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Christiaan > On 25 Jul 2021, at 12:06, Trevor Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 24 Jul 2021, at 19:05, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >>> On 24 Jul 2021, at 19:57, Trevor Jenkins <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Installed BibDesk (and MacTex) onto a new MacBookPro with an M1 processor. >>> Copied over a .bib file from my desktop Mac (Mac mini of ancient vintage). >>> Open the old bib file on the MacBookPro, select an entry, then click TeX >>> Preview. Get the dreaded red error message in the preview window. I checked >>> the log display. First time the error said the TeX executable could not >>> find the article class! For a reason I cannot now remember I changed the >>> template to say a4paper instead of the letter. Still get the red message in >>> the preview window but now the log entries are different. Complains about >>> null files in var/folder directories. >>> >>> Clearly I have done something really stupid but I cannot for the life of me >>> think what it is. Freely admit to being stupid and an idiot. Anyone venture >>> an answer as to what I have done wrong please. > > Should have included some technical details. > > First the errant system > > MacBookPro with M1 processor running macOS 11.5 BigSur. Although the problem > predated the update to 11.5 yesterday. > > MacTex 2021 downloaded and installed Tuesday 13 July 2021 > > BibDesk 1.8.3 (updated the version installed by MacTex) > > The .bib file is on my Dropbox repository, which BibDesk opens without > comment. > > Second the functioning system. > > Mac mini with Intel processor running macOS 10.13.6 High Sierra > > MacTex 2020 > > BibDesk 1.8.2 > > The .bib file is local on the Mac mini. This is the source for the identical > copy over on Dropbox > > >> Can you just run tex yourself? > > Yes. Tex (specifically pidflatex) runs from the command line. Kicks off at > least this bitches about the ^D. > >> What file is null, what precisely does it say? > > Here is the first log file (the one in which the article class cannot be > found). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> TeX preview generation failed. Please review the log below to determine the >> cause. >> >> ---------- TeX log file ---------- >> File: >> "/var/folders/h8/1dv_m0551s7976q9yb3bg7yc0000gn/T/bibdesk.0vS6rl/bibpreview/bibpreview.log" >> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live 2021) (preloaded >> format=pdftex 2021.7.14) 25 JUL 2021 10:54 >> entering extended mode >> restricted \write18 enabled. >> %&-line parsing enabled. >> **bibpreview >> (./bibpreview.tex >> ! Undefined control sequence. >> l.1 \documentclass >> [a4paper]{article} >> The control sequence at the end of the top line >> of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have >> misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct >> spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, >> and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. >> >> ! Undefined control sequence. >> l.2 \pagestyle >> {empty} >> The control sequence at the end of the top line >> of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have >> misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct >> spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, >> and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. >> >> ! Undefined control sequence. >> l.3 \textwidth >> = 6.5in >> The control sequence at the end of the top line >> of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have >> misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct >> spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, >> and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. >> >> ! Undefined control sequence. >> l.6 \renewcommand >> {\refname}{} >> The control sequence at the end of the top line >> of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have >> misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct >> spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, >> and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. >> >> ! Undefined control sequence. >> l.6 \renewcommand{\refname >> }{} >> The control sequence at the end of the top line >> of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have >> misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct >> spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, >> and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. >> >> ! Undefined control sequence. >> l.14 \begin >> {document} >> The control sequence at the end of the top line >> of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have >> misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct >> spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, >> and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. >> >> ! Undefined control sequence. >> l.15 \nocite >> {HairyBikers2011} >> The control sequence at the end of the top line >> of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have >> misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct >> spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, >> and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. >> >> ! Undefined control sequence. >> l.16 \bibliography >> {bibpreview} >> The control sequence at the end of the top line >> of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have >> misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct >> spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, >> and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. >> >> ! Undefined control sequence. >> l.17 \bibliographystyle >> {abbrv} >> The control sequence at the end of the top line >> of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have >> misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct >> spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, >> and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. >> >> [1{/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}] >> )</us >> r/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb> >> Output written on bibpreview.pdf (1 page, 16355 bytes). >> PDF statistics: >> 12 PDF objects out of 1000 (max. 8388607) >> 7 compressed objects within 1 object stream >> 0 named destinations out of 1000 (max. 500000) >> 1 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 10000 (max. 10000000) >> >> >> >> ---------- BibTeX log file ------- >> File: >> "/var/folders/h8/1dv_m0551s7976q9yb3bg7yc0000gn/T/bibdesk.0vS6rl/bibpreview/bibpreview.blg" >> (null) >> >> ---------- BibDesk info ---------- >> <BDSKTeXTask: 0x6000036d3de0> { >> ivars: >> delegate = "<BDSKPreviewer: 0x6000022bfa70>" >> file name = "bibpreview" >> template = "/Users/trevor/Library/Application >> Support/BibDesk/previewtemplate.tex" >> TeX file = >> "/var/folders/h8/1dv_m0551s7976q9yb3bg7yc0000gn/T/bibdesk.0vS6rl/bibpreview/bibpreview.tex" >> BibTeX file = >> "/var/folders/h8/1dv_m0551s7976q9yb3bg7yc0000gn/T/bibdesk.0vS6rl/bibpreview/bibpreview.bib" >> TeX binary path = /usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/universal-darwin/pdftex >> BibTeX binary path = /usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/universal-darwin/bibtex >> Encoding = "Western (ASCII)" >> BibTeX style = "abbrv" >> Helper files = ( >> ) >> >> environment: >> SHELL = "/opt/homebrew/bin/bash" >> BIBINPUTS = "(null)" >> BSTINPUTS = "(null)" >> TEXINPUTS = "(null)" >> TEXCONFIG = "(null)" >> TEXMFCONFIG = "(null)" >> PATH = "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin" } > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Here’s log file errors after I changed the [letter] to [a4paper] with TeXworks > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> TeX preview generation failed. Please review the log below to determine the >> cause. >> >> ---------- TeX log file ---------- >> File: >> "/var/folders/h8/1dv_m0551s7976q9yb3bg7yc0000gn/T/bibdesk.0vS6rl/bibpreview/bibpreview.log" >> (null) >> >> ---------- BibTeX log file ------- >> File: >> "/var/folders/h8/1dv_m0551s7976q9yb3bg7yc0000gn/T/bibdesk.0vS6rl/bibpreview/bibpreview.blg" >> (null) >> >> ---------- BibDesk info ---------- >> <BDSKTeXTask: 0x6000036d3de0> { >> ivars: >> delegate = "<BDSKPreviewer: 0x6000022bfa70>" >> file name = "bibpreview" >> template = "/Users/trevor/Library/Application >> Support/BibDesk/previewtemplate.tex" >> TeX file = >> "/var/folders/h8/1dv_m0551s7976q9yb3bg7yc0000gn/T/bibdesk.0vS6rl/bibpreview/bibpreview.tex" >> BibTeX file = >> "/var/folders/h8/1dv_m0551s7976q9yb3bg7yc0000gn/T/bibdesk.0vS6rl/bibpreview/bibpreview.bib" >> TeX binary path = /usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/universal-darwin/pdftex >> BibTeX binary path = /usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/universal-darwin/bibtex >> Encoding = "Western (ASCII)" >> BibTeX style = "abbrv" >> Helper files = ( >> ) >> >> environment: >> SHELL = "/opt/homebrew/bin/bash" >> BIBINPUTS = "(null)" >> BSTINPUTS = "(null)" >> TEXINPUTS = "(null)" >> TEXCONFIG = "(null)" >> TEXMFCONFIG = "(null)" >> PATH = "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin” } > > > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users Christiaan
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