[tex-live] Very curious problem?

Zdenek Wagner zdenek.wagner at gmail.com
Thu Jul 23 01:00:59 CEST 2009


2009/7/23 Karl Berry <karl at freefriends.org>:
>    /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/latex/geometry/geometry.sty:856:
>    Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).
>    Package pdftex.def Warning: Option `bb' does not make sense,
>    (pdftex.def)                using `viewport' instead on input line 23.
>
> Need to see the whole document, and the tex command line that latexit is
> running.
>
> Since it works with texshop and not with latexit, I kind of surmise that
> the latexit run is finding different files, for whatever reason.
>
When tracing problems with finding files it is useful to put
\listfiles at the very beginning of your file (above \documentclass).
It displays useful information in your log.

>    2) And why, when I type `kpsewhich geometry.cfg', do I get:
>    /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/xetexconfig/geometry.cfg?
>
> Because xelatex needs to act "as if" it were pdftex.  That geometry.cfg
> file is a no-op when not running xelatex.
>



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