[OS X TeX] Re: Texdoc

Gilberto ah.gilberto.c at gmail.com
Sun Apr 18 22:46:56 CEST 2010


Are you running mac os x 10.6.x? Did you install texlive 2009 under  
10.5.x and then migrated everything to snow leopard?

If so, reinstalling texlive 2009 will fix all broken links.

Gilberto

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> Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:08:38 -0700
> From: Rob Rye <rowenrye at gmail.com>
> Subject: [OS X TeX] Re: compatibility of todo package with xelatex
> To: Federico Garcia <federook at gmail.com>
> Cc: macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu
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> Hi Federico,
>
> You did correctly use
>
> \RequirePackage{amssymb}
>
> in the todo.sty
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rob
> On Apr 17, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Federico Garcia wrote:
>
>> Hi Rob and all,
>>
>> From my first look at the error messages, I think somehow the  
>> amssymb package is being loaded twice (so, the second time LaTeX  
>> complains that all the commands amssymb defines are already  
>> defined). This is not supposed to happen: LaTeX should check for  
>> loaded packages before attempting a second load.
>>
>> I don't have access to the todo code right now, but the problem may  
>> be that I forgot to use \RequirePackage instead of \usepackage.  
>> Could you please check, in the todo.sty file, what the exact  
>> mention of amssymb is?
>>
>> In case it's \usepackage, that's the problem right there: change it  
>> into \RequirePackage and it should work. (And please let me know so  
>> I can fix it and re-publish)
>>
>> Otherwise this might have something to do with XeLaTeX---amssymb  
>> is, after all, a font package. I am curious to see what the XeLaTeX  
>> folks can tell us!
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Federico
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Rob Rye <rowenrye at gmail.com> wrote:
>> MacOSX TeX Group and Federico Garcia (developer of todo package),
>>
>> I have recently started using the todo package to keep track of  
>> unfinished business in my manuscripts. I had always just used  
>> comments, but the todo package allows me to see a list of my  
>> unfinished tasks at the end of the pdf, all in one place. todo has  
>> worked flawlessly for me under LaTeX. I really like it.
>>
>> I have also begun trying to make the transition to XeLaTeX, having  
>> been intimidated at the prospect of really learning how to use  
>> fonts under LaTeX. When I typeset a document using XeLaTeX and  
>> todo, I get the following error messages (which are non-fatal but  
>> annoying):
>>
>> /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty: 
>> 231: LaTeX Er
>> ror: Command `\Finv' already defined.
>>
>> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>> ...
>>
>> l.231 ...ol{\Finv}           {\mathord}{AMSb}{"60}
>>
>> ?
>>
>> /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty: 
>> 232: LaTeX Er
>> ror: Command `\Game' already defined.
>>
>> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>> ...
>>
>> l.232 ...ol{\Game}           {\mathord}{AMSb}{"61}
>>
>> ?
>>
>> /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty: 
>> 237: LaTeX Er
>> ror: Command `\beth' already defined.
>>
>> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>> ...
>>
>> l.237 ...ol{\beth}           {\mathord}{AMSb}{"69}
>>
>> ?
>>
>> /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty: 
>> 238: LaTeX Er
>> ror: Command `\gimel' already defined.
>>
>> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>> ...
>>
>> l.238 ...ol{\gimel}          {\mathord}{AMSb}{"6A}
>>
>> ?
>>
>> /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty: 
>> 239: LaTeX Er
>> ror: Command `\daleth' already defined.
>>
>> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>> ...
>>
>> l.239 ...ol{\daleth}         {\mathord}{AMSb}{"6B}
>>
>>
>> Presumably these errors indicate that when running XeLaTeX and todo  
>> together I somehow end up defining several symbols found in  
>> assymb.sty a second time. Has anyone else used this combination of  
>> tools? If so, is there a workaround, other than hitting return over  
>> and over again to ignore the errors?
>>
>> In case it matters, all of my TeX work is done using the TeXShop  
>> GUI (v. 2.33 as of this writing) under Snow Leopard.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rob Rye
>> Astrobiologist-at-Large
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Federico Garcia
>> Artistic Director
>> Alia Musica Pittsburgh
>> www.alia-musica.org
>> www.fedegarcia.net
>
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> Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:45:49 -0700
> From: Rob Rye <rowenrye at gmail.com>
> Subject: [OS X TeX] compatibility of todo package with xelatex
> To: macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu
> Cc: federook at gmail.com
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>
> MacOSX TeX Group and Federico Garcia (developer of todo package),
>
> I have recently started using the todo package to keep track of  
> unfinished business in my manuscripts. I had always just used  
> comments, but the todo package allows me to see a list of my  
> unfinished tasks at the end of the pdf, all in one place. todo has  
> worked flawlessly for me under LaTeX. I really like it.
>
> I have also begun trying to make the transition to XeLaTeX, having  
> been intimidated at the prospect of really learning how to use fonts  
> under LaTeX. When I typeset a document using XeLaTeX and todo, I get  
> the following error messages (which are non-fatal but annoying):
>
> /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty: 
> 231: LaTeX Er
> ror: Command `\Finv' already defined.
>
> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
> ...
>
> l.231 ...ol{\Finv}           {\mathord}{AMSb}{"60}
>
> ?
>
> /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty: 
> 232: LaTeX Er
> ror: Command `\Game' already defined.
>
> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
> ...
>
> l.232 ...ol{\Game}           {\mathord}{AMSb}{"61}
>
> ?
>
> /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty: 
> 237: LaTeX Er
> ror: Command `\beth' already defined.
>
> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
> ...
>
> l.237 ...ol{\beth}           {\mathord}{AMSb}{"69}
>
> ?
>
> /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty: 
> 238: LaTeX Er
> ror: Command `\gimel' already defined.
>
> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
> ...
>
> l.238 ...ol{\gimel}          {\mathord}{AMSb}{"6A}
>
> ?
>
> /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty: 
> 239: LaTeX Er
> ror: Command `\daleth' already defined.
>
> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
> ...
>
> l.239 ...ol{\daleth}         {\mathord}{AMSb}{"6B}
>
>
> Presumably these errors indicate that when running XeLaTeX and todo  
> together I somehow end up defining several symbols found in  
> assymb.sty a second time. Has anyone else used this combination of  
> tools? If so, is there a workaround, other than hitting return over  
> and over again to ignore the errors?
>
> In case it matters, all of my TeX work is done using the TeXShop GUI  
> (v. 2.33 as of this writing) under Snow Leopard.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob Rye
> Astrobiologist-at-Large
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:32:25 -0700
> From: Rob Rye <rowenrye at gmail.com>
> Subject: [OS X TeX] Re: compatibility of todo package with xelatex
> To: Rob Rye <rowenrye at gmail.com>
> Cc: Federico Garcia <federook at gmail.com>, macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu
> Message-ID: <07E8DB94-21AF-4D7A-887F-71DE993B6401 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Hi All,
>
> I stumbled upon a solution for my problem after Federico pointed me  
> in the right direction by pointing out the amssymb call in todo  
> itself and the fact that it is a font-related package...
>
> I moved
>
> \usepackage{todo}
>
> to the beginning of the preamble.
>
> It seems that under XeTeX/XeLaTeX the amssymb package (or presumably  
> any other package that requires it) needs to come before other  
> packages that use amslatex packages. I am guessing that I was using  
> something else that called an amslatex style package (euler.sty?). I  
> saw references to similar issues arising from the order of package  
> calls under XeTeX in a previous discussion at
>
> http://www.tug.org/pipermail/xetex/2008-October/011031.html
>
> For completeness sake here is the new preamble (that works with the  
> only change being I moved todo up to the beginning):
>
> \documentclass[12pt,letterpaper,article]{memoir}
>
> \usepackage[marginpar]{todo}
> \usepackage{ifxetex}
>
> \ifxetex
>
> \usepackage{euler}
> \usepackage[cm-default]{fontspec}
> \usepackage{xltxtra,xunicode}
> \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
> \setromanfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Hoefler Text}
> \setsansfont[Scale=MatchLowercase,Mapping=tex-text]{Gill Sans}
> \setmonofont[Scale=MatchLowercase]{Andale Mono}
>
> \else
> %set the font specifications to use if xetex/xelatex is not available
> \fi %closes ifxetex statement
>
> \usepackage{hyperref}
>
> And here is the preamble that was generating the error messages:
>
> \documentclass[12pt,letterpaper,article]{memoir}
>
> \usepackage{ifxetex}
>
> \ifxetex
>
> \usepackage{euler}
> \usepackage[cm-default]{fontspec}
> \usepackage{xltxtra,xunicode}
> \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
> \setromanfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Hoefler Text}
> \setsansfont[Scale=MatchLowercase,Mapping=tex-text]{Gill Sans}
> \setmonofont[Scale=MatchLowercase]{Andale Mono}
>
> \else
> %set the font specifications to use if xetex/xelatex is not available
> \fi %closes ifxetex statement
>
> \usepackage[marginpar]{todo}
> \usepackage{hyperref}
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob
> On Apr 17, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Rob Rye wrote:
>
>> Hi Federico,
>>
>> You did correctly use
>>
>> \RequirePackage{amssymb}
>>
>> in the todo.sty
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Rob
>> On Apr 17, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Federico Garcia wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Rob and all,
>>>
>>> From my first look at the error messages, I think somehow the  
>>> amssymb package is being loaded twice (so, the second time LaTeX  
>>> complains that all the commands amssymb defines are already  
>>> defined). This is not supposed to happen: LaTeX should check for  
>>> loaded packages before attempting a second load.
>>>
>>> I don't have access to the todo code right now, but the problem  
>>> may be that I forgot to use \RequirePackage instead of  
>>> \usepackage. Could you please check, in the todo.sty file, what  
>>> the exact mention of amssymb is?
>>>
>>> In case it's \usepackage, that's the problem right there: change  
>>> it into \RequirePackage and it should work. (And please let me  
>>> know so I can fix it and re-publish)
>>>
>>> Otherwise this might have something to do with XeLaTeX---amssymb  
>>> is, after all, a font package. I am curious to see what the  
>>> XeLaTeX folks can tell us!
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Federico
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Rob Rye <rowenrye at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> MacOSX TeX Group and Federico Garcia (developer of todo package),
>>>
>>> I have recently started using the todo package to keep track of  
>>> unfinished business in my manuscripts. I had always just used  
>>> comments, but the todo package allows me to see a list of my  
>>> unfinished tasks at the end of the pdf, all in one place. todo has  
>>> worked flawlessly for me under LaTeX. I really like it.
>>>
>>> I have also begun trying to make the transition to XeLaTeX, having  
>>> been intimidated at the prospect of really learning how to use  
>>> fonts under LaTeX. When I typeset a document using XeLaTeX and  
>>> todo, I get the following error messages (which are non-fatal but  
>>> annoying):
>>>
>>> /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty: 
>>> 231: LaTeX Er
>>> ror: Command `\Finv' already defined.
>>>
>>> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>>> ...
>>>
>>> l.231 ...ol{\Finv}           {\mathord}{AMSb}{"60}
>>>
>>> ?
>>>
>>> /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty: 
>>> 232: LaTeX Er
>>> ror: Command `\Game' already defined.
>>>
>>> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>>> ...
>>>
>>> l.232 ...ol{\Game}           {\mathord}{AMSb}{"61}
>>>
>>> ?
>>>
>>> /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty: 
>>> 237: LaTeX Er
>>> ror: Command `\beth' already defined.
>>>
>>> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>>> ...
>>>
>>> l.237 ...ol{\beth}           {\mathord}{AMSb}{"69}
>>>
>>> ?
>>>
>>> /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty: 
>>> 238: LaTeX Er
>>> ror: Command `\gimel' already defined.
>>>
>>> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>>> ...
>>>
>>> l.238 ...ol{\gimel}          {\mathord}{AMSb}{"6A}
>>>
>>> ?
>>>
>>> /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty: 
>>> 239: LaTeX Er
>>> ror: Command `\daleth' already defined.
>>>
>>> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>>> ...
>>>
>>> l.239 ...ol{\daleth}         {\mathord}{AMSb}{"6B}
>>>
>>>
>>> Presumably these errors indicate that when running XeLaTeX and  
>>> todo together I somehow end up defining several symbols found in  
>>> assymb.sty a second time. Has anyone else used this combination of  
>>> tools? If so, is there a workaround, other than hitting return  
>>> over and over again to ignore the errors?
>>>
>>> In case it matters, all of my TeX work is done using the TeXShop  
>>> GUI (v. 2.33 as of this writing) under Snow Leopard.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Rob Rye
>>> Astrobiologist-at-Large
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Federico Garcia
>>> Artistic Director
>>> Alia Musica Pittsburgh
>>> www.alia-musica.org
>>> www.fedegarcia.net
>>
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> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:17:32 +1000
> From: Ross Moore <ross at ics.mq.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Re: compatibility of todo package with xelatex
> To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>
> Message-ID: <2A19F80A-4B96-4C90-A13C-200CFC6A6B01 at maths.mq.edu.au>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed
>
>
> On 18/04/2010, at 8:32 AM, Rob Rye wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I stumbled upon a solution for my problem after Federico pointed me
>> in the right direction by pointing out the amssymb call in todo
>> itself and the fact that it is a font-related package...
>
> Aaah; yes it is in the latest version of  todo.sty .
> --- which I only just installed, after having done
> some tests with the earlier version.
>
> Please ignore my previous post, except to make sure
> that  \usepackage{todo}  comes  *before*
>  \usepackage{xunicode}  and  \usepackage{fontspec} .
>
>>
>> I moved
>>
>> \usepackage{todo}
>>
>> to the beginning of the preamble.
>
> Yes. This would work.
>
>>
>> It seems that under XeTeX/XeLaTeX the amssymb package (or
>> presumably any other package that requires it) needs to come before
>> other packages that use amslatex packages.
>
> No. The reason is that with the Xunicode  package,
> you *do not need* to load  amssymb.sty  at all.
>
> Those macros are already defined, and work with any proper
> OpenType font being used for mathematical symbols.
> If you were using such a font then you would not want
> to be mixing the old AMS fonts in with your nice equations
> made using that ome self-consistent font.
> The result would look pretty terrible.
>
> Whereas Xunicode makes its definitions in a way that doesn't
> care that the macro is already defined, this cannot also be
> said for old packages like  amssymb.sty .
> That is why the loading order matters.
>
>
>> I am guessing that I was using something else that called an
>> amslatex style package (euler.sty?). I saw references to similar
>> issues arising from the order of package calls under XeTeX in a
>> previous discussion at
>>
>> http://www.tug.org/pipermail/xetex/2008-October/011031.html
>>
>> For completeness sake here is the new preamble (that works with the
>> only change being I moved todo up to the beginning):
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>    Ross
>
>
> --- 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ross Moore                                       ross at maths.mq.edu.au
> Mathematics Department                           office: E7A-419
> Macquarie University                             tel: +61 (0)2 9850 8955
> Sydney, Australia  2109                          fax: +61 (0)2 9850 8114
> --- 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:06:52 +1000
> From: Ross Moore <ross at ics.mq.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] compatibility of todo package with xelatex
> To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>
> Message-ID: <55DF02E0-7DFF-45E1-B4E5-ECD66A0D54CF at maths.mq.edu.au>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed
>
> Hello Rob,
>
> On 18/04/2010, at 7:45 AM, Rob Rye wrote:
>
>> MacOSX TeX Group and Federico Garcia (developer of todo package),
>>
>> I have recently started using the todo package to keep track of
>> unfinished business in my manuscripts. I had always just used
>> comments, but the todo package allows me to see a list of my
>> unfinished tasks at the end of the pdf, all in one place. todo has
>> worked flawlessly for me under LaTeX. I really like it.
>>
>> I have also begun trying to make the transition to XeLaTeX, having
>> been intimidated at the prospect of really learning how to use
>> fonts under LaTeX. When I typeset a document using XeLaTeX and
>> todo, I get the following error messages (which are non-fatal but
>> annoying):
>>
>> /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty:
>> 231: LaTeX Er
>> ror: Command `\Finv' already defined.
>>
>
> This might well happen if you are loading  amssymb
> after  xunicode  or  fontspec (which requires  xunicode ).
>
> I don't see how this is related to use of  todo  though,
> which makes no direct attempt to load any other packages.
>
>
> Without you showing us your coding, it is only possible
> to speculate on what could be the cause of the problem
> that you are facing.
>
>
> For instance, if your coding included something like
>
>    \todo{Don't forget to put \usepackage{amssymb} in the preamble.}
>
> to remind yourself to update your own preamble,
> then this might cause the package to be loaded
> at an inappropriate place.
>
> But this should cause a warning message anyway, so there
> would be feedback that something is wrong.
>
> Better would be
>
>    \todo{Don't forget to put \string\usepackage\{amssymb\} in the
> preamble.}
> or
>    \todo{amssymb}{Don't forget to put \verb|\usepackage{amssymb}| in
> the preamble.}
>
>
>
>
>> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>> ...
>>
>> l.231 ...ol{\Finv}           {\mathord}{AMSb}{"60}
>>
>> ?
>
>
>> Presumably these errors indicate that when running XeLaTeX and todo
>> together I somehow end up defining several symbols found in
>> assymb.sty a second time. Has anyone else used this combination of
>> tools? If so, is there a workaround, other than hitting return over
>> and over again to ignore the errors?
>
>
>>
>> In case it matters, all of my TeX work is done using the TeXShop
>> GUI (v. 2.33 as of this writing) under Snow Leopard.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rob Rye
>> Astrobiologist-at-Large
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>    Ross
>
> --- 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ross Moore                                       ross at maths.mq.edu.au
> Mathematics Department                           office: E7A-419
> Macquarie University                             tel: +61 (0)2 9850 8955
> Sydney, Australia  2109                          fax: +61 (0)2 9850 8114
> --- 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:03:57 -0700
> From: Rob Rye <rowenrye at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Re: compatibility of todo package with xelatex
> To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>
> Message-ID: <D06B07A3-750F-4860-8F6A-9483FBC83231 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
>
> On Apr 17, 2010, at 4:17 PM, Ross Moore wrote:
>
>>
>>>
>>> It seems that under XeTeX/XeLaTeX the amssymb package (or  
>>> presumably any other package that requires it) needs to come  
>>> before other packages that use amslatex packages.
>>
>> No. The reason is that with the Xunicode  package,
>> you *do not need* to load  amssymb.sty  at all.
>>
>> Those macros are already defined, and work with any proper
>> OpenType font being used for mathematical symbols.
>> If you were using such a font then you would not want
>> to be mixing the old AMS fonts in with your nice equations
>> made using that ome self-consistent font.
>> The result would look pretty terrible.
>>
>> Whereas Xunicode makes its definitions in a way that doesn't
>> care that the macro is already defined, this cannot also be
>> said for old packages like  amssymb.sty .
>> That is why the loading order matters.
>
> Thanks. I think I understand the process a bit better now.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>>    Ross
>>
>>
> Rob
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:49:25 -0400
> From: Denis Chabot <chabotd at globetrotter.net>
> Subject: [OS X TeX] texdoc
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> Hi,
>
> I have TeXLive 2009 installed and am using TeXShop to write LaTeX  
> documents whenever I can get away with it (MS Word being mandatory  
> at my work place). Things work as expected so I assume my  
> distribution is properly installed.
>
> For the first time today I tried to use texdoc. The documentation  
> for texdoc says that I just need to type texdoc followed by the name  
> of a package in Terminal. But here is what I get:
>
> dchabot$ texdoc ledpar
> -bash: texdoc: command not found
>
> Does this mean my distribution is not installed properly, or that I  
> neglected to set an option or something?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Denis Chabot
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:07:11 +0200
> From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa at Web.DE>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] texdoc
> To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>
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>
> Am 18.04.2010 um 16:49 schrieb Denis Chabot:
>
>> Does this mean my distribution is not installed properly, or that I
>> neglected to set an option or something?
>
>
> Obviously the search path to executables is not correctly set in your
> command line tool...
>
>
> You might consider to either create a rather empty executable ENGINE
> file, just containing
>
>    echo "The search path TeXShop knows most probably is: $PATH"
>
> or add this line to any working ENGINE file. On executing this ENGINE
> file in TeXShop the search path would be printed into TeXShop's  
> console.
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>   Pete
>
> A morning without coffee is like something without something else.
>
>
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