis <gt at cse.yorku.ca> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Bill,
>> 
>> I went to the epstopdf-sys.cfg file and commented the last two lines (before the \endinput
>> 
>>> \ProvidesFile{epstopdf-sys.cfg}%
>>>   [2009/10/26 v1.1 Configuration of epstopdf for TeX Live]%
>>> %\epstopdfsetup{%
>>> %  program at epstopdf=epstopdf%
>>> %}
>>> % to get old behavior foo.eps->foo.pdf as well as update,prepend
>>> \epstopdfsetup{program at epstopdf=epstopdf,verbose,update,prepend,prefersuffix=false,suffix=}
>>> % tif->png
>>> %\epstopdfDeclareGraphicsRule{.tif}{png}{.png}{convert #1 \OutputFile}
>>> %\PrependGraphicsExtensions{.tif}
>>> \endinput
>> 
>> 
>> and reenabled loadind package epstopdf. I think I added said lines sometime in 2009 and forgot about them!
>> 
>> It works now.
>> 
>> Thank you all.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> George
>> 
>>> On Feb 23, 2022, at 11:02 PM, William Slough <wslough at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> George,
>>> 
>>> Jumping in to briefly comment...
>>> 
>>> I downloaded your two files and it seems to work fine for me -- and I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary. The first few lines in the console window are these:
>>> 
>>> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.23 (TeX Live 2022/dev) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
>>>  restricted \write18 enabled.
>>> entering extended mode
>>> (./EPS-test.tex
>>> LaTeX2e <2021-11-15> patch level 1
>>> L3 programming layer <2022-02-05>
>>> 
>>> After processing, there is a converted graphics file named invim-eps-converted-to.pdf and your source file produces the desired PDF file with the included graphic. It seems that restricted \write18 is sufficient for the conversion. Does your log file show a similar message?
>>> 
>>> Bill
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 9:11 PM George Tourlakis <gt at cse.yorku.ca> wrote:
>>> Thanks Ross,
>>> 
>>> How do I do this? (enable  write18  access)?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> George
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 23, 2022, at 7:59 PM, Ross Moore <ross.moore at mq.edu.au> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> George,
>>>> 
>>>> Have you enabled  write18  access, with your LaTeX jobs?
>>>> Without this there can be no automated conversions.
>>>> 
>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>> 
>>>>     Ross
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On 24 Feb 2022, at 11:39 am, George Tourlakis <gt at cse.yorku.ca> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Herb,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> It did not work with (or without) the following 
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> \usepackage{epstopdf}
>>>>>>> \DeclareGraphicsRule{.tif}{png}{.png}{`convert #1 `dirname #1`/`basename #1 .tif`.png}
>>>>> 
>>>>> (BTW, I do not use .tif but I use .eps [always did])
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here is a sample source (and an EPS file)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> George
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Feb 23, 2022, at 4:32 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Feb 23, 2022, at 2:47 PM, George Tourlakis <gt at cse.yorku.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi Richard, Herbert, all,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I seem to have forgotten how to get 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> includegraphics[width=xx in]{file.eps} work.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Compilation complains that file.pdf not found.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I am sure the pdf was created automatically in the past (whatever I was doing right then; now I have to provide the PDF manually).
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> What am I missing?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have incuded
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> \usepackage{geometry} 
>>>>>>> \usepackage{graphicx}
>>>>>>> \usepackage{epstopdf}
>>>>>>> \DeclareGraphicsRule{.tif}{png}{.png}{`convert #1 `dirname #1`/`basename #1 .tif`.png}
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> George 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Howdy,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Don't load the epstopdf package. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Are you including .tif files? If not, remove that graphics rule. If you are including .tif files let us know and I can give you a version that works since convert hasn't been used in quite a while. and the DeclareGraphicsRule command has changed.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If none of this helps please create a minimal example and also let us know what's in the .log file.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Good Luck,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Herb Schulz
>>>>>> herbs at wideopenwest.com
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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>>>>> 
>>>> <EPS-test.tex><invim.eps>----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------

Howdy,

zero: that log file is incomplete.

First: you should never touch anything in texmf-dist!!! If you want a config file for your system create an `epstopd.cfg' file (no quotes) with the commands and place it in /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/latex/config (you may have to create some folders in this nest - use sudo when you do). Make sure to run `sudo mktexlsr` so the system knows it's there. I enclose the version I use which defines the conversion for tif(f)->png and gif->png (this is always UGLY) using Apple's `sip` converter.

Second: a while back things changed so epstopdfsetup doesn't work the way it did before. That's why I just gave up and live with file.eps->file-eps-converted-to.pdf. It's actually nice because it's easy to pick out and remove if I want to.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com