[OS X TeX] TeXShop not running the sepdflatexmk engine

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Jul 8, 2025, at 2:49 PM, Herbert Schulz via MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu> wrote:
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>> On Jul 8, 2025, at 2:28 PM, Joshua Smith <jhs0807 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi Herb,
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>> I found my problem.  I was using a root/child file structure, and I had placed the command 
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>> % !TEX TS-program = pdflatexmk
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>> in the root file.  Later, I was adding
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>> % !TEX TS-program = sepdflatexmk
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>> to the child file, but it was being overwritten by the command in the root file.
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>> Thanks,
>> Josh
>> 
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> Since it'ss the root file that is compiled (other file are read in by that file) only the TeXShop directives in the root file are used.
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> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> herbs2 at mac.com

Howdy,

Slightly overstated. There are a very few TeXShop directives that can be scattered throughout a document; e.g., the single directive I know of

%:my tag name

places `my tag name' on the tag list in the Source toolbar and will take you to that location when chosen from the list.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs2 at mac.com