[OS X TeX] Lost in Mac space

[Alain Schremmer]

On Dec 13, 2008, at 11:21 AM, David Derbes wrote:

> It's Unix. Nothing about Mac OS X that I know about. The version I  
> know best is from 1993, and so absent time travel cannot include  
> anything about Mac OS X. There is a way more expensive recent  
> version that might include something, but I'd buy a cheap copy from  
> abebooks (just bought one to make up for the one a friend stole,  
> and yes, he's still a friend) for well under ten USD.

Whenever I think of fiddling with the terminal—after all that is the  
Mac way, the thing that brings me to a halt is the fear that it is  
easy inadvertently to wipe out one's disk or to create similar havoc.  
So, it is easy to procrastinate and/or turn to the list. Which it is  
in any case.

Just googled "Unix for OS X" and immediately found "Mac OS X For Unix  
Geeks, 4th Edition" exactly the dual of what I need. OK, will try  
harder later on.

Regards
--schremmer