[OS X TeX] Question about recent i-installer run

[David Goldschmidt]

In my home directory, I have the following:

Library/texmf/tex/latex/(various .sty files and subdirectories of .sty and .cls
files) and it works

On 12/21/06, Adam M. Goldstein <adam.goldstein at jhu.edu> wrote:
> I installed TeX and related programs on a research collaborator's
> Intel iMac recently (Monday), and it all works fine; except, there
> was one curiosity: no link to texmf was provided in the user's
> library file. I usually look there for local files such as .bst files
> and .sty files. Now, looking at my own install, which is almost as
> recent, but an upgrade from previous installs, I note that there is a
> texmf folder in my Library folder, but not a link to one. On the
> recent install, I hunted down a texmf folder somewhere else in the
> file hierarchy in gwTeX that seemed to work (i.e, my ), particularly
> after I ran texhash. (By "work," I mean, I could put my custom .bst
> files in there, and bibtex could find them).
>
> So, back to the install on my co-worker's machine, if I just create a
> folder called "texmf" in \Users\MyUserName\Library, I should expect
> Bibtex and LaTeX to find the files in there? (Suppose I create ..
> \texmf\bibtex\bst and ..\texmf\bibtex\bib and ..\texmf\tex\latex and
> put the appropriate files in each.)
>
> I apologize for the spottiness of the information about my setup in
> this email. I don't have direct access to the computer in question
> just now.
>
> I also apologize is this is a "RTFM" or RTFReadme" question, but
> after having followed various discussions on the list, searched the
> archive, etc., etc., I am still not clear on what I ought to do.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Adam G.
> --
> Dr. Adam M. Goldstein
> adam <dot> goldstein <at> jhu.edu
> http://shiftingbalance.wordpress.com
>
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