[texpoint-users] a weird error message

[Lie-Quan Lee]

On Mar 26, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Andreas Glatz wrote:

> OK, so you are saying that you do not have a volume "llee" and it  
> is only your home folder which lives in Macintosh HD:Users
> Nevertheless the output from the information pane in TexPoint  
> suggests that it is an extra volume.
> File Vault should not be a problem (I hope).


> How can you run the macro "test" in texpoint.ppa ?
> Well, if you can do that -- it should return the unix-path to the  
> currently active presentation (not the add-in).
>
> Unfortunately my conclusion for now is that PP returns a wrong path  
> for presentations in your home folder

I guess that it the because the path returned from PP is not usable  
in the AppleScript due to FileVault.

> (I attached a ppt file with a simple macro which shows the path  
> information for the active presentation.
> In your case (if you put it on your desktop) it should return  
> Macintosh HD:Users:llee:Desktop for the path.
> If you try it, let me know if it says "file found" anyways...)
>

The full message of running that ptest is:
Path: llee:Desktop
Name: ptest.ppt
FullName: llee:Desktop:ptest.ppt
file found

> So I guess you have to edit presentations with TexPoint "outside"  
> your home folder.
> A full solution requires some bigger changes in the code and takes  
> some time, but I added it to my to do list.
>
Thanks for the suggestions!



> Andreas.
>
>
>
> Lie-Quan Lee wrote:
>> 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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