Ok, usetex is going to do postscript processing in the user's current directory, but only on windows. On other platforms, the work is done in a temp directory. I've tested my changes on linux and windows, and committed them to svn as of 2528. Feedback appreciated.
Darren On Tuesday 27 June 2006 09:56, Darren Dale wrote: > On Tuesday 27 June 2006 09:14, Jouni K Seppanen wrote: > > Darren Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The problem is that on windows, the TEMP environment variable is > > > something like 'C:\\Documents and Settings\\Darren\\Local > > > Settings\\Temp' or 'C:\\DOCUME~1\\Darren\\LOCALS~1\\TEMP', and > > > \includegraphics is not able to deal with filenames that have spaces > > > or tildes (this has been declared a feature, not a bug). > > > > I don't have a Windows system to test on, but on a Mac the following > > trick seems to deal with the tildes: > > > > \documentclass{article} > > \usepackage{graphicx} > > \catcode`\~11 > > \graphicspath{{/tmp/foo~bar/}} > > \catcode`\~13 > > \begin{document} > > \includegraphics{stuff.pdf} > > \end{document} > > > > If I put stuff.pdf in /tmp/foo~bar, pdflatex (from TeX Live) finds it > > just fine. Handling spaces seem to be a more difficult problem... > > Thanks Jouni, that was a creative suggestion. Unfortunately it doesn't work > on my windows laptop because dvips doesnt find the embedded file unless I > either run dvips in the directory containing the file to embed or I pass an > absolute path to includegraphics. I tried wrapping the \includegraphics > statement with the catcode shifts you suggested, but it didnt work. > > Darren > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users -- Darren S. Dale, Ph.D. Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source Cornell University 200L Wilson Lab Rt. 366 & Pine Tree Road Ithaca, NY 14853 [EMAIL PROTECTED] office: (607) 255-9894 fax: (607) 255-9001 Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users