[OS X TeX] les bins MacteX ne sont pas dans le PATH ?

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jul 4, 2012, at 3:59 PM, Yvon Thoraval wrote:

> 2012/7/4 Ettore Aldrovandi <ealdrov at math.fsu.edu>
> 
>> On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 09:35:01PM +0200, Yvon Thoraval wrote:
>>>   In fact, it seems my /etc/zshenv was incomplete because it is this
>> file
>>>   setting ZDOT.
>> 
>> It is ZDOTDIR, not ZDOT.  I don't see why /etc/zshenv should set it.
>> 
> 
> I've read  ZDOT in "zsh-templates-2.0.4" from MacPorts and Google Code.
> 
> 
>>>   Then I've updated it.
>> 
>> Why? /etc/zshenv should be pretty minimal, since it's executed by every
>> instance of zsh. Moreover it belongs to the system and it is bound to
>> be overwritten by system updates.
> 
> 
> OK, then it's better for me to put that in my ~.
> Because the one in /etc didn't set the path correctly at the contrary of
> the same content in my home, looks strange.
> 
> In fact the stock one just runs
>> /usr/libexec/path_helper to set the path.  I think it would be
>> advisable to leave it as it is.
>> 
>>>   What does this "export" do exactly ?
>> 
>> It propagates the variables to the environment. If you just say
>> 
>>        PATH=/usr/texbin:$PATH
>> 
>> it only sets PATH to the value you want within the script's context.
> 
> 
> in a script ok, but in a .zshrc file ?

Howdy,

Purely out of curiosity, what happens if you put a copy of /etc/zshenv in /opt/local/etc? I have no idea how that zsh would be set up.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)