[OS X TeX] Re: hyperref/pdflatex position links incorrectly on sidewaystables

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jul 3, 2008, at 7:04 AM, Martin Girschick wrote:

>>
>> The log indicates dvips failed to generate a PS file and the whole  
>> process stopped (ie, ps2pdf wasn't launched to convert the PS file  
>> to PDF). The PDF you're seeing must be the remaining PDF from when  
>> you used pdfTeX.
>
> That's what I thought at first, so I trashed the PDF - still it got  
> somehow "reproduced". Now I see why: When changing to TeX 
> +Ghostscript, simpdftex is called and somehow this calls pdfeTeX  
> which directly produces the PDF and no DVI file. Do I have to add  
> any specific options to remove all usepackage pdftex-options?
>
> MG
>


Howdy,

Pdfetex is used by latex but it is used in dvi mode, i.e., it acts  
like tex.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)