[OS X TeX] Placing eps figures

[George Gratzer]

On Jun 5, 2006, at 4:42 PM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:

> Goerge,
>
> On Jun 5, 2006, at 22:19, George Gratzer wrote:
>
>> Claus,
>>
>> Still not perfect.
>>
>> 1. It asks for the paper size -- annoying. How can I change it to  
>> know that I want "letter"?
>
> Change the default answer "a4" to "letter" in the script.

I did that.


>>
>> 2. Changed the name of the application to  "Adobe Illustrator CS",  
>> but it would not open it; after a long delay it gives me the list  
>> of all applications to choose from.
>
> Pick Illustrator in the dialog it will only happen once. Apparently  
> your name is not correct.

I copied the name from the application itself; should I have added  
".app"?


>>
>> 3. Then
>>
>> AppleScriptError
>>
>> AFPL GhostScript 8.51: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
>
> I guess you have a master/slave combination. There are two solutions:
>
> 1. Have the pdf window in front , when the script is invoked  
> (either by a key combination or install the macros button in the  
> pdf toolbar (see customize toolbars in the windows menu)).

I installed the macros in the toolbar and invoked it from the toolbar  
of the pdf file.

Identical error message.

GG


> 2. Have the root file in front, when invoking the script.
>
> Claus
>>
>> GG
>>
>> On Jun 5, 2006, at 2:38 PM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
>>
>>> George,
>>>
>>> Use the modified script as a macro, which has the subroutine  
>>> included.
>>>
>>> Beware that you need in addition the shell script pdfselectc  
>>> (downloadable from my tex page) which should be in
>>> /Users/gratzer/Library/TeXShop/bin/pdfselectc
>>>
>>> If you can't get it, I shall send it to you as an executable file  
>>> separately.
>>>
>>> The Applescript will probably not run in TS 2.10beta because of  
>>> some bug in the beta version.
>>>
>>> Claus
>>>
>>>
>>> --AppleScript
>>> -- Apply only to an already saved file
>>> -- Claus Gerhardt, June 2006
>>> (*The script extracts a pdf page, then  transforms it  to a ps  
>>> file which will be opened in Illustrator.
>>>
>>> Important: If  the name Preview in the last command is still  
>>> present, then it has to be replaced by the name of your  
>>> Illustrator application.
>>>
>>> Run the script when either the tex file or the pdf file is front  
>>> most in TeXShop.
>>> *)
>>>
>>>
>>> -- In the first dialog enter the papersize (a4, letter or any  
>>> other standard size)
>>> -- In the following dialog enter your selection of pages like
>>> -- 3:4,6,8:12 This would be the selection for one output file
>>> -- It would contain the pages 3-4, 6, and 8-12
>>>
>>> tell application "TeXShop"
>>> 	get path of document of window 1
>>> 	set Filename to result
>>> end tell
>>>
>>> set {baseName, texName, pdfname, namePath, dirName,  
>>> dirNameunquoted, logName, logPath, rtfName} to setnamets(Filename)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> activate
>>> set dialogPaper to "Which paper size do you want: a4, a5, a3,  
>>> letter"
>>> activate
>>> set input to the text returned of (display dialog dialogPaper  
>>> default answer "a4" buttons {"Cancel", "Next"} default button  
>>> "Next")
>>>
>>> set dialogSelection to "Your selection for  file # 1. The file  
>>> will be saved as " & baseName & "-1.pdf."
>>> set i to 1 as number
>>> activate
>>> set input to input & " " & the text returned of (display dialog  
>>> dialogSelection default answer "" buttons {"Cancel", "Next"}  
>>> default button "Next")
>>>
>>>
>>> set input to input & " " & baseName
>>>
>>> set shellScript to "cd " & dirName & ";"
>>> set shellScript to shellScript & "~/Library/TeXShop/bin/ 
>>> pdfselectc  " & input
>>> do shell script shellScript
>>>
>>> set pdfname to baseName & "-1.pdf"
>>> set shellScript to "cd " & dirName & ";"
>>> set shellScript to shellScript & "/usr/local/bin/gs - 
>>> sDEVICE=pswrite -dNOCACHE -sOutputFile=" & baseName & "-1.ps" & "  
>>> -q -dbatch -dNOPAUSE  " & pdfname & " -c quit"
>>> do shell script shellScript
>>> set PSName to baseName & "-1.ps"
>>> set PSName to dirNameunquoted & "/" & PSName
>>> set theFile to alias (POSIX file PSName)
>>>
>>>
>>> tell application "Adobe Illustrator CS"
>>> 	activate
>>> 	open theFile
>>> end tell
>>> on setnamets(x)
>>> 	set n to (number of characters of contents of x)
>>> 	set fileNamequoted to quoted form of x
>>> 	set windowName to do shell script "basename " & fileNamequoted
>>> 	set m to (number of characters of contents of windowName)
>>> 	set dirName to quoted form of (characters 1 thru (n - m - 1) of  
>>> x as string)
>>> 	set dirNameunquoted to (characters 1 thru (n - m - 1) of x as  
>>> string)
>>> 	set theText to contents of windowName as string
>>> 	
>>> 	set n to (number of characters of contents of theText)
>>> 	set i to n as number
>>> 	
>>> 	repeat while i > 0
>>> 		if character i of theText is equal to "." then
>>> 			set m to i
>>> 			exit repeat
>>> 		else
>>> 			set i to (i - 1)
>>> 		end if
>>> 	end repeat
>>> 	
>>> 	set baseName to (characters 1 thru (m - 1) of theText as string)
>>> 	set texName to baseName & ".tex"
>>> 	set namePath to dirNameunquoted & "/" & baseName as string
>>> 	set pdfname to namePath & ".pdf" as string
>>> 	set rtfName to namePath & ".rtf" as string
>>> 	set logPath to namePath & ".log" as string
>>> 	set logName to baseName & ".log" as string
>>> 	
>>> 	try
>>> 		tell application "TeXShop"
>>> 			save document texName
>>> 		end tell
>>> 	end try
>>> 	return {baseName, texName, pdfname, namePath, dirName,  
>>> dirNameunquoted, logName, logPath, rtfName} as list
>>> end setnamets
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