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Hallo,

in meinem LaTeX-Dokument habe ich viele tikz-Grafiken, die ich externalisieren möchte weil das kompilierne sonst minutenlang dauert.

Wollte das Beispiel aus dem pgfmanual (Kapitel 32 Externalization Library, Code auf Seite 344) ausprobieren:

\documentclass{article}
%  main document, called main.tex
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{external}
\tikzexternalize %  activate!
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
  \node {root}
    child {node {left}}
    child {node {right}
      child {node {child}}
      child {node {child}}
    };
\end{tikzpicture}
A simple image is \tikz \fill (0,0) circle(5pt);.
\end{document}

Liefert aber einen Fehler:
! Paragraph ended before \tikzexternalize@opt was complete.
<to be read again>
\par

Der Kompilierbefehl war: pdflatex --shell-escape main (mit xelatex der gleiche Fehler).

(Ob ich --shell-escape oder -shell-escape schreibe, macht keinen Unterschied)

Habe eine aktuelle TeX-Version (Mac-TeX 2013).

Bin für jede Hife dankbar!!

Viele Grüße
Simon

Eine Kompilierung unter Ubuntu-Linux (Tex-Live 2013) liefert:

(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/epstopdf-sys.cfg))
===== 'mode=convert with system call': Invoking 'pdflatex -halt-on-error -inter
action=batchmode -jobname "main-figure0" "\def\tikzexternalrealjob{main}\input{
main}"' ========

! Package tikz Error: Sorry, the system call 'pdflatex -halt-on-error -interact
ion=batchmode -jobname "main-figure0" "\def\tikzexternalrealjob{main}\input{mai
n}"' did NOT result in a usable output file 'main-figure0' (expected one of .pd
f:.jpg:.jpeg:.png:). Please verify that you have enabled system calls. For pdfl
atex, this is 'pdflatex -shell-escape'. Sometimes it is also named 'write 18' o
r something like that. Or maybe the command simply failed? Error messages can b
e found in 'main-figure0.log'. If you continue now, I'll try to typeset the pic
ture.

See the tikz package documentation for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
l.16 \end{tikzpicture}

Die Bilder werden nicht als pdf gespeichert. Wenn man den Befehl in der Fehlermeldung kopiert und auch für das zweit Bild ausführt, werden diese Bilder als pdf erzeugt und die nochmalige Kompilierung funktioniert wie sie sollte.

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Unter Mac-Tex erscheint aber eine andere Fehlermeldung, ein tikz-Error wird nicht angezeigt, weil pdflatex gar nicht soweit durchkommt:

[...]
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(/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pgf/frontendlayer/libraries/tikzlibraryexternal.code.tex
(/Users/cmon/Library/texmf/tex/generic/generic/pgf/frontendlayer/tikz/libraries/tikzexternalshared.code.tex))
Runaway argument?
! Paragraph ended before \tikzexternalize@opt was complete.
<to be read again>
\par
l.10

Hallo, wenn man folgende Zeile vor \tikzexternalize einfügt, funktioniert es unter Linux:

\tikzset{external/system call={pdflatex \tikzexternalcheckshellescape -halt-on-error -interaction=batchmode -jobname "\image" "\texsource"}}

Leider hilft diese Zeile auf dem Mac mit MacTeX nicht.

Rufst du pdflatex mit dem shell-escape auf, damit LaTeX selbst einen neuen Kompilierlauf im Hintergrund machen kann?
siehe auch Tikz Bild exportieren

Is dein MacTeX aktuell?

Ja, ich kompiliere immer mit pdflatex -shell-escape main
(für das Testbeispiel, für mein eigentliches Dokument nehme ich xelatex)

Und ja, mein MacTeX ist aktuell (basiert auf TexLive 2013).

Sonst hatte ich mit TikZ auf dem Mac nie Probleme gehabt.

Das Problem ist, das pdflatex schon früher aufhört, bevor es überhaupt den erneuten Kompilierbefehl aufruft (was -shell-escape benötigt).

Es sieht so aus, als ob die Datei
texmf/tex/generic/generic/pgf/frontendlayer/tikz/libraries/tikzexternalshared.code.tex

auf dem Mac nicht richtig laufen würde.

Poste mal bitte die kompletten log-Dateien beider Prozesse.

Wo finde ich die log-Datei?

Wie gesagt, ein update könnte helfen

Das hatte ich soeben vor

Hier die Datei main.log (MacTeX, mit pdflatex kompiliert):

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Wenn ich übrigens folgendes aufrufe um das 1. Bild zu erstellen, kommt ebenfalls der gleiche Fehler.
pdflatex -jobname "main-figure0" "\def\tikzexternalrealjob{main}\input{main}"

Auszug aus dem log:

[...]
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! Paragraph ended before \tikzexternalize@opt was complete.
<to be read again> 
                   \par 
l.10

Hallo,

wenn ich statt
\tikzexternalize \tikzexternalize{main} verwende, funktioniert es!

Allerdings erscheinen beim 1. Durchlauf zwei Fehler, beim zweiten Mal läuft es fehlerfrei durch.

(/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/epstopdf-sys.cfg))
! Undefined control sequence.
\pgfk@/tikz/external/system call ...ckshellescape
                                                  -halt-o-error -interaction...
l.20 \end{tikzpicture}

Es liegt wohl an ener älteren Version von pgf, die in der aktuellen Mac-TeX-Version dabei ist. In den logs steht:

MacTeX (TeX-live 2013) auf OS X:
tikzlibrarytopaths.code.tex 2008/06/17 v2.00-cvs (rcs-revision 1.2)

TeX-live 2013 unter Ubuntu-Linux:
tikzlibrarytopaths.code.tex 2008/06/17 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.2)

Wieso ist in MacTeX die ältere Version dabei, wo doch dieses MacTeX ebenfalls auf TeX-Live basiert??

EDIT: es musss heißen -halt-on-error

LaTeX Forum

TikZ externalisieren: Fehler. Auch beim Bsp des pgfmanuals

TikZ externalisieren: Fehler. Auch beim Bsp des pgfmanuals

Kompilierung auf Ubuntu-Linux (Tex-Live 2013)

Funktioniert nun unter Linux

Problem gelöst (fast)!!