[tex4ht] [bug #371] TikZ externalization and PDF images

[Nasser M. Abbasi]

On 10/17/2017 7:55 PM, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
> On 10/17/2017 4:26 PM, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
>> On 10/16/2017 7:52 AM, Michal Hoftich wrote:
>>> URL:
>>>      <http://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/bugs/?371>
>>>
>>>                     Summary: TikZ externalization and PDF images
>>>                     Project: tex4ht
>>>                Submitted by: michal_h21
>>>                Submitted on: Mon 16 Oct 2017 03:52:24 PM EEST
>>>                    Category: None
>>>                    Priority: 5 - Normal
>>>                    Severity: 5 - Normal
>>>                      Status: None
>>>                     Privacy: Public
>>>                 Assigned to: None
>>>            Originator Email:
>>>                 Open/Closed: Open
>>>             Discussion Lock: Any
>>>
>>>        _______________________________________________________
> 
> Fyi;
> 
> I've also run the sample.tex shown in the attachment in
> 
> https://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/bugs/?371
> 
> Run it using lualatex only to start with. Not tex4ht.
> But I get this error
> 
> 
>> lualatex --shell-escape   sample.tex
> This is LuaTeX, Version 1.0.4 (TeX Live 2017)
>    system commands enabled.
> (./sample.tex
> LaTeX2e <2017-04-15>
> (using write cache: /home/me/.texlive2017/texmf-var/luatex-cache/generic)(using
>    read cache: /usr/local/texlive/2017/texmf-var/luatex-cache/generic /home/me/.t
> exlive2017/texmf-var/luatex-cache/generic)
> luaotfload | main : initialization completed in 0.137 seconds
> .....
> (/usr/local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/epstopdf-sys.cfg))
> ABD: EveryShipout initializing macros
> Package pgfplots notification 'compat/show suggested version=true': you might b
> enefit from \pgfplotsset{compat=1.15} (current compat level: 1.9).
> 
> [1{/usr/local/texlive/2017/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}]
> ===== 'mode=convert with system call': Invoking 'lualatex -shell-escape -halt-o
> n-error -interaction=batchmode -jobname "sample-figure0" "\def\tikzexternalreal
> job{sample}\input{sample}"' ========
> lualatex -shell-escape -halt-on-error -interaction=batchmode -jobname "sample-f
> igure0" "\def\tikzexternalrealjob{sample}\input{sample}"
> 
> ! Package tikz Error: Sorry, the system call 'lualatex -shell-escape -halt-on-e
> rror -interaction=batchmode -jobname "sample-figure0" "\def\tikzexternalrealjob
> {sample}\input{sample}"' did NOT result in a usable output file 'sample-figure0
> ' (expected one of .pdf:.jpg:.jpeg:.png:). Please verify that you have enabled
> system calls. For pdflatex, this is 'pdflatex -shell-escape'. Sometimes it is a
> lso named 'write 18' or something like that. Or maybe the command simply failed
> ? Error messages can be found in 'sample-figure0.log'. If you continue now, I'l
> l try to typeset the picture.
> 
> See the tikz package documentation for explanation.
> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>    ...
>                                                     
> l.43     \end{tikzpicture}
>                           
> ?
> 
> 
>> lualatex --version
> This is LuaTeX, Version 1.0.4 (TeX Live 2017
> 
> May be I am doing something wrong. I do not know. It will
> help to post the commands to use to run the sample.tex
> also, just in case.
> 

btw, it compiles with  no error with

pdflatex --shell-escape   sample.tex

but not with

lualatex --shell-escape   sample.tex

--Nasser