[OS X TeX] Error: I can't write on file '(name)'

[Herbert Schulz]

On Mar 9, 2012, at 6:43 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:

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> On Mar 9, 2012, at 7:15 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
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>> On Mar 9, 2012, at 6:05 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
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>>> On Mar 9, 2012, at 5:39 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
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>>>> I've always been amazed that the
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>>>> %!TEX root = ../Text-controls/\jobname.tex
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>>>> actually works. I wouldn't expect TeXShop (which interprets that line BEFORE (pdf)latex ever grabs it) would ever know what \jobname even means.
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>>> John Nairn is the culprit: "Added code to implement %SourceFile activation of the root file, and thus defined the current TeXShop root file behavior. Added code to save open \input files when typesetting." (TeXShop contributors)
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>>>> Is TeXshop attempting to open the correct 2.pdf file?
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>>>> As far as I can see, it does without failing,
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>>>> What is the path to the file it opens? (You can see that path by Cmd-Clicking the Window Title for that pdf.)
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>>> MagnumOpus2FMTo  >  RDAv3-0  >  Texts-contents >  2.tex
>>> ...
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>> Howdy,
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>> Huh? I asked about the path to the blank .pdf file not the .tex file?
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> Sorry about that.
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> The path is:
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>>> MagnumOpus2FMTo  >  RDAv3-0  >  Texts-controls >  1.pdf
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> which is what it should be namely in the same folder as the root file.
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> Here is 1.pdf created by LaTeX:
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> <CreatedByLaTeX.pdf>
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> and here is the very same pdf file but opened by Preview: (Note that both mention 8 pages.)
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> <OpenedByPreview.pdf>

Howdy,

The only strange thing I see, unless it's a typo, is that you root line is

%!TEX root = ../Text-controls/\jobname.tex

while you say the pdf file is in

MagnumOpus2FMTo  >  RDAv3-0  >  Texts-controls >  1.pdf

so, in one case you have Text-controls and the other Texts-controls.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)