Better error reporting and simplified code.

pythontex-wrapper.sh

@@ -20,35 +20,62 @@ fi
 # print some debug information
 echo "pythontex-wrapper.sh"
 echo "arguments:" $@
-logfilename=`basename $1 .tex`.log
+basefilename=`basename $1 .tex`
+logfilename=${basefilename}.log
+pytxcodefilename=${basefilename}.pytxcode
 echo "Log file: " ${logfilename}
 echo "Working directory: " `pwd`
 echo "Using latex command: " ${latexcommand}
 echo "Using pythontex command: " ${pythontexcommand}
 
 # compile using latex
-if ${latexcommand} $@ ; then
-    # compilation in latex worked, run pythontex3
-    if ${pythontexcommand} $1 ; then
-        # pythontex worked, run latex again
-        if ${latexcommand} $@ ; then
-            # compilation in latex worked
-            exit 0
-        else
-            # compilation using latex failed
-            exit 1
-        fi
-    else
-        # running pythontex failed
-        # lyx expects LaTeX error messages in the log file
-        # Add a fake latex error message which lyx understands
-        echo "! Undefined control sequence." >>${logfilename}
-        echo "l.17 \\pythontexError" >>${logfilename}
-        echo "\\Actually there is a pythontex error, see complete log for details." >>${logfilename}
-        
-        exit 1
-    fi
-else
+echo -e "\n\npythontex-wrapper: Calling ${latexcommand}"
+echo -e "------------------------------------------\n\n"
+${latexcommand} $@
+lastResult=$?
+echo "First latex run: ${lastResult}" >> pythontex-wrapper.log
+if [ $lastResult -gt 0 ] ; then
     # compilation using latex failed
+    echo "pythontex-wrapper: This was the first latex run, before pythontex was called!" >> ${logfilename}
+    echo "pythontex-wrapper: pythontex may have been run previously by lyx, before bibtex was run." >> ${logfilename}
+    echo "pythontex-wrapper: If the problem was due to bad python output and persists after fixing it,"  >> ${logfilename}
+    echo "pythontex-wrapper: please delete the pythontex-file-${basefilename} folder in the output directory." >> ${logfilename}
     exit 1
 fi
+
+# compilation in latex worked, run pythontex3 if needed
+if [ ! -e ${pytxcodefilename} ] ; then
+    echo "pythontex-wrapper: No pytxcode file generated, no need to run pythontex!" | tee -a ${logfilename}
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+echo -e "\n\npythontex-wrapper: Calling ${pythontexcommand}"
+echo -e "------------------------------------------\n\n"
+${pythontexcommand} $1
+lastResult=$?
+echo "pythontex run: ${lastResult}" >> pythontex-wrapper.log
+if [ ${lastResult} -gt 0 ]; then
+    # running pythontex failed
+    # lyx expects LaTeX error messages in the log file
+    # Add a fake latex error message which lyx understands
+    echo "! Undefined control sequence." >>${logfilename}
+    echo "l.17 \\pythontexError" >>${logfilename}
+    echo "\\Actually there is a pythontex error, see complete log for details." >>${logfilename}
+    
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# pythontex worked, run latex again
+echo -e "\n\npythontex-wrapper: Calling ${latexcommand}"
+echo -e "------------------------------------------\n\n"
+${latexcommand} $@
+lastResult=$?
+echo "Second latex run: ${lastResult}" >> pythontex-wrapper.log
+echo "pythontex-wrapper: This was the second latex run, after pythontex was called!" >> ${logfilename}
+if [ ${lastResult} -gt 0 ] ; then
+    # compilation using latex failed
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# compilation in latex worked
+exit 0