[OS X TeX] Place Boo.pdf in designated folder

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Oct 8, 2016, at 2:08 PM, Luis Sequeira <lfsequeira at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> TeXShop, or whatever, places Boo.pdf in the same folder as Boo.tex. 
>> 
>> Is there a way to have TeXShop, or whatever, place Boo.pdf in a designated folder? Not important but would be convenient for me.
>> 
>> Hopeful regards
>> --schemmer
> 
> Well, TeXShop uses "engines" to determine how to typeset files. 
> Engines are just shell scripts, so they can do just about anything you like.
> It would probably be a matter of adapting one existing engine to move or perhaps copy the pdf file to a designated location.
> 
> Luis Sequeira

Howdy,

I would definitely make a copy since TeXShop assumes the pdf to Preview is in the same directory as the source file.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)