[OS X TeX] OS X TeX newbie needs help installing TeX on non-boot volume

[Mark Smith]

@ 17:37 on 12.9.05, Peter Dyballa wrote:

>#2 won't work with a sym-link, because an application would
>first need to visit the strange outside location.

would work (locally) for all apps that are looking for the
standard location and that's going to be the overwhelming
number of non-modified cases.

But I think I "get" the thread now.

>The reason is that Rowland McDonnell does not want to
>install teTeX on his system volume. Think of space
>restrictions, think of teTeX not being proper Mac OS X (as
>OzTeX or CMacTeX) or Apple system software, not being
>Classic/Mac OS 9 ...

Ah. Eh. OK.
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