[OS X TeX] TeXShop questions

[Ross Moore]

Hi Maarten, Gerben, and others,

On 06/03/2005, at 9:19 AM, Maarten Sneep wrote:

> With one small change: on most linux systems the user texmf tree is in 
> ~/texmf,

This is how I work.

> while with Gerben's redistribution it is in ~/Library/texmf
>
> Note that for the various tex programs and related utilities to 
> actually find the files, you'll need to mimic the structure that is 
> fond in the main texmf trees.

I simply have a symbolic link

   ~/texmf  ---->  ~/Library/texmf

so that there is just the one tree, found in both places.
This gives me the best of both worlds, with one small addition:

   texmf.cnf  has the  HOMETEXMF  variable set, so that
          sudo  texhash
rebuilds  ls-R  for this local tree as well,
giving kpse speed to all package-finding.


Ross


> Since you seem to be using a plain (pdf)tex syntax, the private, 
> reusable files need to be stored in ~/Library/texmf/tex/plain/ or one 
> if its subdirectories. A more detailed description can be found in 
> /Library/teTeX/README.howtexfindsfiles.txt.
>
> Maarten
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