Re: How to create a PDF-Printer from the command line
On Tue 09 Jan 2018 at 13:06:44 (+0000), Curt wrote:
> On 2018-01-09, Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:
> > On 2018-01-09, Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <I.M.Ciobica@upcmail.nl> wrote:
> >> On 9-01-2018, at 06h 52'16", davidson wrote about "Re: How to create a PDF-Printer from the command line"
> >>> >
> >>> >How does one convert a text file to a PDF using the command line?
> >>>
> >>> Step 1. Make sure the text file is also a latex document.
> >>> Step 2. Use latex.
> >>
> >> Assuming step 1 is reached, step 2 will make a dvi file. That was not
> >> what the OP asked for...
> >
> > pdftex (your one step road to a pdf)?
> >
> > DESCRIPTION
> > Run the pdfTeX typesetter on file, usually creating
> > file.pdf.
> >
> > Of course, B. will inform us that this amounts to eradicating a microbe with a
> > gorilla (or vice-versa?).
> >
> >>
> >> Ionel
> >>
>
> If you're dealing with latex files, as I have taken some minutes to
> discover (cough), you need 'pdflatex', not pdftex, which will barf
> immediately upon encountering latex commands.
So could you now elaborate on step 1 of this "one-step" process?
Cheers,
David.
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