[OS X TeX] I do like ps4pdf
Michael Hoppe
mh at michael-hoppe.de
Wed Feb 9 17:19:18 CET 2005
> Howdy,
As well,
> I think I said that once the file has been processed once using this all
> further processing could just be with pdflatex.
Sorry, I didn't got this.
> >> #process the file
>>> pdflatex --shell-escape "$1"
>>
>> Did you think of the use of
>>
>> %&latex
>>
>> resp.
>>
>> %&pdflatex
>>
> at the very beginning of the main .tex-file?
> Are you using Gerben Wierda's distribution?
What else? :-)
> If so, do you mean that the
> %&latex at the start of the file will call altpdflatex?
No, but instead (excerpt from the log-file):
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20b-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3)
(format=pdflatex 2005.1.30) 9 FEB 2005 17:04
entering extended mode
**siid.tex
(./siid.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
(etc)
> In that case the
> dvips call will not add the ``-Ppdf -o "${basefname}-pics.ps"'' options
> unless specifically added by a script and, likewise, the ps2pdf13 call will
> not be for "${basefname}-pics.ps" "${basefname}-pics.pdf".
This is clear as the blue sky.
> If it's a
> different distribution I wouldn't know how the processing would follow a
> different course.
Like this. Presume, the first line of the main tex-file is %&latex,
tetexComm.tcl is forced to do:
set cmd "echo \r ; dvips -Ppdf -o $texRun(jobName)-pics.ps
$texRun(jobName).dvi 2>&1 ; \
echo \r ; ps2pdf14 $texRun(jobName)-pics.ps
$texRun(jobName)-pics.pdf 2>&1 ; \
echo \r ; pdflatex $texRun(jobName).tex"
If the first line reads %&pdflatex, pdflatex is invoced.
> All in all, use whatever works well in your environment.
Well, I do, after some (painful) experiences to run pstricks and
microtype alltogether.
> I make no claim to
> have the only or even the best solution.
Nor do I. Maybe Joachim, the autor of tetexComm.tcl, is able to find
an even better solution.
> Good Luck,
As well, again,
Michael
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