[OS X TeX] Search paths, Custom formats in TeXShop

[Herb Schulz]

On 2/9/05 8:20 PM, "Ian Morrison" <imorrison at rcn.com> wrote:

> I have done some sifting through this group and other Web sources but cannot
> find a guide to creating custom formats for TeXShop/tetex. Any pointer to
> such a guide would be appreciated.  Also, is there a mechanism for putting
> extra directories on the search path when the source is in a specified
> format like Textures bullet system (as in "€latex") or a guide to how search
> paths work in TeXShop/tetex.
> 
> Ian Morrison

Howdy,

There is lots of information about creating custom packages and formats in

/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/doc/latex/base/

if you have the documentation.

There is also information on how TeX does its searching for files in

/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex/README.howtexfindsfiles.txt

as a starting point. In general you would place your style or class files in
subdirectories of ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/ for your personal use or
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/latex/ for items to be used by
multiple people who can log onto your computer. If you place it int the
latter location you must issue a `sudo texhash` within the Terminal
application and give your administator's password; the former need no
special action. You can also get to /usr/local/teTeX/... via
/Library/teTeX/... Since that is a symbolic link to the /usr/local/teTeX/...
directory structure. If you study the structure in the
.../share/texmf.tetex/ sub-directories you will see how to structure your
personal ~/Library/texmf/... sub-directories.

Hope that fives you a start.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)

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