[OS X TeX] broken tex distribution

[Felix Grasser]

Hello Richard,

Many thanks for your detailed answer -- and of course for all the  
incredible work you are putting into TeXShop.

Felix




On 14.08.2009, at 20:31, Richard Koch wrote:

> Felix,
>
> I added a line of code in TeXShop to protect against out of bound  
> errors for DefaultScript.
>
> On Aug 14, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Felix Grasser wrote:
>
>> Hello Everybody,
>>
>> My old TeXShop.plist preferences file contained a value of 1 for  
>> the "DefaultScript" key. ... Changing that value from 1 to 100 (as  
>> it would be in a preferences file auto-generated by TeXShop 2.28)  
>> has cured both the error and the strange selection state of the  
>> Typeset menu.
>>
>> 1)	What is the significance of a value of 1 or 100 for the  
>> "DefaultScript" key?
>
> This preference should have values 100 = PdfTeX, 101 = TeX + DVI, or  
> 102 = Personal Script. When setting it using the Preference Panel,  
> the value is picked up from a tag on a button. It is possible that  
> this tag was incorrectly set in a past version of TeXShop (and if  
> so, probably in one of the localized nibs)
>
>> 2)	Still with a value of 1, why is the error not thrown when  a "% ! 
>> TEX TS-program = pdflatex" comment is present in the source file  
>> but is thrown when a "% !TEX TS-program = pdflatexmk" or no "% !TEX  
>> TS-program = xxx" comment is present in the source file.
>
> This question is less interesting than it appears(!). It's a matter  
> of tracing through the code which selects the typesetting engine,  
> and watching what happens when an unexpected value of DefaultScript  
> is used.
>
>> 3)	What might be the difference between the auto-generated ~/ 
>> Library/TeXShop/ folder and my version? The auto-generated version  
>> throws an error with a plist file containing "DefaultScript" = 1  
>> while my old version does not.
>
> I have no idea.
>
> Dick Koch
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