[OS X TeX] latex+dvips+ps2pdf Re: [macemacsjp-english 796] Re: emacs/latex problem (fwd)

[Gerben Wierda]

On Dec 22, 2006, at 11:46 , Peter Dyballa wrote:

>
> Am 22.12.2006 um 09:31 schrieb Gerben Wierda:
>
>> On Dec 22, 2006, at 01:40 , Roussanka Loukanova wrote:
>>
>>> simpdftex latex --maxpfb "\nonstopmode\input{lec2.tex}"
>>
>> Well, that is because simpdflatex is not a real TeX and cannot  
>> parse \nonstopmode\input{lec2.tex}. It expects a filename or a  
>> file basename.
>>
>> What should work (adapted from your example) is:
>>
>> INS DEL Name: simpdftex
>>             Command: simpdftex latex --maxpfb "%t"
>>             How: Value Menu TeX-run-TeX
>>             Create a process for NAME using COMMAND to format FILE  
>> with TeX.
>>             Prompt: Toggle  off (nil)
>>             Modes: Value Menu Set:
>>             [ ] Plain TeX
>>             [X] LaTeX
>>             [X] DocTeX
>>             [ ] ConTeXt
>>             [ ] Texinfo
>>             [ ] AmSTeX
>>             Menu elements:
>>             INS
>
> And another such block for plain TeX or AmSTeX files ... Then the  
> command names for the Commands menu should be better "simpdflatex"  
> and "simpdftex" (the sim part comes from simulate, not from simple)  
> – AUCTeX easily distinguishes between TeX and LaTeX and chooses the  
> appropriate command. And since simpdftex has a few options to  
> direct dvips in what it is doing you might also wish to create some  
> more and specialised commands. And finally you might end up with a  
> simpdfTeX sub-menu ...

Originally altpdftex had this approach but we moved to simpdftex just  
to prevent all this clutter.

But you could make your own wrapper for simpdftex ;-)

G 
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