[OS X TeX] Assigning Skim or TeXShop to open a PDF file

[Richard Seguin]

> On Feb 5, 2021, at 6:55 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
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>> On Feb 5, 2021, at 6:47 PM, Richard Seguin <riseguin at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>> On Feb 5, 2021, at 6:36 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
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>>>> On Feb 5, 2021, at 6:15 PM, Richard Seguin <riseguin at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>>> How do you check if the execute bit is set on the file"
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>>> Howdy,
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>>> For simplicity place the .pdf file on the Desktop. Then run
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>>> ls -alFh ~/Desktop
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>>> and let us know what it returns for that file.
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>>> Good Luck,
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>>> Herb Schulz
>>> herbs at wideopenwest.com
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>> It returns  -rw-r--r—@
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>> This peculiar: I’m replying to your message which is a reply to a message from me that I haven’t even received a copy of myself yet! Where is it?
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>> Richard
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> Howdy,
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> That looks OK, the x bit isn't set. Again, I have no problem when I set a single .pdf to open with TeXShop; double-clicking that document does open it in TeXShop with no problems. What OS and version as well s your TeXShop and Skim versions are you using?
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> Good Luck,
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> Herb Schulz
> herbs at wideopenwest.com

I’m using macOS 10.15.7 with all additional security updates, including the one from earlier this week. Both TeXShop and Skim are the very latest versions.

Once again, you replied to a message of mine that mysteriously never came back to me.

Richard Séguin