my $sfile = shell_quote $file;
system("pslatex $sfile.tex >/dev/null 2>&1") == 0
- or die "pslatex $file.tex failed: $!";
+ or die "pslatex $file.tex failed; see $file.log for details?\n";
system("pslatex $sfile.tex >/dev/null 2>&1") == 0
- or die "pslatex $file.tex failed: $!";
+ or die "pslatex $file.tex failed; see $file.log for details?\n";
system('dvips', '-q', '-t', 'letter', "$file.dvi", '-o', "$file.ps" ) == 0
- or die "dvips failed: $!";
+ or die "dvips failed";
open(POSTSCRIPT, "<$file.ps")
or die "can't open $file.ps: $! (error in LaTeX template?)\n";