On 24 Jul 2021, at 19:05, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 24 Jul 2021, at 19:57, Trevor Jenkins <bslwann...@gmail.com >> <mailto:bslwann...@gmail.com>> 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” }
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