[OS X TeX] tikz editor

[Herbert Schulz]

On Nov 28, 2013, at 12:18 PM, Michael Sharpe <msharpe at ucsd.edu> wrote:

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> On Nov 27, 2013, at 5:40 PM, M. Tamer Özsu <ozsut at mac.com> wrote:
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>> I used to use TikZ Editor for developing tikz figures. I recently moved to a new machine running Mavericks and did a clean install. Now, the same documents that used to work with TikZ Editor are giving me an error:
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>> Preview error: Can't convert the source file to PDF. Please check the LaTeX command in preview's preferences.
>> 
>> The LaTeX command referred to above is the default:
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>> pdflatex -file-line-error -interaction=nonstopmode -output-directory $OUTPUT_DIR -jobname $FILE_NAME $FILE_PATH
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>> Does anyone know, what might be going on?
>> 
>> Thanks.
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>> ==Tamer
>> 
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> The command seems to run in a shell where /usr/texbin is not on the path. Change the LaTeX command to 
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>> /usr/texbin/pdflatex -file-line-error -interaction=nonstopmode -output-directory $OUTPUT_DIR -jobname $FILE_NAME $FILE_PATH
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> This worked for me with Mavericks, where I saw the same error you reported. Adding -shell-escape, as Pete suggested, may be important for some TikZ processes.
> 
> Michael

Howdy,

Still wondering where that ``default'' command comes from. Also, what is that TikZ Editor?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)