--- EqEditor.ORIG/TeXHelper.m	Thu May  1 12:39:48 2003
+++ EqEditor/TeXHelper.m	Tue May  6 17:46:41 2003
@@ -238,9 +238,13 @@
     
     NSString *command =
         [NSString stringWithFormat: @"cd \"%@/\" && %@ \\\\scrollmode\\\\input{equation.tex} && %@ -E -Ppdf -x %@ equation.dvi -o equation.eps", workingDirectory, latex_bin, dvips_bin, [self magnificationAsString]];
-
+	
+#if 0
     if (system( [command lossyCString] ) != 0) {  //[command cString] ) != 0) {
-        NSBeginAlertSheet(
+#else
+    if (system( [command UTF8String] ) != 0) {  //[command cString] ) != 0) {
+#endif
+		NSBeginAlertSheet(
                           @"An error occurred during processing the equation. Do you want to view an error log?",
                           // sheet message
                           @"View error log",              // default button label
@@ -565,9 +569,13 @@
         [NSString
             stringWithFormat: @"\nobj <<\n/Subject (ESannot%@ESannotend)\n/Type (EEtype%@EEtypeend)\n/Magnification (EEmag%@EEmagend)\n>> endobj", source, type, [magnification stringValue]];
     
-    NSString *outputPDFFilePath = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%@equation.pdf", [self workingDirectory]];
+	NSString *outputPDFFilePath = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%@equation.pdf", [self workingDirectory]];
+#if 0
     NSString *pdfContents = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile: outputPDFFilePath];
-
+#else
+	NSString *pdfContents = [[NSString alloc] initWithData: [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile: [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%@equation.pdf", [self workingDirectory]]] encoding: NSASCIIStringEncoding];
+#endif
+	
     NSRange r1 = [pdfContents rangeOfString: @"\nxref" options: NSBackwardsSearch];
     
     NSRange r2 = [pdfContents lineRangeForRange: [pdfContents rangeOfString: @"startxref" options: NSBackwardsSearch]];
@@ -575,7 +583,7 @@
     NSString *tail_of_tail = [pdfContents substringFromIndex: r2.location];
     NSArray *tailarray = [tail_of_tail componentsSeparatedByString: @"\n"];
 
-    int byte_count = atoi( [[tailarray objectAtIndex: 1] cString] );
+    int byte_count = atoi( [[tailarray objectAtIndex: 1] cString] ) - 1;
     byte_count = [annotation cStringLength] + byte_count;
 
     NSRange r3;