The pdflatex switch

[Robert Brewer]

So, any advice for those who were using the old build chain with latex on
switching to the new pdflatex default? I understand that pdflatex doesn't
allow EPS files for graphics, which sucks since all my figures are EPS, but
I have the originals so I can use that.

Also it appears that \includegraphics on pdflatex expects the graphics
files to have suffixes, unlike latex.

I'm going to continue to use latex for now, but I'd like to switch to
pdflatex at some point since that seems to be what almost everyone uses
these days. I'm just looking for tips on what to look out for.

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[Chris Monson]

Several pieces of hopefully not unfounded good news:

The pdflatex and dvips tool chains both support suffix-less includegraphics filenames.  In fact, the pdflatex version pretty much requires them (otherwise it bails with the first missing graphic, which breaks dependency generation).  So, using includegraphics without suffixes should work properly in both places.  If a file with a known suffix is not found, the makefile will try to build a pdf from any suitable file it can find.

The second bit of news is that the makefile knows how to build pdf from eps, so things should just work.  If, after removing suffixes from graphic includes, things don't just work, please file a bug at http://latex-makefile.googlecode.com/ and I will look into it.

I want this to be as painless a transition as possible for everyone.

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[Robert Brewer]

--On April 20, 2010 9:02:55 PM -0400 Chris Monson <shi...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Several pieces of hopefully not unfounded good news:
>
> The pdflatex and dvips tool chains both support suffix-less
> includegraphics filenames. In fact, the pdflatex version pretty much
> requires them (otherwise it bails with the first missing graphic, which
> breaks dependency generation). So, using includegraphics without
> suffixes should work properly in both places. If a file with a known
> suffix is not found, the makefile will try to build a pdf from any
> suitable file it can find.
>
> The second bit of news is that the makefile knows how to build pdf from
> eps, so things should just work. If, after removing suffixes from graphic
> includes, things don't just work, please file a bug at
> http://latex-makefile.googlecode.com/ and I will look into it.
>
> I want this to be as painless a transition as possible for everyone.

OK, thanks. I'm trying to finish my proposal right now, so I'll investigate
further after the deadline has past.