[OS X TeX] Pdftricks doesn't seem to fit with the new gwTeX distribution

[Franck Pastor]

Le 03-oct.-05 à 07:12, Franck Pastor a écrit :

>
> Le 02-oct.-05 à 23:43, Herbert Schulz a écrit :
>
>
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I don't know if others have tried to use pdftex but I get an error  
>> with it with the TL2005 install. I didn't notice it before because  
>> I only use a personal format with pdftex and I already had rebuilt  
>> that.
>>
>> There seems to be a problem with the production of the pdftex.fmt  
>> file so pdftex fails when pdfcrop tries to run it. As a VERY  
>> TEMPORARY fix you can do the following:
>>
>> Open Terminal.app and run the command
>>
>> pdfetex -ini --translate-file=cp227.tcx \*pdftex.ini
>>
>> which will produce a pdftex.fmt and pdftex.log file in your home  
>> directory. Move the pdftex.fmt file to ~/Library/texmf/web2c/ (you  
>> may have to build both the texmf and the web2c directories if they  
>> don't exist already). You may delete the pdftex.log file. Then  
>> both the original pdftricks and my modified package will start to  
>> work properly.
>>
>> Once a general fix is announced remove that fmt file or any  
>> changes in that format or configuration (rare these days) will not  
>> be reflected.
>>
>> I did notice that the lines for creating pdftex.fmt in fmtutil.cnf  
>> didn't have the -ini option for pdfetex.
>>
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>>
>>
>
> Thanks, I have tried this, but the result is the same on my  
> previous test file: 3 pages; anyway you seem to be right when you  
> think there is a problem with pdftex, since I get this message from  
> the log file:
>
> PDFCROP 1.5, 2004/06/24 - Copyright (c) 2002, 2004 by Heiko Oberdiek.
> !!! Error: pdfTeX run failed!
>
> Without the pdftex.fmt in ~/Library/texmf/web2c, I get this :
>
> PDFCROP 1.5, 2004/06/24 - Copyright (c) 2002, 2004 by Heiko Oberdiek.
> ==> 1 pages written on `Sans-titre-fig1-crop.pdf'.
>
> :-(
>
> I will try to run this file with my ancient TeX configuration to  
> see what says the log file...

Rectification !! I must have missed something with my previous try,  
but I try it again and now your patch works fine !

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