[OS X TeX] .sty

[George Ghio]

On 04/07/2004, at 12:13 AM, Maarten Sneep wrote:

> On 3 jul 2004, at 15:31, Bruno Voisin wrote:
>
>> Le 3 juil. 04, à 13:38, George Ghio a écrit :
>>
>>> How and where do I put MY .sty files so latex can find them.? We are 
>>> talking about TeX not teTeX.
>>>
>>> Why do I see my life flashing before my eyes?
>>>
>>> I tried ~/library/texmf...
>>
>> You need to go deeper inside the hierarchy of TeX folders, to get TeX 
>> and its various ancillary programs to find the files it needs. 
>> Namely, for LaTeX style files they should go inside 
>> ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/.
>
> One warning though: george has an unmodified texlive 2003; which means 
> that his home texmf tree starts at ~/texmf, rather than 
> ~/Library/texmf.
>
>> Basically, you have to reproduce for your personal additions inside 
>> ~/Library/texmf/ the hierarchy found inside 
>> /Library/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/. The best way to learn IMHO is to 
>> explore its various subfolders and see how things are organized.
>
> Again, no tetex, but any of the texmf direcory layouts you'll find 
> within /usr/local/TeX/share should provide an example.
>
>> You said you installed from TeXLive, not teTeX. I've got no idea what 
>> the possible differences may be. Both should adhere to the TDS (TeX 
>> Directory Structure), documented in 
>> /Library/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/doc/help/tds.dvi (or wherever and in 
>> whichever form the file tds.tex may live on your TeXLive setup).
>
> I think I outlined the differences in my reply.
>
> Maarten
>
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It seems that sooner or later my head will get it right.

The path for my TeX is:

/home/texmf/tex/latex(pdfsync.sty)

Right or wrong pdfsync.sty in this position works and is found by 
TeXShop.

Thanks to all. Again

George

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