[OS X TeX] Bibtex alias

[Henk Verkuyl]

Thanks Herb, Tine, Vamos and Martin. I can use that information. 
Best
Henk


> On 25 Mar 2015, at 14:49, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
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>> On Mar 25, 2015, at 8:33 AM, Henk Verkuyl <hjv1 at mac.com> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> I just started with a new paper in Latex/Texshop and so a well-known discomfort is on its way. I opened bibtex and put in some references in the paper.  Now the problem. It is not possible to use an alias for bst, bib and personal styles: these files require to be put in the (new) folder of the new paper. Otherwise there is no typesetting possible. 
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>> This is uncomfortable because when I want to work on another paper in process, I have to bring the files to the appropriate folder. So, there is a lot of toing and froing if you are working on two or more papers at the same time. Is there a way to have all the relevant files (such as natbib.bst, natbib.sty and personal bib/bst, etc) in one folder and use an alias that can be recognized by TeXshop?
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>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Henk Verkuyl
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> Howdy,
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> First, there is no need to have copies of natbib files since they are part of the TeX Live distribution installed by MacTeX.
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> Place personal .bib and .bst files in ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bib and ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst respectively. Note: ~/Library is the Library folder in your HOME folder---NOT /Library which is the Library folder at the root of your HD. In recent OS versions ~/Library is hidden be default. To open it Click the Go Menu in Finder and hold down the Opt key to see an extra item for Library which is ~/Library. You will have to add the texmf folder there (if you haven't already done so) and then a bibtex folder inside that, etc. Then TeX will automatically find the files.
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> Good Luck,
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> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
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