<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Herb,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The epstopdf-sys.cfg file is indeed <u class="">local</u> (in ~Library/tex/latex/config.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Well, I deleted it in my desktop and now conversion works.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Still the mystery remains as to why ostensibly the same TeX setup in my laptop tolerates my config file</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">\ProvidesFile{epstopdf-sys.cfg}%<br class=""> [2009/10/26 v1.1 Configuration of epstopdf for TeX Live]%<br class="">%\epstopdfsetup{%<br class="">% program@epstopdf=epstopdf%<br class="">%}<br class="">% to get old behavior foo.eps->foo.pdf as well as update,prepend<br class="">\epstopdfsetup{program@epstopdf=epstopdf,verbose,update,prepend,prefersuffix=false,suffix=}<br class="">% tif->png<br class="">%\epstopdfDeclareGraphicsRule{.tif}{png}{.png}{convert #1 \OutputFile}<br class="">%\PrependGraphicsExtensions{.tif}<br class="">\endinput<br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div><div><br class=""></div><div>and does the conversions, while in my desktop the config file is intolerable, and just removing it -- leaving all else the same -- restores conversions.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>But I will leave this puzzle for another day.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>George</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 24, 2022, at 2:19 PM, Herbert Schulz <<a href="mailto:herbs@wideopenwest.com" class="">herbs@wideopenwest.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Feb 24, 2022, at 11:12 AM, George Tourlakis <<a href="mailto:gt@cse.yorku.ca" class="">gt@cse.yorku.ca</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">I spoke too soon.<br class=""><br class="">This epstopdf-sys amendment (quoted below in red) worked on my laptop (Intel Mac'Big Sur)<br class="">BUT: the file does not convert on my desktop (older Mac running Monterey). Both Macs run texlive 2021.<br class=""><br class="">The log is appended here<br class=""><EPS-test.log><br class=""><br class="">BTW the console complains the usual: invim.pdf file not found. Well, an automatic conversion was supposed to happen!<br class=""><br class="">Thanks!<br class=""><br class="">Cheers,<br class="">George<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Feb 23, 2022, at 11:43 PM, George Tourlakis <<a href="mailto:gt@cse.yorku.ca" class="">gt@cse.yorku.ca</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Hi Bill,<br class=""><br class="">I went to the epstopdf-sys.cfg file and commented the last two lines (before the \endinput<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">\ProvidesFile{epstopdf-sys.cfg}%<br class=""> [2009/10/26 v1.1 Configuration of epstopdf for TeX Live]%<br class="">%\epstopdfsetup{%<br class="">% program@epstopdf=epstopdf%<br class="">%}<br class="">% to get old behavior foo.eps->foo.pdf as well as update,prepend<br class="">\epstopdfsetup{program@epstopdf=epstopdf,verbose,update,prepend,prefersuffix=false,suffix=}<br class="">% tif->png<br class="">%\epstopdfDeclareGraphicsRule{.tif}{png}{.png}{convert #1 \OutputFile}<br class="">%\PrependGraphicsExtensions{.tif}<br class="">\endinput<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class="">and reenabled loadind package epstopdf. I think I added said lines sometime in 2009 and forgot about them!<br class=""><br class="">It works now.<br class=""><br class="">Thank you all.<br class=""><br class="">Cheers<br class="">George<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Feb 23, 2022, at 11:02 PM, William Slough <<a href="mailto:wslough@gmail.com" class="">wslough@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">George,<br class=""><br class="">Jumping in to briefly comment...<br class=""><br class="">I downloaded your two files and it seems to work fine for me -- and I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary. The first few lines in the console window are these:<br class=""><br class="">This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.23 (TeX Live 2022/dev) (preloaded format=pdflatex)<br class=""> restricted \write18 enabled.<br class="">entering extended mode<br class="">(./EPS-test.tex<br class="">LaTeX2e <2021-11-15> patch level 1<br class="">L3 programming layer <2022-02-05><br class=""><br class="">After processing, there is a converted graphics file named invim-eps-converted-to.pdf and your source file produces the desired PDF file with the included graphic. It seems that restricted \write18 is sufficient for the conversion. Does your log file show a similar message?<br class=""><br class="">Bill<br class=""><br class="">On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 9:11 PM George Tourlakis <<a href="mailto:gt@cse.yorku.ca" class="">gt@cse.yorku.ca</a>> wrote:<br class="">Thanks Ross,<br class=""><br class="">How do I do this? (enable write18 access)?<br class=""><br class="">Cheers,<br class="">George<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Feb 23, 2022, at 7:59 PM, Ross Moore <<a href="mailto:ross.moore@mq.edu.au" class="">ross.moore@mq.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">George,<br class=""><br class="">Have you enabled write18 access, with your LaTeX jobs?<br class="">Without this there can be no automated conversions.<br class=""><br class="">Hope this helps.<br class=""><br class=""> Ross<br class=""><br class="">Sent from my iPhone<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On 24 Feb 2022, at 11:39 am, George Tourlakis <<a href="mailto:gt@cse.yorku.ca" class="">gt@cse.yorku.ca</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Hi Herb,<br class=""><br class="">Thanks.<br class=""><br class="">It did not work with (or without) the following <br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">\usepackage{epstopdf}<br class="">\DeclareGraphicsRule{.tif}{png}{.png}{`convert #1 `dirname #1`/`basename #1 .tif`.png}<br class=""></blockquote></blockquote><br class="">(BTW, I do not use .tif but I use .eps [always did])<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Here is a sample source (and an EPS file)<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Cheers,<br class="">George<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Feb 23, 2022, at 4:32 PM, Herbert Schulz <<a href="mailto:herbs@wideopenwest.com" class="">herbs@wideopenwest.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Feb 23, 2022, at 2:47 PM, George Tourlakis <<a href="mailto:gt@cse.yorku.ca" class="">gt@cse.yorku.ca</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Hi Richard, Herbert, all,<br class=""><br class="">I seem to have forgotten how to get <br class=""><br class="">includegraphics[width=xx in]{file.eps} work.<br class=""><br class="">Compilation complains that file.pdf not found.<br class=""><br class="">I am sure the pdf was created automatically in the past (whatever I was doing right then; now I have to provide the PDF manually).<br class=""><br class="">What am I missing?<br class=""><br class="">I have incuded<br class=""><br class="">\usepackage{geometry} <br class="">\usepackage{graphicx}<br class="">\usepackage{epstopdf}<br class="">\DeclareGraphicsRule{.tif}{png}{.png}{`convert #1 `dirname #1`/`basename #1 .tif`.png}<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Cheers,<br class="">George <br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Howdy,<br class=""><br class="">Don't load the epstopdf package. <br class=""><br class="">Are you including .tif files? If not, remove that graphics rule. If you are including .tif files let us know and I can give you a version that works since convert hasn't been used in quite a while. and the DeclareGraphicsRule command has changed.<br class=""><br class="">If none of this helps please create a minimal example and also let us know what's in the .log file.<br class=""><br class="">Good Luck,<br class=""><br class="">Herb Schulz<br class=""><a href="mailto:herbs@wideopenwest.com" class="">herbs@wideopenwest.com</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------<br class="">TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq<br class="">List Reminders and Etiquette: https://sites.esm.psu.edu/~gray/TeX/<br class="">List Archives: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.macosx<br class=""> https://email.esm.psu.edu/pipermail/macosx-tex/<br class="">TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/<br class="">List Info: https://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><br class=""></blockquote><EPS-test.tex><invim.eps>----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------<br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><br class="">Howdy,<br class=""><br class="">zero: that log file is incomplete.<br class=""><br class="">First: you should never touch anything in texmf-dist!!! If you want a config file for your system create an `epstopd.cfg' file (no quotes) with the commands and place it in /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/latex/config (you may have to create some folders in this nest - use sudo when you do). Make sure to run `sudo mktexlsr` so the system knows it's there. I enclose the version I use which defines the conversion for tif(f)->png and gif->png (this is always UGLY) using Apple's `sip` converter.<br class=""><br class="">Second: a while back things changed so epstopdfsetup doesn't work the way it did before. That's why I just gave up and live with file.eps->file-eps-converted-to.pdf. It's actually nice because it's easy to pick out and remove if I want to.<br class=""><br class="">Good Luck,<br class=""><br class="">Herb Schulz<br class=""><a href="mailto:herbs@wideopenwest.com" class="">herbs@wideopenwest.com</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------<br class="">TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq<br class="">List Reminders and Etiquette: https://sites.esm.psu.edu/~gray/TeX/<br class="">List Archives: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.macosx<br class=""> https://email.esm.psu.edu/pipermail/macosx-tex/<br class="">TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/<br class="">List Info: https://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>