[OS X TeX] tikz editor

[Herbert Schulz]

On Nov 28, 2013, at 12:35 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:

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> 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.
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>>> 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
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know, what might be going on?
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> ==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.
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>> Michael
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> Howdy,
> 
> Still wondering where that ``default'' command comes from. Also, what is that TikZ Editor?
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> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)

Howdy,

Sigh... of course... it's actually called TikZ Editor! :-) 

And it looks pretty nice. And Michael Sharpe's comment is definitely the fix that's needed. Maybe I'll let to folks on the project know that most folks have /usr/texbin in their path; maybe they should add a command path for the TeX binaries, like TeXShop.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)