[OS X TeX] TeXShop does not find graphic

[Doris Behrendt]

Dear Herbert,

how embarrassing :-) a beginners mistake and not seeing the forest because of so many trees ...

Thanks anyway ...

Doris

> On 12. Jun 2025, at 20:17, Herbert Schulz via MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jun 12, 2025, at 12:21 PM, Doris Behrendt via MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Herbert,
>> 
>> attached are the needed files. Thanks for your help!
>> 
>> Doris<mwe>
>> 
>>> On 12. Jun 2025, at 18:02, Doris Behrendt via MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear Herbert,
>>> 
>>> I cannot provide an mwe at the moment because it's on another account on this machine and I am in a videocall ;-(
>>> 
>>> But it happens with png. I can provide an mwe+log in about half an hour though ...
>>> 
>>> Doris
>>> 
>>>> On 12. Jun 2025, at 17:43, Herbert Schulz via MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jun 12, 2025, at 10:15 AM, Doris Behrendt via MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello list members,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I just updated TeXShop to be sure, but still have the following problem: When I compile with pdflatex, I get the error >>file not found<< from \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{relativepathtofile/filenamewithoutextension} while when compiling from the terminal it runs fine. The package used is graphicx.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Does anyone have an idea why this happens or did anyone encounter the same problem?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Than you,
>>>>> Doris Behrendt
>>>> 
>>>> Howdy,
>>>> 
>>>> Could you please supply a minimal full example of code that does this? I have no problems dong this with .jpg, .eps (which get converted automatically by pdflatex to a .pdf) and .pdf.
>>>> 
>>>> Also, a copy of the .log file produced by the failing run would be useful.
>>>> 
>>>> Good Luck,
>>>> 
>>>> Herb Schulz
>>>> herbs2 at mac.com
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> You're not using pdflatex but latex which only understands .eps. The first two lines of you Console output show that:
> 
> ### This is /Library/TeX/texbin/simpdftex, Version 20221012
> ### /Library/TeX/texbin/latex mwe-2025-06-12.tex
> 
> Check the Typeset tab of TeXShop->Settings (or Prfeferences depending upon your OS version). You should have the default command set to Latex and the Default Script set to Pdftex. (These settings go back a long time ago --- in a Galaxy far far away ;-)).
> 
> OR, better
> 
> always tell TeXShop what engine to use by adding the line
> 
> % !TEX program = pdflatex
> 
> to the top of the main source file.
> 
> PS: If your actual document has a bibliography and/or index you might be interested in using the pdflatexmk engine which will complete all processing necessary to get it alal put together. To do that just replace `pdflatex' in the line above to `pdflatexmk' (without the quotes).
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> herbs2 at mac.com
> 
> 
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