[OS X TeX] Biber

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Oct 20, 2020, at 11:46 AM, Joseph Wright <joseph.wright at morningstar2.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> On 20/10/2020 17:37, Herbert Schulz wrote
>> Howdy,
>> But then why would biber find .bib files when executed in Terminal and TeXShop?
>> Good Luck,
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
> It's a path issue. From inside TeXworks, the path is simply
> 
>    /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
> 
> whereas in TeXShop or the Terminal it's
> 
>    /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/usr/local/bin
> 
> Presumably, Biber calls kpsewhich via the path, whereas I guess other tools have it linked so they don't need to find it. So the issue arises as that Biber doesn't say that it can't run kpsewhich, it just fails to do it :(
> 
> I've attached my typesetting set up as a screenshot: you can see that there, TeXworks does 'see' TeXbin, etc. So I'm not sure exactly where one can alter things.
> 
> Joseph
> <Untitled.png>

Howdy,

But /Library/TeX/texbin should find the correct kpsewhich or did you add that too? PS: that should be better than the last item since it will track the active TeX distribution.

How are you calling biber? Do you have a processing tool to do that (I don't see all of them in the graphic)? Are you calling it with some input-directory flag set?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)