[OS X TeX] Keeping TeX installations synchronized between machines

[Chris Goedde]

On Jan 5, 2010, at 5:15 PM, M. Tamer Özsu wrote:

> But you are assuming that everyone is using TeXShop as their front- 
> end for latex processing and Bibtex for managing their  
> bibliographies. This is not the case; there are many who use emacs  
> or other front-ends and for them, ~/Library/TeXShop or ~/Library/ 
> Application Support/BibDesk. What you are proposing would require  
> all tex and related software developers to agree to a single  
> location, which is unlikely.

Actually, I'm assuming the opposite, which is why I think it would be  
great for the user if the MacTeX people and the developers of various  
tex-related apps agreed on a common location for support files. Do  
people really think the current situation is better than having all  
the support files in subfolders of ~/Library/Application Support/TeX?  
Why?

Anyway, it's not worth arguing about, it's just a suggestion.

Chris