[texpoint-users] a weird error message

[Andreas Glatz]

Hi Rich,

 TexPoint executes the following AppleScript command (including the quotes):

do shell script "cd \"/Volumes/llee/Desktop/\";bash -l -c \"latex
TP_tmp.tex\""

Could you paste:

do shell script "cd \"/Volumes/llee/Desktop/\";bash -l -c \"pwd\""

into the Script Editor (in Applications -> AppleScript) and run it.
It should return the path where latex would be executed.
Can you tell me what kind of volume "llee" is (network drive, local
partition/HD, ...)?

Does it also work in other folders on the system volume "Macintosh HD"?

Andreas.



Lie-Quan Lee wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
>
> If I put my powerpoint file at the texpoint installation directory, the
> error disappeared and everthing seems working fine. So I suspect it is a
> path problem ...
>
> --Rich
>
>
> On 3/25/06 11:39 AM, "Andreas Glatz" <glatz at anl.gov> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>>  could you do the following
>> 1. update TexPoint to 2.8.1 and
>> 2. update Office to 11.2
>>
>> and let me know if the problem persists.
>> (For now it looks to me, that latex fails for some reason. You could do
>> the following after the first messagebox appeared (saying that the tex
>> file is written): do not close it, change to the Terminal and call:
>>     
>>> cd /Volumes/llee/Desktop/
>>> latex TP_tmp.tex
>>>       
>> and check if there are errors.
>> )
>>
>> Andreas.
>>
>>
>> Lie-Quan Lee wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi Andreas,
>>>
>>> Thanks very much for investigating the problem. Here is the detailed
>>> information after I turned on debug being 2.
>>>
>>> First popup window: llee:Desktop:TP_tmp.tex written ...
>>>
>>> Second popup window: internal Tex2Bmp starts with llee:Desktop:TP_tmp
>>>       
>>>> calling latex next with param: 'TM_tmp.tex'
>>>>         
>>> Third popup window: File: llee:Desktop:lock written (max256 bytes shown).
>>> This file can be deleted.
>>>
>>> After that I got popup window:
>>> Error:
>>> Serious error while execution of maketheshape
>>> Press Cancel of Finish Later to exit to PowerPoint
>>>
>>> Here is the information from texpoint copied to clipboard.
>>>
>>> TexPoint Configuration Information
>>>
>>> Version: 2.7 (Mac) (October 17, 2005)
>>> running as AddIn: Texpoint.ppa
>>> TexPoint path: Macintosh HD:Applications:TexPoint2_7:
>>> Global Configuration File: TexPoint.mac
>>> Presentaion path: llee:Desktop:
>>> Presentation name: Presentation1.ppt
>>> current path: llee:Desktop
>>>
>>> PowerPoint 11.0 (Build 060202) on Macintosh 10.4.5
>>>
>>> Unix path to presentation: /Volumes/llee/Desktop/Presentation1.ppt
>>> your default shell: /bin/bash
>>> Bash path: bash is /bin/bash
>>> Latex path: latex is /sw/bin/latex
>>> dvips path: dvips is /sw/bin/dvips
>>> ghostscript path: gs is /sw/bin/gs
>>> If all paths are set, TexPoint is fully functional. In case an '<unknown>'
>>> is displayed, install the indicated software and/or check the bash path
>>> configuration in the appropriate 'profile' file.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/24/06 9:09 AM, "Andreas Glatz" <glatz at anl.gov> wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>  could you send us the complete content of the information box in the
>>>> configuration dialog? (Use the "Copy to clipboard" button)
>>>> Unfortunately this error message is rather generic so it would be useful
>>>> if you could specify at which point something goes wrong.
>>>> Therefore you should set the debug level (Configure->Global) to 2 and
>>>> then create a display.
>>>>
>>>> Andreas.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lie-Quan Lee wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> After I installed TexPoint 2.7 or 2.8 on PowerPoint 2004 Mac, I
>>>>> started to use it by creating display. However,  I got an error
>>>>> message saying that "Serious error while execution of maketheshape". I
>>>>> remembered that the lower version of TexPoint work on my Mac. Since
>>>>> then, I updated systems and Office 2004. And update TexPoint. Now this
>>>>> error message happened. I examined the path/information, it seems that
>>>>> latex/dvips/gs all can be found from path (installed from fink). Any
>>>>> hints what went wrong?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks a lot
>>>>> Rich Lee
>>>>> *
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