[OS X TeX] TeXShop doesn't open dvi-files

[Friedrich Vosberg]

Morning:

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AlBook:~/Desktop vatolin$ ps2pdf ifthen.ps
-bash: ps2pdf: command not found
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Oomph!

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AlBook:~/Desktop vatolin$ simpdftex latex ifthen.dvi
### This is /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/ 
simpdftex, Version $Revision: 2.18 $
### Skipping latex  [dvi->pdf only]
### /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/dvips -R - 
Poutline  -o /tmp/altpdflatex.4686-1129748435/ifthen.ps ifthen.dvi
This is dvips(k) 5.95b Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software  
(www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2004.03.14:0321' -> /tmp/altpdflatex.4686-1129748435/ 
ifthen.ps
<tex.pro><texps.pro>.  
<cmss9.pfb><cmsy9.pfb><cmr7.pfb><cmr8.pfb><cmsy6.pfb>
<cmr10.pfb><cmti10.pfb><cmsy10.pfb><cmtt10.pfb><cmbx12.pfb><cmmi9.pfb>
<cmr6.pfb><cmtt9.pfb><cmr9.pfb><cmbx9.pfb><cmr12.pfb><cmss17.pfb><cmr17. 
pfb>
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
### ps2pdf13 /tmp/altpdflatex.4686-1129748435/ifthen.ps /tmp/ 
altpdflatex.4686-1129748435/ifthen.pdf
/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/simpdftex: line  
538: ps2pdf13: command not found
### FAILED to generate /tmp/altpdflatex.4686-1129748435/ifthen.pdf ()
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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But the ps-file generated by

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AlBook:~/Desktop vatolin$ dvips -R -Poutline -o ifthen.ps ifthen.dvi
This is dvips(k) 5.95b Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software  
(www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2004.03.14:0321' -> ifthen.ps
<tex.pro><texps.pro>.  
<cmss9.pfb><cmsy9.pfb><cmr7.pfb><cmr8.pfb><cmsy6.pfb>
<cmr10.pfb><cmti10.pfb><cmsy10.pfb><cmtt10.pfb><cmbx12.pfb><cmmi9.pfb>
<cmr6.pfb><cmtt9.pfb><cmr9.pfb><cmbx9.pfb><cmr12.pfb><cmss17.pfb><cmr17. 
pfb>
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
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were simply opened by Preview.app.

But why doesn't TeXShop do the job?

TIA and kind regards. Friedrich

--
»I have never been certain that the moral of the Icarus myth is, as  
is generally accepted, 'don't fly too high', or whether it might also  
be thought of as: 'forget about the wax and feathers, and do a better  
job on the wings'.« (Stanley Kubrick)


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