Running pdflatex from Python
Fredrik Lundh
fredrik at effbot.org
Wed Dec 20 14:45:20 EST 2000
Brian Elmegaard wrote:
> This is posted to comp.lang.python and miktex at dsts.dk
>
> When I try to run pdflatex (miktex 1.20e) from a Python script with
> popen("pdflatex "+filename) under win98 SE I get a fault in kernel32.dll.
>
> This does not happen for pure latex.
perhaps you're using an evil version of Norton Antivirus 2000?
http://www.python.org/2.0/
"Incompatibility warning: Norton Antivirus 2000 can cause blue
screen crashes on Windows 98 when a function in the os.popen*()
family is invoked. To prevent this problem, disable Norton Antivirus
when using Python. (Confirmed on Windows 98 Second Edition with
Norton Antivirus version 6.10.20. The same Norton Antivirus version
doesn't have this problem on Windows 2000. Norton Antivirus
version 5 on Windows 98SE doesn't have this problem either.)"
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