[OS X TeX] auto-pst-pdf
Herbert Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com
Tue Aug 11 16:00:05 CEST 2009
On Aug 11, 2009, at 8:30 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
>
> On Aug 11, 2009, at 4:23 AM, Doris Wagner wrote:
>
>> hi list,
>>
>> when I compile this
>>
>> %!TEX TS-program = pdflatexmk
>>
>> \documentclass{article}
>> \usepackage[
>> latex={-interaction=nonstopmode},
>> crop=off,runs=2
>> ]{auto-pst-pdf}
>> \begin{document}
>>
>> test
>>
>> \begin{pspicture}(10,10)
>> \psline[linewidth=2pt](0,0)(10,10)(0,10)(10,0)
>>
>> \end{pspicture}
>>
>> test
>>
>> \end{document}
>>
>>
>> I get the following error message
>>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf- dist/tex/latex/ifplatform/
>> ifplatform.sty)
>>
>> ! LaTeX Error: Unknown option `runs' for package `auto-pst-pdf'.
>>
>> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>> Type H <return> for immediate help.
>> ...
>>
>> l.58 \def
>> \app at exe{\immediate\write18}
>> ?
>>
>>
>> I'm an mactex based on texlive 08 and using texshop;
>>
>> tia
>> doris
>
>
> Howdy,
>
> What version of auto-pst-pdf are you using? The run option wasn't in
> earlier versions. (Just throwing straws in the wind.) When I run
> this under either MacTeX-2008 (auto-pst-pdf 0.6) or MacTeX-2009-
> pretest it runs through. But there is a warning message on the
> console within the auto-pst-pdf runs:
>
> l.10 \begin{pspicture}
> (10,10)
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> l.11 \psline
> [linewidth=2pt](0,0)(10,10)(0,10)(10,0)
>
> so it's clear that you are not using some packages that are needed
> (like pstricks?). Oh... the document seems to come out correctly.
> Finally, what is the complete console output? Is there a difference
> if you just use a single run (i.e., pdflatex rather than
> pdflatexmk)? By the way, is there a reason you're using the runs=2
> option; it is meant to tell auto-pst-pdf that there must be multiple
> INTERNAL runs since there are cross-references in your figures?
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>
Howdy,
By the way, using the pst-pdf package along with the pst-pdfmk engine
(rather than the pdflatexmk engine) will accomplish the same thing as
auto-pst-pdf but automatically run the ``INTERNAL'' processing the
correct number of times to resolve any internal cross-references, etc.
Good Luck,
Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
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