[texhax] Any PPCHTeX users out there?

[romeomedina at libero.it]

Rodolfo wrote:  
  
> I subscribed to both PPCHTeX and Tetex mailing lists to ask for help,  
> but they seem to be not active.  
>  
> I freshly installed tetex-src-3.0.tar.gz in my Mandrakelinux 10.1   
> Community box,   
> in order to run PPCHTeX  
> to type chemical structure formulas.  
> Now, if I run TeX (onto a file containing PPCHTeX pictures)  
> from within the directory /usr/local/teTeX/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu,  
> where the executable file `tex' is present, everything goes fine;  
> instead, if I run TeX from my home directory, I get the message:  
>  
> ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [text input levels=15].  
>  
> Can anyone explain these two different behaviours and suggest how to work  
the problem out?  
  
  
Karl Berry wrote:  
  
> Obvious question, but are you running the same tex binary in both cases?  
> Did you set PATH to include the directory with that `tex' before others?  
  
  
Yes, I think so. In fact, I created a symbolic link from the  
`/home/rodolfo/bin' directory to the file  
`/usr/local/teTeX/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu/tex',  
this way:  
  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
[rodolfo at localhost rodolfo]$ echo $PATH  
/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/home/rodolfo/bin  
  
$ export  
PATH="/home/rodolfo/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games"  
  
$ mkdir /home/rodolfo/bin  
$ cd /home/rodolfo/bin  
$ ln -s /usr/local/teTeX/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu/tex tex  
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. Then I did: `$ tex', and this was the output:  
  
[rodolfo at localhost rodolfo]$ tex  
This is TeX, Version 3.141592 (Web2C 7.5.4)  
  
, which is the same output I get if I do: `# ./tex'  
from within the directory `/usr/local/teTeX/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu':  
  
[root at localhost i686-pc-linux-gnu]# ./tex  
This is TeX, Version 3.141592 (Web2C 7.5.4)  
  
. No other version of TeX is present on my machine.  
  
  
Karl Berry:  
  
> Any indication as to what files it is reading?  
> The log file might be helpful, for a start.  
  
The file is a very simple trial one, I called ppchtex.tex,  
with some PPCHTeX commands in it, which is perfectly processed by TeX if I do:   
`# ./tex /home/rodolfo/ppchtex' from `/usr/local/teTeX/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu'.  
The log file can't help me, I'm attaching it.  
  
Thanks indeed for your help!,  
Rodolfo  
  



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