[OS X TeX] TeXDistPrefpane.prefpane is a little too verbose

[Victor Ivrii]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Richard Koch <koch at math.uoregon.edu> wrote:
> Thomas,
>
> Build 42 of the prefpane is an old version from early in the TeXLive-2011 beta period.
> The latest version is 128, and is included in the MacTeX-2011 beta which I
> uploaded last night. Please go to the TeX Live beta site to retrieve it.

Yes, the whole beast is there. However it would be nice to be able to
download mac specific things separately as all other stuff is updated
via tlmgr/TeXLive Utility


Victor

>
> The Pref Pane has always been named TeXDistPrefPane.prefPane in
> /Library/PrefPanes, but this name is hidden from the user. Even in the
> Finder, its name appears to be "TeX Distribution" and 99.99% of users
> will only see it in Apple's System Preferences, where it is also called
> "TeX Distribution".
>
> Dick Koch
>
> On Jun 23, 2011, at 10:15 AM, Thomas Bohn wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> when I start the TeX Live Distribution prefpane (v2.0 Build 42) I get
>> this message several times every few seconds:
>>
>> 23.06.11 18:59:30 System Preferences[35899] TeXDist INFO: defaults at
>> /Library/PreferencePanes/TeXDistPrefPane.prefPane/Contents/Resources/setup.plist
>>
>> And this is what I get when I change from one distribution to another:
>>
>> 23.06.11 18:52:06 System Preferences[35740] TeXDist
>> makeDefaultTeXDistribution INFO 0:
>> makeDefaultTeXDistribution:/Library/TeX/Distributions/TeXLive-2010-64.texdist
>> 23.06.11 18:52:13 System Preferences[35740] TeXDist
>> executeWithPrivilegesWithArguments INFO
>> /Library/PreferencePanes/TeXDistPrefPane.prefPane/Contents/MacOS/DefaultTeXDistLinker
>> 23.06.11 18:52:13 [0x0-0xd89d89].com.apple.systempreferences[35740]
>> 2011-06-23 18:52:13.645 DefaultTeXDistLinker[35746:e07] TeXDist INFO:
>> running command similar to
>> 23.06.11 18:52:13 [0x0-0xd89d89].com.apple.systempreferences[35740]
>> 2011-06-23 18:52:13.647 DefaultTeXDistLinker[35746:e07] ln -s
>> "../TeXLive-2010-64.texdist/Contents"
>> "/Library/TeX/Distributions/.DefaultTeX/"
>> 23.06.11 18:52:13 [0x0-0xd89d89].com.apple.systempreferences[35740]
>> 2011-06-23 18:52:13.685 DefaultTeXDistLinker[35746:e07] TeXDist INFO -
>> Now checking /usr/texbin
>> 23.06.11 18:52:13 [0x0-0xd89d89].com.apple.systempreferences[35740]
>> 2011-06-23 18:52:13.695 DefaultTeXDistLinker[35746:e07] TeXDist INFO -
>> programsDirPath
>> /Library/TeX/Distributions/.DefaultTeX/Contents/Programs
>> 23.06.11 18:52:13 System Preferences[35740] TeXDist
>> executeWithPrivilegesWithArguments ERROR MESSAGE received: {
>>    kTeXDistErrorNumber = 0;
>> }
>> 23.06.11 18:52:13 System Preferences[35740] TeXDist
>> makeDefaultTeXDistribution INFO: OK
>>
>> Another question: Why TeXDistPrefpane.prefPane?
>> TeXDistribution.prefpane would make much more sense.
>>
>> I hope someone can tell me at least how stop it from filling up my
>> logs with this TeXDist INFO: defaults at ... stuff.
>>
>> Thomas
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