Re: [OS X TeX] Non–Recovery from Error

[Herbert Schulz]

On Mar 13, 2011, at 3:40 PM, David Messerschmitt wrote:

> 
> On Mar 13, 2011, at 1:31 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Mar 13, 2011, at 2:33 PM, David Messerschmitt wrote:
>> 
>>>> <<snip>>
>>> 
>>>> You can try to add the -c option to the latexmk command line in the engine file(s) you use. E.g., if you use the pdflatexmk engine simply double click on the pdflatexmk.engine file in ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ to open it in TeXShop. The last line in that file looks like
>>>> 
>>>> "${LTMKBIN}"/latexmk -pdf -r "${LTMKEDIT}/latexmkrcedit" -r "${TSBIN}/pdflatexmkrc" "$1"
>>>> 
>>>> and simply put the -c option before the -pdf option:
>>>> 
>>>> "${LTMKBIN}"/latexmk -c -pdf -r "${LTMKEDIT}/latexmkrcedit" -r "${TSBIN}/pdflatexmkrc" "$1"
>>>> 
>>>>                 ^^^ 
>>>> 
>>>> if that doesn't clean enough try the -C option which cleans out a bunch more. No guarantees!
>>>> 
>>>> I think this will clean out the files at the start of a latexmk run.
>>>> 
>>>> Good Luck,
>>>> 
>>>> Herb Schulz
>>>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I am using xelatexmk, so I edited xelatexmk.engine, adding a -c:
>>> 
>>> *****************************
>>> #!/bin/bash
>>> export TSBIN="$HOME/Library/TeXShop/bin/tslatexmk"
>>> export LTMKBIN="$HOME/Library/TeXShop/bin/tslatexmk"
>>> export LTMKEDIT="$HOME/Library/TeXShop/bin"
>>> # make sure latexmkrcedit exists in bin
>>> if [ ! -e "${LTMKEDIT}/latexmkrcedit" ] ; then
>>> 	cp "${LTMKBIN}/latexmkrcDONTedit" "${LTMKEDIT}/latexmkrcedit"
>>> fi
>>> "${LTMKBIN}"/latexmk -c -pdf -r "${LTMKEDIT}/latexmkrcedit" -r "${TSBIN}/xelatexmkrc" "$1"
>>> *******************************
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately latexmk now hangs at this point:
>>> 
>>> *****************
>>> Latexmk: This is Latexmk, John Collins, 23 July 2010, version: 4.18.
>>> **** Report bugs etc to John Collins <collins at phys.psu.edu>. ****
>>> Latexmk: Reference `eq:ltiTF' on page 12 undefined 
>>> Latexmk: Reference `eq:imfgenie' on page 23 undefined 
>>> Latexmk: Reference `eq:imfgenie' on page 23 undefined 
>>> Latexmk: Reference `eq:phi' on page 23 undefined 
>>> Latexmk: Reference `eq:bounds' on page 26 undefined 
>>> Latexmk: Reference `' on page 35 undefined 
>>> Latexmk: Reference `' on page 35 undefined 
>>> Latexmk: Reference `eq:phaseest3' on page 49 undefined 
>>> Latexmk: Reference `eq:phaseest3' on page 49 undefined 
>>> Latexmk: Reference `eq:phaseest4' on page 49 undefined 
>>> Latexmk: Reference `eq:phaseest4' on page 49 undefined 
>>> Latexmk: Reference `eq:phaseest3' on page 50 undefined 
>>> Latexmk: Reference `eq:phaseest3' on page 50 undefined 
>>> Latexmk: Found input bbl file 'ARTICLE-DISPERSION.bbl'
>>> Latexmk: Log file says output to 'ARTICLE-DISPERSION.pdf'
>>> Latexmk: Examining log file for generated files...
>>> *********************
>>> 
>>> Not even an error message. Did I do something wrong?
>>> 
>>> (BTW, what I was expecting to happen was the latexmk would
>>> just take a lot longer to format. I was prepared to say that
>>> what I want is to clean the .aux only after an error, not all the time.)
>>> 
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> Is that happening after the first or second or ... run of pdflatex? That most likely means that there are other things wrong. Try the -C option and if that doesn't remove everything that needs removing I don't really know what to do right now.
>> 
> 
> Actually this behavior occurs for a document that compiles correctly.
> That is, I typeset (no errors), add either -c or -C to xelatexmk.engine,
> and then typeset again. Now latexmf hangs for both -c and -C switches.
> The -c and -C switches seem not to work even under normal circumstances.
> 
> -dave
> 

Howdy,

Maybe that's why I never used those options. :-)

I'll see if I can come up with something else but you can try to get in contact with John Collins and speak with him. Go to <http://www.phys.psu.edu/~collins/software/latexmk/>.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)