Yes, I can generate PDFs from LaTeX, using either pdflatex or xelatex. Scribus even seems to be able to do so itself: the Render frame preview appears to be built correctly within Scribus, showing the rendered LaTeX in place.
Is there a way to see the full the command that Scribus is running? John > On 27Dec 2018, at 07:52, Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote: > > On 12/27/18 4:06 AM, John K. Parejko wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I?m having trouble with Render frames on macOS (10.13.6). They preview ok in >> Scribus (1.5.4), but I cannot generate the PDF, getting an error like the >> following after clicking ?save? on the PDF export window: >> >> Cannot write the file: >> /Users/parejkoj/lsst/temp/AAS2019/poster/Parejko-AAS2019-jointcal-poster.pdf >> Failed to load an image : >> /var/folders/1s/x4hsw5kj4pdbnlvfw75zzkv40000gq/T/scribus_temp_render_QUKzdK.pdf >> >> The preflight checker also claims that the render frame ?Object is a placed >> PDF?, which I guess the output is, but that seems misleading given the goal >> of the render frame. >> >> I?ve put a ?Collect for output? version of the scribus project here: >> >> https://fiddlernet.net/temp/poster.tar.gz >> >> My only guess is that it might be related to the System Integrity Protection >> (SIP) introduced in macOS 10.11. I get the error whether I start by opening >> Scribus via the App icon, or by running >> `/Applications/Scribus.app/Contents/MacOS/Scribus` from a terminal. >> >> Any suggestions on how to handle this are welcome. The error message doesn?t >> provide much guidance. >> > > Hi John, > > Can you successfully create a PDF with Latex outside of Scribus? This would > be a basic step to ensure you have the parts of LaTeX that you need. On > Linux, you specifically need pdflatex to generate PDFs. > > Greg
