[OS X TeX] BibDesk preview missing char error

[Adam R. Maxwell]

On Jan 5, 2007, at 18:58, Jonathan Lewis wrote:

> Thanks for the quick reply, Adam.
>
> On 2007/01/06, at 10:57, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
>>>
>>> * Preview Preferences *
>>> Generate previews using TeX -- on
>>> Full path to pdflatex: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple- 
>>> darwin7.9.0/pdfetex
>>
>> Try using pdflatex instead of pdfetex.  XeLaTeX will also work.
>
>
> I set the path to
> /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdflatex
>
> The error is now as reproduced below.
>
> I also tried setting the path to
> /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/xelatex, but got  
> the same error.

Hmmm...I just realized that I don't have a TeX install on this  
machine, so I'm running i-Installer right now.

> ! LaTeX Error: Missing ¥begin{document}.
> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.

My current guess is that your previewtemplate.tex file is corrupted  
somehow.  Try moving ~/Library/Application Support/BibDesk to your  
Desktop, then relaunch BibDesk and try previewing with the sample file  
that you sent me, without editing previewtemplate.tex.

-- adam
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