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I've been trying to add the --shell-escape argument to my pdflatex, and right about nothing works. I'll summarize what I've done so far:

  1. Add --shell-escape to existing pdflatex.exe
  2. Add --shell-escape to \texlive\2013\bin\win32\pdflatex.exe
  3. The console either gets stuck at "ABD: EveryShipout initializing macrosgnuplot not recognized", or
  4. "Package gnuplottex Warning: Shell escape not enabled. (gnuplottex) You'll need to convert the graphs yourself..", or
  5. TeXworks produces no PDF
  6. I have also tried running different compilers such as miktex-pdftex.exe, pdftex.exe, etc.
  7. I'm running the latest MikTeX / TeX distributions, packages, etc. (just updated everything in my TeX Live Manager)

This only seems to be a big deal when I run anything GNUplot related.

What's going on here?

ScreenshotOfArgumentsPdflatex

Martin Schröder
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To long for a comment. Run this document with --shell-escape:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\immediate\write18{echo "hallo"}
blub
\end{document}

Then check the log file. If you found thererunsystem(echo "hallo")...disabled (restricted) then --shell-escape has not been activated. If the message is runsystem(echo "hallo")...executed. then everything works and your problem lies somewhere else.

Ulrike Fischer
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  • runsystem(echo "hallo")...executed....

    However, when I try to GNUplot, it tells me:

    Package gnuplottex Warning: Shell escape not enabled. (gnuplottex) You'll need to convert the graphs yourself..

    While within the log file itself it also shows:

    runsystem(rm -f w18-test-2014430619.tex)...executed. I'm assuming this line also means that --shell-escape works as intended? @Ulrike Fischer

     – 1010011010 Apr 30 '14 at 08:17
  • At least you now know that you have been looking at the wrong places for a solution. Did you load the package with the miktex option \usepackage[miktex]{gnuplottex}? – Ulrike Fischer Apr 30 '14 at 08:25
  • Yes @Ulrike Fischer – 1010011010 Apr 30 '14 at 10:53