[texpoint-users] a weird error message

[Lie-Quan Lee]

TexPoint also works if I save the files in /Application.

I am new to Apple and never touch apple script.  I do not have
/Volumes/llee/Desktop. My home dir is /Users/llee/Desktop. If I put the
TexPoint.ppa on my desktop and load it and run the Macro test in
TexPoint.ppa, I got / -- I assume that macro should return the path of
TexPoint.ppa

Does this have something to do with File Vault? -- I have my home dir
FileVault turn on. (And I cannot turn it off any more due to limited spare
space :-(  )

--Rich


On 3/25/06 11:09 PM, "Andreas Glatz" <glatz at anl.gov> wrote:

> 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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