[OS X TeX] [ANN] TeX Live Utility 0.5

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jan 2, 2009, at 8:46 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:

>
> On Jan 2, 2009, at 8:37 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jan 2, 2009, at 8:19 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry for spamming the list lately, but there's a new version  
>>> available.  Download via Sparkle or fromhttp://code.google.com/p/mactlmgr/downloads/list 
>>> .
>>>
>>> I've tried to work around problems with environment.plist; please  
>>> let me know if it breaks for any of you.  There are also some  
>>> security changes (using codesign), and I'd also like to know of  
>>> any problems with that.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Adam
>>
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> Don't know if this is relevant but what if you install TeX Live  
>> 2008 directly so /usr/texbin doesn't exist? There are those that  
>> have done that and therefore also don't have the TeX Distribution  
>> preference pane or the distribution structures.
>
> In theory, it'll work if you set the path to something like /usr/ 
> local/texlive/2008/bin/universal-darwin (or wherever tlmgr,  
> kpsewhich etc. are installed) in TLU's prefs.  I haven't had time to  
> download TL and test this, so I'm curious to know if/when anyone  
> tries it.
>
> -- 
> Adam


Howdy,

So the PATH that is printed in the console pane on my system

PATH = "(
     "/usr/bin",
     "/bin",
     "/usr/sbin",
     "/sbin",
     "/usr/local/bin",
     "/usr/texbin"
)"

is dynamically generated not a fixed list. Nice!

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)