[OS X TeX] simple question: where are the tex directories on a mac?

[Alain Schremmer]

On Jun 29, 2010, at 12:14 PM, George Gratzer wrote:

> As to you own style file, put it in the same folder as your working  
> document. Style files change; it is nice to have them wit the  
> documents they produce. You will appreciate that years down the road.

I second that.

In fact, though, you need not place your own style file "in the same  
folder as your working document" as long as you give the path.

Here, for instance is the kind of preamble I use:

\documentclass[11pt]{book}
	\usepackage{../StyleSheets/Preamble}
	\usepackage{../StyleSheets/GraphicsPaths}

where the folder StylSheets is parallel to the folder in which the  
document itself is.

Regards
--schremmer