From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Erwin Panen Subject: Re: publishing to PDF Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:41:32 +0200 Message-ID: <4C7BA6FC.2040004@fastmail.fm> References: <4C7B84D8.6020801@fastmail.fm> <87fwxwff81.fsf@gmx.de> Reply-To: erwinpanen@fastmail.fm Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54530 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Oq3m2-0002Zx-Pf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:47:47 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oq3g8-0004K1-Po for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:41:38 -0400 Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:36578) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oq3g8-0004Ju-Hk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:41:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87fwxwff81.fsf@gmx.de> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Sebastian Rose Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Sebastian, Thanks for your very fast reply :-) Yes, I can issue 'pdflatex' from a console: ------------------------------------- macbook:~ erwin$ pdflatex This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009) ** ------------------------------------- I assume it must be a matter of config? Erwin On 30/08/10 14:38, Sebastian Rose wrote: > Erwin Panen writes: >> Hi everyone, >> >> Trying to make my first steps in publishing. >> I'm working on Mac, using Emacs 23.2.1 with Org-mode version 6.36trans. >> >> I seem to have various LaTeX stuff installed on my MacBook. I have to admit that >> I have no experience with LaTeX whatsoever. (TeXShop, LaTeXit, TeXWorks) So I'm >> not sure if my configuration if any is correct in this view. >> >> When I issue: >> C-c C-e p >> I get following message: >> ------------------------- >> For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. >> OVERVIEW >> CHILDREN >> SUBTREE >> Select command: >> Exporting to PDF... >> Exporting to LaTeX... >> Saving file /Users/erwin/git/org/Erhard.tex... >> Wrote /Users/erwin/git/org/Erhard.tex >> Saving file /Users/erwin/git/org/Erhard.tex... >> Wrote /Users/erwin/git/org/Erhard.tex >> LaTeX export done, pushed to kill ring and clipboard >> Processing LaTeX file... >> (Shell command failed with code 127 and some error output) [2 times] >> Processing LaTeX file...done >> org-export-as-pdf: PDF file was not produced >> ------------------------ > > Hi Erwin, > > > not sure about MAC, but for most UNIX shells (i think), a return value > of 127 means "command not found". It seems some LaTeX packages are > missing. > > Most of us use the TexLive distribution, a collection of the most > commonly used LaTeX packages and binaries. > > Are you able to execute the command `pdflatex' in a console? > > > Sebastian