[OS X TeX] "Non-PDF special ignored"

[Alain Matthes]

Le 1 févr. 09 à 09:13, ewan.Delanoy at math.unicaen.fr a écrit :
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>  No. The console begins by :
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> This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
> \write18 enabled.
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hi,

  1.30 It's an old version of pdftex actually it's 1.40.9

What is your tex distribution?

your editor ? and its version ?

>>>> You need to compile using the
>>>> TeX+Ghostscript
>>>> (latex->dvips->ps2pdf) script. The easiest way to do this
>>>> is by
>>>> putting the line
>> The bad way . This way is available only with texshop or >textmate.
>> Where is the portability ?
>> Do you think to work
>> with applemac encoding and specific syntax is a good way ??
>
>         Is there a "portable" way then ? How?

yes utf8 encoding and TikZ instead of eepic.
>
>
>> the good syntax, it's
>> %!TEX TS-program = latex
>
>   This changed nothing.

With TL 2008 and the new TexShop it's fine
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>
>> but it' easy to compile with TeX+Ghostscript without this >line
>
>         How ?

you go in the compile Menu and you take the TeX+Ghostscript item

Best Regards

Alain