[OS X TeX] LaTeXit and output drivers

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 26.07.2007 um 18:26 schrieb Alan Munn:

> I'm trying to get LaTeXit to work with xetex, but I need to use the  
> xdvipdfmx output driver.

Why do you try this?

> Is there a way to get LaTeXit to do that?

I'd recommend to use a shell script. I did not look into the source  
of LaTeXiT, but I think the "paths" in the preferences are not  
allowed to have "add-ons." And there is one problem: LaTeXiT uses a  
complicated way to invoke the TeX programme:

	<programme> -file-line-error -interaction nonstopmode <file>

So it's necessary to update the engine file a bit! This line does the  
job for me:

	xelatex -output-driver=xdvipdfmx $*

This line will fail when the file's name contains a space or such!  
But this, too, can be caught:

	#!/bin/tcsh -xv
	#
	set xelatex_args = ""
	set    file_name = ""
	#
	foreach element ($*)
	    switch ($element)
	        case -file-line-error:			# the well-known
	        case -interaction:			# switches can be
	        case nonstopmode:			# handled the same
	            set xelatex_args="$xelatex_args $element"
	            breaksw
	        default:				# the "uncertain" stuff
	            set file_name="$file_name $element" # bad: initially  
it's " file name"!
	            breaksw
	    endsw
	end
	set better_name=`echo "$file_name" | sed 's/^ //'`	# " file name" ->  
"file name"
	#
	xelatex -output-driver=xdvipdfmx $xelatex_args "$better_name"

I think this will work in TeXShop as well.

> I also tried pointing the xelatex command to the appropriate  
> TeXShop engine, but that didn't work either.

How did you try? What was the error message? Have you already made  
the preamble XeLaTeX compatible?

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Greetings

   Pete

There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does  
not want merely because you think it would be good for him.
                                            -- Robert Heinlein



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