[OS X TeX] Coexisting TeX distributions and TeXShop .engine files

Malcolm Ross Malcolm.Ross at anu.edu.au
Mon Jan 29 03:50:18 EST 2007


I have two coexisting TeX distributions on my PowerBook G4. The TeX  
Distributions preference pane shows them as gwTeX-2003-2005 and  
TeXLive-2007, and the pane is switched to  TeXLive-2007. When I run  
LaTeX, the log shows that TeXLive-2007 is used, but when I run  
XeLaTeX, the log shows that teTeX (i.e. gwTeX) is used instead. I had  
expected TeXLive to be used in both cases, and I am struggling to  
understand why teTeX is used with XeLaTeX. Xe(La)TeX is present in  
both distributions.

The XeLaTeX.engine file reads:

#!/bin/tcsh

set path= ($path /usr/texbin /usr/local/bin)
xelatex  "$1"

I was under the impression that '/usr/texbin' should cause TeXShop to  
use the distribution selected in the preference pane. It seems I am  
wrong. Can anyone enlighten me as to why this might be happening and  
how I can fix things so that TeXLive-2007 is chosen in all cases?

Thank you.

Malcolm
_____________________________________

Malcolm D. Ross
Professor, Department of Linguistics
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Building No. 9, The Australian National University
CANBERRA A.C.T. 0200, Australia

http://rspas.anu.edu.au/people/personal/rossm_ling.php
http://rspas.anu.edu.au/linguistics/projects/biomdr.html

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