<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style>
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks, Herb.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">LaTeX is producing the error. My initial LaTeX run fails.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’m using TeX Live 2022 with TeXShop 5.03 on an M1 MacBook Pro running MacOS 11.7 (Big Sur).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">TeX distribution is up to date. Log file is empty since the initial run fails. I included a screen shot of the error message that shows in the console. The complete contents of the console on a failed run
are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.24 (TeX Live 2022) (preloaded format=pdflatex)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">\write18 enabled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">entering extended mode<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(./BibLaTeXMinimal.tex<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">LaTeX2e <2022-06-01> patch level 5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">L3 programming layer <2022-09-28><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Document Class: article 2021/10/04 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size12.clo))<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(/Users/me/Library/texmf/tex/latex/misc/biblatex.sty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(/Users/me/Library/texmf/tex/latex/misc/etoolbox.sty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/etex-pkg/etex.sty))<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ifthen.sty)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/url/url.sty)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(/Users/me/Library/texmf/tex/latex/misc/blx-compat.def)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(/Users/me/Library/texmf/tex/latex/misc/biblatex.def)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(/usr/local/texlive/2022/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex/bbx/numeric.bbx<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">! Use of \abx@bbxid doesn't match its definition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><inserted text> }<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> \endwrite
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">l.2 [\abx@bbxid]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’ve tried searching up that error message, without success. Ulrich’s successful run of the file makes me think I’m missing something simple. I just can’t seem to figure out what it is!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jeff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jeffrey Roland, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Philosophy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">102 Coates Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Louisiana State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baton Rouge LA 70803<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(e) jroland[at]lsu.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(p) 225.578.2388<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(f) 225.578.4897<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex-bounces@email.esm.psu.edu> on behalf of Herbert Schulz via MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex@email.esm.psu.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 9:11 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <macosx-tex@email.esm.psu.edu><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Herbert Schulz <herbs2@mac.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [OS X TeX] TeXShop and biblatex<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
<br>
> On Oct 12, 2022, at 8:40 PM, Jeffrey W Roland <jroland@lsu.edu> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> All, <br>
> <br>
> Does anyone out there know how to make TeXShop and biblatex play nicely together?<br>
> <br>
> I’m working on a grant proposal that requires bibliographic entries in footnotes and from what I’m reading using biblatex appears to be the easiest way to make this happen. (I normally use BibTeX and natbib for bibliographies.) But I haven’t been able to
get even a minimal example using biblatex to compile with TeXShop. Here’s the minimal example:<br>
> <br>
> \documentclass[12pt]{article}<br>
> \usepackage{biblatex}<br>
> \addbibresource{mathreal.bib}<br>
> <br>
> \begin{document}<br>
> <br>
> Sample text \cite{maddy97}<br>
> <br>
> \printbibliography<br>
> <br>
> \end{document}<br>
> <br>
> Running LaTeX via TeXShop on this produces the following error:<br>
> <br>
> <image001.jpg><br>
> <br>
> Ideas? <br>
> <br>
> Thanks, <br>
> <br>
> Jeff<br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
> Jeffrey Roland, PhD<br>
> Associate Professor<br>
> <br>
> Department of Philosophy<br>
> 102 Coates Hall<br>
> Louisiana State University<br>
> Baton Rouge LA 70803<br>
> <br>
> (e) jroland[at]lsu.edu<br>
> (p) 225.578.2388<br>
> (f) 225.578.4897<br>
<br>
Howdy,<br>
<br>
What is producing that error message? Is it LaTeX itself or biber or ... ?<br>
<br>
What version of TeX Live and macOS are you using? Is you TeX distribution up to date? What does the log file and the Console output look like?<br>
<br>
Good Luck,<br>
<br>
Herb Schulz<br>
herbs2@mac.com<br>
<br>
<br>
----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------<br>
TeX FAQ: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tug.org%2Fmactex%2Ffaq%2Findex.html&data=05%7C01%7Cjroland%40lsu.edu%7C2e77373c96c7421b575608daacc046fd%7C2d4dad3f50ae47d983a09ae2b1f466f8%7C0%7C0%7C638012239085022939%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=PT%2FYvwOftSmM60iUfvHgKXHYk1uYChwYKmIEdpzMToo%3D&reserved=0">
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tug.org%2Fmactex%2Ffaq%2Findex.html&data=05%7C01%7Cjroland%40lsu.edu%7C2e77373c96c7421b575608daacc046fd%7C2d4dad3f50ae47d983a09ae2b1f466f8%7C0%7C0%7C638012239085022939%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=PT%2FYvwOftSmM60iUfvHgKXHYk1uYChwYKmIEdpzMToo%3D&reserved=0</a><br>
List Reminders and Etiquette: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.esm.psu.edu%2F~gray%2FTeX%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cjroland%40lsu.edu%7C2e77373c96c7421b575608daacc046fd%7C2d4dad3f50ae47d983a09ae2b1f466f8%7C0%7C0%7C638012239085022939%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=z1TNmCaKoYZaFWN1tRIw7Gw6Tq6G5x4ClrKjHjSnj44%3D&reserved=0">
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.esm.psu.edu%2F~gray%2FTeX%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cjroland%40lsu.edu%7C2e77373c96c7421b575608daacc046fd%7C2d4dad3f50ae47d983a09ae2b1f466f8%7C0%7C0%7C638012239085022939%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=z1TNmCaKoYZaFWN1tRIw7Gw6Tq6G5x4ClrKjHjSnj44%3D&reserved=0</a><br>
List Archives: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdir.gmane.org%2Fgmane.comp.tex.macosx&data=05%7C01%7Cjroland%40lsu.edu%7C2e77373c96c7421b575608daacc046fd%7C2d4dad3f50ae47d983a09ae2b1f466f8%7C0%7C0%7C638012239085022939%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5SjPxd%2BH4sMCDHCYKgWDxveaDarYFQJjlZ5H6LGHRxY%3D&reserved=0">
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdir.gmane.org%2Fgmane.comp.tex.macosx&data=05%7C01%7Cjroland%40lsu.edu%7C2e77373c96c7421b575608daacc046fd%7C2d4dad3f50ae47d983a09ae2b1f466f8%7C0%7C0%7C638012239085022939%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5SjPxd%2BH4sMCDHCYKgWDxveaDarYFQJjlZ5H6LGHRxY%3D&reserved=0</a><br>
<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Femail.esm.psu.edu%2Fpipermail%2Fmacosx-tex%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cjroland%40lsu.edu%7C2e77373c96c7421b575608daacc046fd%7C2d4dad3f50ae47d983a09ae2b1f466f8%7C0%7C0%7C638012239085022939%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=LFvrNUj8797DOPxGGV528WoF4LYAUKzFQ16uC3AVCQ0%3D&reserved=0">
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Femail.esm.psu.edu%2Fpipermail%2Fmacosx-tex%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cjroland%40lsu.edu%7C2e77373c96c7421b575608daacc046fd%7C2d4dad3f50ae47d983a09ae2b1f466f8%7C0%7C0%7C638012239085022939%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=LFvrNUj8797DOPxGGV528WoF4LYAUKzFQ16uC3AVCQ0%3D&reserved=0</a><br>
TeX on Mac OS X Website: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tug.org%2Fmactex%2Findex.html&data=05%7C01%7Cjroland%40lsu.edu%7C2e77373c96c7421b575608daacc046fd%7C2d4dad3f50ae47d983a09ae2b1f466f8%7C0%7C0%7C638012239085022939%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=KJ%2FYIurYNDOjG9FXy%2B6oYlW3gUJvnK1u%2FR7tts5pE9Q%3D&reserved=0">
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tug.org%2Fmactex%2Findex.html&data=05%7C01%7Cjroland%40lsu.edu%7C2e77373c96c7421b575608daacc046fd%7C2d4dad3f50ae47d983a09ae2b1f466f8%7C0%7C0%7C638012239085022939%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=KJ%2FYIurYNDOjG9FXy%2B6oYlW3gUJvnK1u%2FR7tts5pE9Q%3D&reserved=0</a><br>
List Info: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Femail.esm.psu.edu%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fmacosx-tex&data=05%7C01%7Cjroland%40lsu.edu%7C2e77373c96c7421b575608daacc046fd%7C2d4dad3f50ae47d983a09ae2b1f466f8%7C0%7C0%7C638012239085022939%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EYdcsCEGnu2XD8LuVbb1w8iwkkYsJv%2F2y6LcR934%2FoA%3D&reserved=0">
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Femail.esm.psu.edu%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fmacosx-tex&data=05%7C01%7Cjroland%40lsu.edu%7C2e77373c96c7421b575608daacc046fd%7C2d4dad3f50ae47d983a09ae2b1f466f8%7C0%7C0%7C638012239085022939%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EYdcsCEGnu2XD8LuVbb1w8iwkkYsJv%2F2y6LcR934%2FoA%3D&reserved=0</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>