Closed jhsh closed 4 years ago
I have finally solved this and it is not a QTikZ problem. The issue is that since MikTeX 2.9.7440 of 2020-05-17 Windows 8.3 file names (aka short file names) are not supported anymore. From the TeXput.log output it is clear that this was the problem
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.21 (MiKTeX 20.6) (preloaded format=pdflatex 2020.6.29) 30 JUN 2020 16:54 entering extended mode **C:/Users/JHSH~1.BIO/AppData/Local/Temp/qtikz/temptikzcodep21180.tex
Since re-installing Windows10 my users directory name has changed and the problem has vanished.
Since a month ago qtikz (using MikTeX pdflatex) has failed to compile the temporary tex file, producing the error message: [LaTeX] Error: run failed. [LaTeX] Warning: could not load LaTeX logfile.
My test file is very simple: \begin{tikzpicture} \node (a) {a}; \end{tikzpicture}
Three files appear in the system temp/qtikz directory: texput.log temptikzcodep21180.pgf temptikzcodep21180.tex
The pgf and tex files are correct (the tex file compiles correctly if run independently as a standalone file). No temporary pdf is produced.
Texput.log reads: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.21 (MiKTeX 20.6) (preloaded format=pdflatex 2020.6.29) 30 JUN 2020 16:54 entering extended mode **C:/Users/JHSH~1.BIO/AppData/Local/Temp/qtikz/temptikzcodep21180.tex
???:0: Emergency stop.