[OS X TeX] Bibtex alias

[Alessandro Languasco]

Well Herb,

 you are right but, if I'm not wrong, in fact the library directories are wiped out 
when you perform a clean installation of the os. So maybe we should also suggest to
people that this texmf directory located in the libraries folders should also be 
backed up  together with other (standard) user directories. 

bests,
Alessandro Languasco

> On 25/mar/2015, at 16:09, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Mar 25, 2015, at 10:00 AM, Alessandro Languasco <languasc at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> hi all,
>> 
>> I usually insert a symlink to my .bib file in any folder
>> containing a scientific paper I'm writing. This work nicely.
>> 
>> best regards
>> Alessandro Languasco
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Why when there is a location you can place the bib file so TeX automatically finds it. If it's a personal bib file place it in ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bib. If it is to be used by multiple users of your system place it in /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/bibtex/bib (and run
> 
> sudo mktexlsr
> 
> giving your admin password when requested to let TeX know that texmf-local was changed).
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
> 
> 
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