[OS X TeX] "Can't find" problem using Daniel Steffen's mytex script

[Ross Moore]

On 15/06/2005, at 9:27 AM, Ian Morrison wrote:

> I have been trying to follow instructions kindly sent by Daniel 
> Steffen (amplifying a post here: 
> http://w3.msi.vxu.se/~pku/MacOSX_TeX/2003a/msg02510.htm) to use his 
> "mytex" script in conjunction with the "ldump.sty" to create on the 
> fly formats. I have double checked that everything he suggests has 
> been done and yet I am getting a "Can't find the required tool" error 
> from TeXShop which I cannot understand or eliminate. I have Daniel's 
> script and suitable symlinks in my /bin. The TeXShop "Misc" 
> preferences pane gives full paths to his scripts 
> (/Users/towers/bin/mypdftex and /Users/towers/bin/mypdflatex) and I 
> have "personal script" selected as my default script in the 
> "Typesetting" preferences pane. But when I typeset (any flavor) I get 
> a "Can't find the required tool" error which goes on to claim that 
> "/Users/towers/bin/mypdflatex" does not exist.
>
> What needs to be hooked up to get this to work?

Check the permissions on the scripts in  /Users/towers/bin
Make sure the executable (x) bit has been set.


If you check the scripts using a terminal window, you made need
to do a  'rehash'  before the new executables are found.
(But as a TeXShop engine, this shouldn't be necessary.)


Hope this helps,

	Ross Moore


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