[OS X TeX] LatexIt 1.15.0 and MacTex errors

[Jack Stalnaker]

Ah, that makes sense. The latexit preprocessing script is expecting  
'set' to return only var names, and it's returning functions. In my  
case, it's bash_completion that is defining the functions that are  
mucking up the script.

Has anyone informed the LatexIt author of this problem? Any exported  
function is going to much this up, and any of us who came to Mac OS X  
from Linux or UNIX are probably going to have functions defined.

Thanks,
Jack

On Jul 4, 2008, at 1:29 PM, Michael Sharpe wrote:

> You might take a look at the mails from June 16, where the old  
> problem you referred to was tracked down to a Latexit issue with  
> environmental variables.
>
> Michael
>
> On Jul 4, 2008, at 8:40 AM, Jack Stalnaker wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I joined this list because I saw that a reader in the past has had  
>> the same problem I had. I was hoping it had been resolved, but I'm  
>> having no luck.
>>
>> My problem lies with the new version of LatexIt and MacTex. The  
>> LatexIt version is 1.15.0. All previous versions of LatexIt have  
>> functioned with no problem whatsoever. However, the new version  
>> fails with a cryptic error message:
>>
>> "unexpected error, please see "Latex->Display last log"
>>
>> Now I'm fairly TeX/LaTeX savvy. I've written a few classes and  
>> styles, but this message is beyond me. The log seems fine. Running  
>> the generated .tex file through pdflatex in the Terminal or in  
>> TexShop works fine. The paths are set correctly in LatexIt (in fact  
>> I can copy and past the script in the log to the command line and  
>> it works perfectly). It's almost as though LatexIt is seeing  
>> something as an error that is in fact not an error.
>>
>> The log ends with the line:
>>
>> --------------- error while processing pdflatex ---------------
>>
>> I downloaded an older version of LatexIt, and with the same  
>> preferences, it works fine. I've deleted the plist, etc. Nothing  
>> seems to work.
>>
>> For reference, here is the "old" discussion in this list:
>>
>> http://email.esm.psu.edu/pipermail/macosx-tex/2008-June/035510.html
>>
>> Also, this same error occurs on two of my macs, a Macbook Pro and a  
>> Mac Pro. Both have 10.5.4 installed, and the latest version of  
>> MacTex. I am sorry to post this here on the OS X Tex group, but  
>> 1.15.0 of LatexIt is in MacTex-Extras.dmg (though an older version  
>> is in the MacTex.dmg), and I can't seem to find any support links  
>> on the LatexIt page.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Jack
>>
>> ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------
>> TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
>> List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/
>> List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/
>> Mac-TeX Website: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/
>> List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex
>>
>
> ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------
> TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
> List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/
> List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/
> Mac-TeX Website: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/
> List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex
>