[OS X TeX] TeXShop 4.59

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Feb 22, 2021, at 8:44 PM, R Martinez via MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I installed TeXShop 4.59. 
> 
> From the "Help/TeX Live Documentation" menuitem, I tried to access the help document labeled  
> 
> "LATEX package recommendations for common tasks: file:///Library/TeX/Root/ texmf-dist/doc/latex/latex-doc-ptr/latex-doc-ptr.pdf"
> 
> by clicking on the link but got a message that the file was unavailable. I tried a few workarounds to no avail.
> 
> The same thing happens to the other two documents listed under the heading 
> 	• "Here are a few samples to show the variety of what’s available:" 
> 
> 
> The three similar file links listed under the heading "TEX Live comes with extensive documentation:" worked OK.
> 
> TeXShop 4.59 works well otherwise.
> 
> I appreciate suggestions and thank everyone in advance.
> 
> Stay safe.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Raúl Martínez

Howdy,

Which TeX Distribution are you using? Did you install MacTeX or BasicTeX? If the latter it doesn't come with documentation?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com