[OS X TeX] extrange error

[Herbert Schulz]

On Feb 7, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Daniel Becker wrote:

> Am 07.02.2010 um 16:41 schrieb Herbert Schulz:
> 
>> Easiest is to simply drop the eps files onto TeXshop. Do it one at a time and see if any of them give rise to trouble and don't convert. TeXShop will display the pdf after the conversion.
> 
> Or use \usepackage{epstopdf} typeset your .tex file with pdflatex (no intermediate dvi). Then the conversion will be done (in the background) with a script called epstopdf. (Automatically)
> 
> An alternative is using the script epspdf for the conversion. Then try \usepackage{epspdfconversion}.
> 
> Maybe you should have a look at
> http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/wiki/index.php?title=Graphics#Including_graphics_in_your_LaTeX-document 
> 
> Daniel

Howdy,

As a side note, more recent versions of the epstopdf package (as of ?) allow you to re-program the conversion so you can use epspdf or any other ``on the fly'' converter.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)