I am calling pdflatex from the command line of TeXworks. It did also produce a myfile.pdf file.
What I see on my screen after running pdflatex is a window labeled myfile.tex - TeXworks. It contains what apparently is myfile.tex, which I assume is the TeX version of my paper, On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 11:58 AM, stefano franchi <stefano.fran...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 11:47 AM, William Hanson <whan...@umn.edu> wrote: > >> The first time I tried to execute your step 1, immediately above, I got >> an error saying that it wouldn't work because of spaces. I tried it again >> and I did get myfile.tex. I then ran pdflatex myfile.tex (your step 2). >> But, contrary to your 3, I did not get a file called myfile.log. (It did, >> however, produce the following files: myfile.toc, myfile.aux, >> synctex.gz.) >> > > > This is strange, pdflatex always produces a log file unless instructed > otherwise. Are you calling pdflatex from the command line or are you using > a latex editor (such as texmaker or winedit, for instance). That would > explain the lack of a log file, as these editors may be configured to erase > log files and/or move them to other directories. > > Do you also have a myfile.pdf file? That would indicate that the pdflatex > run was at least partially successful. > > And what did you see on the console when you ran pdflatex (assuming you > are using a terminal-like interface and not a LaTeX editor)? > > > S. > > > > -- > __________________________________________________ > Stefano Franchi > > stefano.fran...@gmail.com <stef...@tamu.edu> > http://stefano.cleinias.org >
