[OS X TeX] TexShop engines make me crazy

[Jon Breitenbucher]

Ross,

On Aug 6, 2006, at 6:04 PM, Ross Moore wrote:

> Hi Jon,
>
> On 07/08/2006, at 7:33 AM, Jon Breitenbucher wrote:
>
>> Here is what mine looks like and I note it is much different but  
>> it works.
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> location=$(dirname "$1")
>> basefname=$(basename "$1" .tex)
>> pdflatex -interaction=batchmode "${basefname}"
>> if [ -e "${basefname}.pdf" ] ; then
>> 	bibtex "${basefname}"
>> 	makeindex -c -s wooind.ist "${basefname}.idx"
>> 	pdflatex -interaction=batchmode "${basefname}"
>> 	pdflatex -interaction=batchmode "${basefname}"
>> fi
>> /bin/rm "${basefname}.dvi" "${basefname}.log" "${basefname}.aux" "$ 
>> {basefname}.ps"
>
> I really don't know why you remove the .log and .aux files
> with each run. If something actually goes wrong, these are
> the places where you can most readily diagnose any errors.
>
> If you just want to remove all but the source and result,
> then you might as well remove also the .idx file, and
> its derivative .ind, and log-file .ilg; similarly for
> the .bbl and .blg files.
> But as with the previous paragraph, these intermediary and
> log-files are the best places to search for possible errors
> in the Index and  Bibliography, which you might not otherwise
> notice by a cursory glance over the final PDF output.
>

This is the last engine I use to get the final product. I do a  
regular LaTeX, BibTeX, Makeindex, LaTeX, LaTeX and then just run  
LaTeX while working on the document.

>
>> I don't know if you could adapt this? Note I have my index style  
>> in the directory with the root tex file.
>
>> Jon Breitenbucher, Ph. D.
>> Adjunct Professor and Instructional Technology Specialist
>> The College of Wooster
>> Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
>> 308 E. University
>> Wooster, Ohio 44691
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> 	Ross
>
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Jon Breitenbucher, Ph. D.
Adjunct Professor and Instructional Technology Specialist
The College of Wooster
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
308 E. University
Wooster, Ohio 44691

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